The Procedures Course

This two-day cadaveric workshop will teach you how to confidently perform a wide range of basic and complex resuscitative procedures. It is a collaboration between The Alfred Trauma Unit, Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre, National Trauma Research Institute and Monash University and will be held in Melbourne, Brisbane (dates TBA) and Sydney.

📅 25-26 February (Melbourne) 📅 8-9 April (Melbourne)
📅 24-25 June (Sydney) 📅 28-29 July (Sydney)

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The Procedures Course

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 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

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)

REGISTRATION FEES
AUD $5500 (excluding GST)
Registration fees include morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

To be placed on the waitlist for the course, simply click on the ‘Register’ button above.

The Procedures Course

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PROGRAM

Day 1

0730 – 0745 Registration / Coffee
0745 – 0815 Course introduction
0815 – 0900 Lateral Canthotomy and Cantholysis Coffee available
0900 – 1000 Burr Hole Craniotomy
1000 – 1030 Morning Tea (provided)
1030 – 1130 Emergency Surgical Airway (Cricothyroidotomy) Coffee available
1130 – 1230 Resuscitative Vascular Access (MAC line / RIC line / Interosseous access)
1230 – 1330 Lunch (provided)
1330 – 1430 Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing
1430 – 1500 Afternoon Tea (provided)
1500 – 1630 Thoracostomy and Chest Tube Insertion(Surgical skills: hand ties/vertical mattress suture)
1630 – 1700 Day 1 summary and questions

Day 2

0730 – 0800 Registration / Coffee
0800 – 1000 Resuscitative Thoracotomy 1 (pericardial decompression & cardiac access), Resuscitative Thoracotomy 2 (haemorrhage control) (Surgical skills: tissue staples)
1000 – 1030 Morning Tea (provided)
1030 – 1115 Escharotomy Coffee available
1115 – 1200 Pre-Hospital Limb Amputation (Surgical skills: haemostatic sutures)
1200 – 1300 Lunch (provided)
1300 – 1430 Resuscitative Hysterotomy(Surgical skills: continuous locking sutures)
1430 – 1500 Participant Practical Revision (optional)
1500 – 1530 Day 2 summary, questions and feedback

The Procedures Course

REGISTRATION FEES

The Procedures Course
AUD $5500 (excluding GST). Registration fees include morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

REFUND POLICY

Substitution: If, after booking an event you are unable to attend, you are welcome to nominate someone else to attend in your place. Please advise substitutions via email so a correct name tag will be available at the registration desk. CPD hours will be allocated to the substitute delegate.

Refunds: Cancellation more than 30 days before the event: 70% refund Cancellation less than 30 days: no refund Cancellation must be in writing

Please note, when you register, you will be agreeing to the following:

Disclaimer: The content of this course is directed at appropriately licensed and trained practitioners. It represents current information about the provision of emergency medical care. It is not intended to replace, and should not be construed as medical advice. Any concerns regarding a medical diagnosis or treatment should not be directed to a medical practitioner.

Course cancellation: In very rare cases, due to clinical demand or other unforeseen, unavoidable reasons, courses may need to be cancelled. In this instance registrants will be advised urgently and will receive a full refund for registration fees.