Infomed Research & Training Limited Medical webinars for doctors, CPD, CME Catch-up service: CT Polytrauma for the Emergency Physician
Who should watch
All content has been delivered for Consultants, Trauma Team Leaders and Senior Trainees in Emergency Medicine.
CPD
Viewers will be asked to evaluate each session and will be provided with a CPD certificate upon completion. This webinar provides 12 CPD credits in accordance with the CPD Scheme of the Royal College of Radiologists
Price
£275 (inc VAT) for 90 days of access.
- Fee includes 90 days of access with unlimited playback during this time.
- Certificate of attendance upon completion.
- Opportunity to submit questions by email to the faculty.
Add the COVID-19 in Critical Care webinar series catch-up service for an extra £25 when booking either of the above. Use discount code CCC19.
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Course director
Dr Lisa Meacock
Lisa is a Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London. Her special interests include MSK imaging and trauma imaging. She is the Radiology lead for trauma imaging for The South East London, Kent and Medway. She has directed this course since its birth in 2017 and it has seen almost 500 attendees.
The content
- Faculty will address issues relate to COVID-19 where relevant
- Over 100 cases to interpret over the two days
- Intensive CT trauma interpretation practice, including
- head and spine
- whole body
- chest
- abdomen
- pelvis
- angiography/interventional
- paediatric
- Time and freedom to playback the content at your at your own pace
- interpretation guidance, tips and common errors to avoid
- Learn what is relevant and significant,
- take home messages that will change your EM practice
the aim
To provide the busy, ‘hands-on’ EM Consultant with a practical, stimulating and comprehensive update on advanced trauma imaging interpretation:
- practical (case-based learning);
- stimulating and challenging cases
- comprehensive (head and spine, chest, abdomen, extremities).
- take home messages that will change your EM practice
By the end of the webinar catch-up, the delegate will have:
- (1) a comprehensive understanding of good/best trauma imaging interpretation practice;
- (2) improved trauma imaging interpretation skills;
- (3) greater confidence in advanced practice; and the ability to know when to refer further
- (4) identified skills and knowledge gaps, if any, relevant to their practice, and clear ways by which these can be addressed.
Programme
The thoracolumbar spine
Dr Lalani Carlton Jones, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Guys and St Thomas’s and Kings College Hospitals NHS Trust
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Cases of:
- Differentiating between stable and unstable injuries
- Common injury patterns of the thoracic and lumbar spine
- Associated injuries
Thoracic trauma
Dr Lisa Meacock, Consultant Radiologist, Kings College Hospital, London
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Cases of:
- Chest wall injury
- Trauma to the lung
- Trauma to the heart and pericardium
- Rupture of the hemi diaphragm
- Considerations in penetrating vs blunt injury
Pelvic trauma
Dr Andreas Panayiotou, Specialist Radiology Registrar, King's College Hospital, London
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Cases of:
- Anteroposterior compression injuries
- Lateral compression injuries
- Vertical shear injuries
- Acetabular fracture patterns
- Associated injuries, e.g. bladder injury
Abdominal trauma I
Dr Stephen Gregory, Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Suggested CT protocols
- Considerations in penetrating vs blunt trauma
- Cases of:
- Hepatobiliary and pancreatic trauma
- Splenic trauma
Angiography and Interventional radiology in trauma
Dr Thoraya Ammar, Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Know your limits - When to call the radiologist
- Cases of:
- Active extravasation and pseudo aneurysm formation
- Endovascular control of haemorrhage
Cervical spine
Dr Anish Raithatha, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Australia
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Cases of:
- Differentiating between stable and unstable injuries
- Common injury patterns of the cervical spine
- Associated injuries, e.g. vascular dissection
Special considerations in the paediatric trauma
Dr Saira Haque, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Radiation exposure
- Protocols
- Assessing the cervical spine
- Alternatives to CT, e.g. contrast ultrasound
- Paediatric cases
Imaging of cranio-cerebral trauma
Dr Luke Dixon, Consultant Neuroradiologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Review areas – types of brain herniation
- Mimics
- Cases of:
- Cranial vault and cranial base fractures
- Intracranial extra-axial injury
- Subarachnoid and intraventricular haemorrhage
- Cerebral contusion
- Brain herniation
Abdominal trauma II
Dr Kenneth Courtney, Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Cases of:
- Injuries to the urinary system and retroperitoneum
- Vascular injuries
- Bowel and mesenteric injury (the seat belt injury)
Faculty members
Dr Thoraya Ammar
Thoraya is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at King's College Hospital, appointed in 2012. She graduated from the University of London and qualified in 1997.
Dr Lalani Carlton Jones
Consultant Neuroradiologist, Guys and St Thomas’s and Kings College Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Kenneth Courtney
Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
Dr Luke Dixon
Consultant Neuroradiologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Dr Stephen Gregory
Stephen is a Consultant Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist at King's College Hospital, appointed in 2014.
Dr Saira Haque
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
Frequently asked questions
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