The Procedures Course (Mar 18 - 19, 2021)

The Procedures Course is organized by Alfred Health and will be held from Mar 18 - 19, 2021 at University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Who Should Attend:
• Retrievalists
• Emergency/intensive Care/anaesthetic Consultants
• Rural Gps/cmos Involved in Retrievals/trauma Resuscitation
• Senior Critical Care Registrars (Emergency/intensive Care/anaesthetic/retrieval)

Description:
The Procedures Course Is Designed to Enable Emergency and Critical Care Physicians Develop the Mastery Necessary to Confidently Perform a Wide Range of Basic and Complex Resuscitative Procedures When the Time Comes.

Procedural Teaching Will Be Conducted by a Group of Renowned Experts in Trauma Management From the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre, Australasia’s Largest Trauma Service. Teaching Will Be Enhanced by the Use of Un-embalmed Cadavers and Low Cadaver-to-patient Ratio.

The course comprises phase 1 of the Alfred Shock, Trauma & Resuscitation Program (A-S.T.A.R) which focuses primarily on procedural skills.

Sessions will have a heavy emphasis on acquiring hands-on skills for the management of the multiply injured complex trauma patient.

The Procedures Covered Include:
• Surgical Airway (Cricothyroidotomy)
• Orbital Decompression (Lateral Canthotomy and Cantholysis)
• Pleural Decompression (Finger Thoracostomy and Pleural Drainage)vascular Access (Mac Line / Ric Line / Intraosseous Access)
• Temporary Trans-venous Cardiac Pacing
• Pericardial Decompression (Including Resuscitative Thoracotomy)
• Retrieval Limb Amputation
• Escharotomy
• Resuscitative Hysterotomy.