CADSIM 3rd Leeds Resuscitative Surgery Skills Course (19/20/06/2025)

2 day Programme	Dissecting Room Regulations
Maps, directions and parking info	Programme including Urology day

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Please read the dissection room regulations prior to attending the course. You will be asked to sign that you have read the regulations on the day at registration.

The course Director is Mr Tim Stansfield, for  day 1 and 2,  Consultant Vascular Surgeon- Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.

 Urology Day 3, Course director is Mr Mamoun Elmamoun , Consultant Urologist- Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.    

The course is free for Yorkshire and Humber Trainees. Priority will be given to regional trainees. Please make sure you meet the correct grade criteria for each speciality before booking your place. (See course description). You must be able to attend both days.

Please contact J.johnson1@leeds.ac.uk if you have any special dietary requests.

Failure to attend the course on the day/s without contacting the course administrator prior to the course starting or cadsim@leeds.ac.uk will be followed up with your TPD.

Surgical gowns, over shoes, face masks and gloves are provided for the lab. If you wish to wear theatre blues please bring your own.

The anatomy lab is on Level 9, Worsley Building, University of Leeds

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Mandatory: Specialty Registrar ST4, or Specialty Registrar ST5, or Specialty Registrar ST6, or Specialty Registrar ST7, or Specialty Registrar ST8

To develop the resuscitative (trauma) surgery skills and intraoperative decision making of Leeds and Yorkshire region trainees in order to provide improved patient outcomes for UK Major Trauma patients.

On completion of the course the students will be able to demonstrate:

1. Neck

a. Assessment of penetrating neck wounds and plan for proximal control.

b. Exposure of cervical vessels, laryngeal and oesophageal anatomy in order to

make a repair of these structures in a damage control setting.

c. General neck wound management including appropriate closure.

2. Chest

a. Assessment of penetrating chest wounds.

b. Exposure of cavity structures via midline sternotomy (then closure), left

lateral, clam shell and trap door.

c. Manoeuvres within the chest cavity including resuscitative measures,

haemorrhage control, heart and lung injury management, appropriate

closure.

3. Limbs

a. Assessment of blunt and penetrating limb wounds

b. Exposure: extensile approach to vessels with attention to compartment

release

c. Manoeuvres: Proximal control options, vessel repair verses ligation.

d. General vascular manoeuvres including REBOA access and use and vessel

shunting technique.

4. Abdomen

a. Assessment of blunt and penetrating abdominal wound

b. Exposure: mid line laparotomy with extensile options

c. Manoeuvres: 4 quadrant packing, liver packing, aortic control,

retroperitoneal exposures, solid organ injury manoeuvres, hollow viscus

injury manoeuvres.

d. General wound management including appropriate closure.