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December 16, 2016
On 14 December, over 350 trauma practitioners gathered at the Royal Geographic Society to attend the first Pan London Major Trauma System symposium. Attendees had the opportunity to network and share learnings from many aspects of the System.
In April 2010, greater London became the first area of the UK to implement a regional trauma system for its population of 10 million people. The London Trauma System comprises 4 Major Trauma Centres with associated networks of local hospital trauma units, ambulance services and community providers providing a continuum of care for severely injured patients.
C4TS organised the symposium, the first of its kind, to provide London trauma clinicians with the opportunity to share learnings from across the networks.
Dr Elaine Cole, C4TS researcher and Director of Research and Innovation for the London Major Trauma System said “ Trauma care in London has many facets, and practitioners from across the system have been involved in important patient centred research and innovation, developing new approaches to trauma treatments, from prehospital interventions to rehabilitation.
“The symposium showcased some of these outputs….. and challenges! Speakers covered a great range of topics including the management of elderly trauma, traumatic brain injury, focussed rehabilitation for complex musculoskeletal injuries, incidence of and intervention for violent trauma (eg stabbings) and what preventative strategies work, Mass Casualty Event planning, and new developments in prehospital care.
“One of the highlights was hearing road traffic accident victim Grace Havard talk bravely and honestly about the impact of her multiple injuries, and her long and inspirational recovery journey.
“The day finished with a talk from Prof Sheldon Teperman, Director of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care-Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx NYC who spoke about the trauma system in NYC and how it compares to London. It was gratifying to hear his views that London has come a long way in improving trauma care and survival for patients in a very short space of time, and that NYC could benefit from adopting some of our innovations.”
In addition to attracting over 350 attendees, the conference hashtag #LMTS2016 trended on Twitter for 7 hours due to the level of interest on social media.
The conference was sponsored by Galen, Imperial College Healthcare Charity, and Remote Diagnostic Technologies. The poster competition was sponsored by Cardinal Management. Posters will be available for viewing on this website in the coming weeks.
