Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS)
Key Facts
- When is this course held?
30 Sep 2024 (1 date) - Where is this course held?
View locations and dates- Edinburgh - RCSEd
- How much does this course cost?
From £1314 - View more information below - Can I book online?:
Yes - Is CPD awarded for this course?
Yes, 12 Hours - Course/Event group: Surgical Course | See more Surgical Courses
Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS)
Taught over two days by skilled and knowledgeable faculty, you will learn how to make life-saving surgical decisions and perform damage control under pressure in a trauma and emergency environment.
Through practical workshops on unembalmed cadavers, you will learn surgical procedures to manage a broad range of trauma situations, as well as covering decision-making, epidemiology and emerging technologies.
Suitability
This course is suitable for ST5-8, Consultants and SAS grades.
Participants should have a good understanding of ATLS and critical care principles and experience of managing trauma both frequently and infrequently.
Course Format
DSTS is a highly practical course that teaches procedures and surgical techniques required to manage exsanguinating polytrauma. The majority of the course is spent in the skills lab, working in small groups on unembalmed (fresh frozen) cadavers. Alongside this, there are lectures, case studies and on-going opportunities to discuss trauma management with expert faculty. You will also be given access to videos and accompanying procedural steps on our virtual learning environment that demonstrate many of the procedures taught on the course.
Learning Outcomes
Following the course, you will be able to:
- Organise and plan life-saving decision making for the polytrauma patient
- Describe the philosophy of damage control surgery and resuscitation and the principles underlying its application in a variety of scenarios
- Discuss the science of ballistics, the effects on human tissue and how to manage penetrating ballistic injury
- Recognise and respond to the exsanguinating patient, in particular recognising and/or searching for the most compelling source of bleeding
- Recognise the patient in need of immediate life-saving surgery for haemorrhage control
Following the course, you will be able to undertake procedures in cadaveric simulation relating to:
- Thoracic trauma and thoracic damage control
- Left lateral thoracotomy and clamshell thoracotomy
- Vascular trauma and vascular damage control
- How to approach and manage penetrating neck injuries
- Managing injuries at the thoracic outlet and upper limb
- Lower limb trauma
- Abdominal trauma
- Pelvic trauma and pelvic damage control
- Management of solid organ injury
- Management of hollow organ injury
Costs
Course Fee: £1,459.00
RCSEd Member/Fellow Fee: £1,314.00
Course Director
Professor Mansoor Ali Khan & Mr Morgan P. McMonagle
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Get in touch
If you have any questions about this course, please contact us and a member of our Education team will be happy to help you.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Education Section
Phone: +44 (0)131 527 1600
Fax: +44 (0)131 557 6406
Email: education@rcsed.ac.uk