Description
By attending this course you will learn the principles of skin suturing, plastering, digital nerve blocks, joint aspiration, emergency fracture treatment and spinal immobilisation.
This course will:
Introduce basic procedural skills applicable for junior doctors completing orthopaedic placements or involved in the emergency treatment of orthopaedic patients
Introduce basic knowledge and fundamental principles required to perform each skill
Allow practice and guidance of each skill in a simulated, safe environment
Improve understanding and confidence with these procedures.
This course is suitable for:
All Foundation Doctors
GPSTs
Orthopaedic ST1s
Emergency Medicine junior doctors
Senior medical students