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Chest Drain Insertion in Adult Trauma

This session provides training in chest drain insertion. It looks at the indications for carrying out this procedure, as well as how to prepare for it, and shows a chest drain being inserted. Post-procedure management and complex cases are also covered
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Ultrasound Guided Serratus Anterior Plane Block

Serratus anterior plane block can be used as multimodal analgesia for rib fractures in the trauma patient. This session outlines the ultrasound guided technique.
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Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence

This session describes the processes around Information Sharing to Tackle Community Violence. It also describes some of the responsibilities of emergency clinicians around confidentiality when looking after victims of violence.
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Chest Drain Insertion: A practical guide

This session will cover the practical aspects of safe insertion of chest drains.
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Decreased Conscious Level in a Child

The child with decreased consciousness is a common problem with many possible diagnoses and potentially high mortality and morbidity.
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Soft Tissue Injuries of the Hand

This session presents a logical approach to the assessment, diagnosis and management of soft-tissue hand injuries in the ED, including suggested indications for early hand specialist referrals.
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Thoracic Trauma

For each life-threatening thoracic injury this session includes: a definition and context, Clinical assessment , treatment and Key learning points.
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Mechanism of Injury

Understanding mechanism of injury is a crucial aspect of managing patients who have suffered traumatic injuries. This session aims to provide an overview on attaining this information and its translation into patient care.
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Blast Injuries

This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to the ED with primary blast injuries.
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Fascia Iliaca Block

The use of FI blocks in the emergency department has been shown to provide effective pain relief in the acute setting and to reduce the use of opiate analgesia.
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Radiation Exposure

Radiation can be subdivided into two categories - ionizing and non-ionizing, both of which have an effect on human tissue
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Pelvic Injuries

This session is about the assessment and complex management of patients with pelvic injury in the emergency department.