Paediatric Trauma Seminar

Well that was time and money well spent.

Hosted by Sydney Children's Hospital.

With thirteen guest speakers on topics like;

Maintaining expertise in the face of low volume,
Paediatric trauma in the Pre-Hospital setting,
Paediatric trauma management in a mixed ED,
Trauma series X-rays,
CT reconstructions in trauma,

Morning tea.

Surgical dilemmas in Paediatric trauma,
Paediatric Head Trauma,
Children who fall from windows, an emerging trend,
Paediatric Burns,
Paediatric drowning,
Paediatric Orthopaedics,

Lunch.

A postcard from Afghanistan - Paediatric Trauma in a war zone,
The importance of hope in the recovery from injury, pt's family advocate group.

Then a number of skills sessions of which you could attend upto three;

Airway Management,
Vascular access/Intraosseous,
Spinal Management,
Cervical Collar,
Trauma Triage,
Needle Thoracocentesis and chest drain insertion,
Burn wound management,
Ultrasound workshop.

Per the organisers it was over booked and so there was a second lecture theatre with an audio/visual link set up.

And I even rode my bike to it for the exercise.

Be careful out there and I'll see you at the Big One.

Taz