About The Course
The Procedures Course is a 2 day course that 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. It comprises phase 1 of the Alfred Shock, Trauma & Resuscitation Program (A-S.T.A.R) which focuses primarily on procedural skills.
The course will be taught on fresh, un-embalmed, donor cadavers, and held in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, & Adelaide.
Sessions will have a heavy emphasis on acquiring hands-on skills for the management of the multiply injured complex trauma patient.
Procedures will include:
- Surgical Airway
- Orbital decompression
- Pleural Decompression
- Resuscitative Vascular Access
- Temporary trans-venous pacing
- Pericardial decompression (including resuscitative thoracotomy)
- Retrieval limb amputation
- Escharotomy
- Resuscitative Hysterotomy
- Haemorrhage control
- Advanced suturing / wound closure
Course Dates:
- Thursday 22 & Friday 23 February 2024 – Melbourne
- Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 March 2024 – Sydney
- Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 June 2024 – Brisbane
- Thursday 18 & Friday 19 July 2024 – Sydney
- Thursday 26 & Friday 27 September – Adelaide
- Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 October 2024 – Melbourne
Course Director
Professor Mark Fitzgerald
Director of the National Trauma Research Institute and Director of Trauma Services, The Alfred.
Professor Fitzgerald has led the establishment of trauma reception, resuscitation and management programs along with Trauma Systems development in China, India, Myanmar, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka. He is co-chair of the Australian New Zealand Trauma Registry.
Professor Fitzgerald’s research themes include trauma systems improvement, error reduction and standardisation of resuscitation care. The development of semi-automated, computer–assisted resuscitation is a career goal. He has delivered 180 major presentations, 230 publications in peer-review journals, 12 book chapters and is a reviewer for multiple medical and surgical journals.
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