Paediatric Advanced Cadaveric Trauma Surgery (PACTS) Course for Surgeons

Paediatric Advanced Cadaveric Trauma Surgery (PACTS) Course for Surgeons is organized by Newcastle Surgical Training Centre (NSTC) and will be held from Nov 23 - 24, 2023 at Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom.

Course Overview:
This course is a two-day hands-on cadaveric operative workshop for surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre nurses likely to be involved in the operative management of major trauma in children. We combine team decision-making and communication under pressure with operative techniques. The operative techniques focus on the management of truncal and junctional zone injuries. The lectures, discussions and case studies explore the principles of damage control surgery in children, working in multi-speciality surgical teams and the human factors of managing under extreme pressure. Experience is shared by military and humanitarian surgeons as well as recent major incidents in the UK.

Course Will Cover:
• Damage control resuscitation & surgery
• Managing exsanguinating haemorrhage
• 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