Paediatric Advanced Cadaveric Trauma Surgery (PACTS) Course for Surgeons 2022

Paediatric Advanced Cadaveric Trauma Surgery (PACTS) Course for Surgeons 2022 is organized by the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) and will be held from Nov 24 - 25, 2022 at Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom.

Description:
This is a 2-day practical cadaveric operative training workshop for surgeons, anesthetists, and theatre nurses who are likely to be involved in the surgical treatment of traumas that are major in children. We integrate team decision-making and communication under pressure with surgical methods. Operative techniques are focused on the treatment of junctional and truncal injuries. The discussions, lectures, and case studies examine the fundamentals that underlie damage management surgery for children in multi-specialty surgical teams and the human aspects of managing under pressure. The experience is shared by surgical specialists from the military and humanitarian field and recent significant events in the UK.

Course Will Cover:
• Damage control resuscitation & surgery
• Managing exsanguinating hemorrhage
• Traumatic cardiac arrest
• Penetrating trauma
• Clamshell thoracotomy
• Pericardial tamponade and penetrating
• cardiac injuries
• Management of zone 1 to 3 neck injuries
• especially with regard to vascular injuries
• Trauma laparotomy and abdominal packing
• Management of liver injury
• Laparostomy
• Damage control approach to vascular injuries
• Fasciotomies
• Paediatric major trauma case scenarios
Human Factors lectures & decision making under pressure
• Lessons from Manchester Children’s Hospital of the Ariana Grande concert bombing