Life-saving Interventions and Manoeuvres in Trauma (LIMiT)
Provided by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow
About the course
This unique one-day course offers a fast paced, high-intensity, hands-on immersion in strategic thinking and key practical manoeuvres in major trauma to LIMiT damage and save a life.
This course will:
- tell you what you need to know and be able to do in the first hour after injury
- give you one message and one option for the critically injured patient
- not cover every injury complex but instead focus on life threatening priorities
- emphasise deal-breaker moves and real-life decision-making processes
This course is aimed at middle grade and senior surgeons.
Faculty:
- Mr Adam Brooks, Nottingham University
- Professor Bryan Cotton, University of Texas Health Centre, Houston
- Dr Tina Gaarder, Department of Traumatology, Oslo University Hospital
- Dr Oscar Guillamondegui, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Tennessee
- Mr Morgan McMonagle, St Mary's Hospital London and University Hospital Waterford, Ireland
- Professor Steve Moeng, Johannesburg Trauma Unit
Programme Director:
Mr Euan Dickson, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Event Convenor:
Mr John McGregor, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow