We will explore red flags, referral indications and self care advice as well as discussing options for analgesia. Traumatic back pain? Chronic back pain? Cauda equina? This session will help you to differentiate various causes of back pain and guide your management. Disclaimer: attending this session will NOT make you competent to reduce shoulder dislocations independently, please refer to local training guidelines and always work within your scope of practice! Back pain This session will include x-ray interpretation, identifying red flags, techniques for reducing a dislocation and follow up advice. Whether you work in a setting that involves relocating dislocated shoulders or if your protocol advises you send them elsewhere for management, this session will give you the confidence in managing these challenging injuries. Includes pearls on the use of sutures, staples, steri-strips and skin glue.
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This case study based session will explore different types of wounds, red flags associated with them and how to close them based on mechanism, location and patient condition. Allow our specialist to talk through the evidence, go through some case studies and help guide your management for both adult and paediatric burns patients. Jelonet, mepitel, atrauman… There are so many options and each area seems to have a preference for burns dressings. Back by popular demand, our Orthopaedic consultant will give you a hands-on demonstration of a full knee assessment and explore how to interpret your findings. Knee MasterclassĢ022 will see the return of the ‘Knee Masterclass’ session. Our speaker will guide you through the injury, how to relocate the elbow and what advice to give. This session will explore one of the most common paediatric injuries that we see in urgent and emergency care settings.