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Pan London Trauma Symposium to be held 14 December
September 20, 2016
The first Pan London Major Trauma Symposium will be held on 14 December 2016, at the Royal Geographical Society. The symposium will showcase the achievements, innovation, research and future plans of the Pan London Major Trauma System.
The day is open to all trauma interested clinicians, nurses, therapists, paramedics and more.
The programme will include talks and presentations on:
- The Pan London Major Trauma System – our activity, strengths and future plans
- Pan London Mass Casualty plans and the terrorist threat response
- The burden of TBI in London – what we know and what we are doing about it
- The role of trauma units at the heart of an inclusive system
- Elderly trauma: standards of care for our fastest growing patient group
- The increasing prevalence of violent trauma across the region – clinical considerations and prevention initiatives
- Londons Air Ambulance: inspirational cases and future innovations
- The ‘theory vs. reality’ of trauma rehabilitation in London
- AfterTrauma: self-managed recovery following major trauma
- Patients’ Perspectives on the London Major Trauma System
- Bright lights, Big cities – What London can learn from New York and what New York can learn from London Prof Sheldon Teperman, Director of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care-Jacobi Medical Center, Professor of Surgery The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
- Whats new for trauma nursing across the capital
- Trauma education in London - including information about our MSc programmes, the new Trauma Team Life Support course (TTLS), Damage Control Surgical courses, Nurse 1 training for MTCs and the ‘Silver trauma’ simulation initiative
On-line bookings will available from 1st October and will be found here.
