Courses & Conferences

This course is aimed at FY2, ST1 - ST3 in Orthopaedics, A & E Staff and casting personnel.

A 3-day course with emphasis on the principles and pitfalls of fracture treatment with hands-on experience of lower and upper limb casting techniques.

Lecture Topics

• Fracture Healing
• Bone Morphology
• How to treat fractures
• Multiple injured patient
• Compartment Syndrome
• Soft Tissue Management
• Open Fractures
• Neurovascular Complications
• Paediatric Fractures
• Upper Limb Injuries
• Vascular Injuries

Workshops

• Skin Traction
• Pin Traction
• External Fixator
• Halo Application

Casting Techniques

Lower Limb

• Cylinder
• Below knee
• Back slab (demo)
• Long leg (demo)

Upper Limb

• Above elbow
• Scaphoid (demo)
• Below Elbow
• Back slab (demo)

Date of Course: 

16th - 18th April 2012

Reference Number: 

12001

Cost: 

£400 - includes all course material, lunch, refreshments and course dinner