Trainees’ Day – Emergency Surgery
- Thursday 17 October
- 08:30 – 17:00
- Adelaide Convention Centre
- In-person only
The following is a Provisional Program – topics will be expanded
Session One – Damage Control
08:30 Acknowledgement of Country
08:45 Physiology including first and second survey and stabilisation
09:00 The days after damage control: 2nd look, closure, anastomosis
09:15 Difficult duodenum
09:30 Pelvic trauma: Orthopaedic fractures
09:45 Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 – MORNING TEA
Session Two – Organ Trauma Emergencies
10:30 Liver and spleen
10:50 Small bowel: What can you save? What must you save?
11:10 Large bowel
11:30 Urinary tract
11:50 Pancreatic trauma and pancreatitis
12:10 Discussion
12:20 – 13:00 LUNCH
Session Three – Burns, Neurosurgery, Vascular
13:00 Burns
13:20 Neurosurgery
13:40 Vascular emergency
14:00 Chest and neck
14:20 Radiology in trauma – interventional radiology
14:40 Discussion
15:00 – 15:30 AFTERNOON TEA
Session Four – Surgical Experiences in the Real World
15:30 Bali bombings
16:00 Médecins Sans Frontières on the frontline
16:30 Christchurch earthquake
17:00 – PROGRAM CLOSE
*This is an in-person event – attending virtually is not an option. However, the program will be recorded, and provided speaker-consent is given, securely stored on the members-only area of the GSA website for on-demand viewing. Please note that it can take up to six weeks before recordings become available.
Training Requirement
Completion of the Trainees’ Day program for eligible General Surgery Trainees will count towards satisfactory completion of one (1) national educational activity as per the Regulations for the SET Program in General Surgery (Regulation 4.10 – National Educational Activities) and the Regulations for the GSET Program (Regulation 13.3 – National Training Activities).
