Name: Trauma Nursing Seminar
Start: 20 Oct 2021
End: 22 Oct 2021
Location: Rydges Sydney Central

Why Attend

Injury related hospitalisations steadily increase each year in Australia. Do you feel confident and up to date with best practice in relation to physical trauma? Attend this seminar and learn:

The essentials of primary assessment in trauma situations
What’s different when trauma affects pregnant women and paediatric patients
How to prepare to receive a trauma patient
How to assess and manage head, abdominal, pelvic, and musculoskeletal trauma
Safe care for a patient with spinal trauma
What to do in a burns situation and much, much more…

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Program

8:30am - Registration and Refreshments

9:00am

Trauma and Emergency in Australia – Setting the Scene

This first session sets the scene for modern trauma management in an Australian context:

Special considerations to take into account when nursing in rural versus metropolitan settings
Defining the pre-hospital role and understanding the significance of the “mechanism of injury”
How to prepare to receive a trauma patient
Reviewing the nurse's role in trauma care
A look at the multidisciplinary team and the different roles within it

10:30am - Morning Tea

11:00am

Essential Components of the Primary Survey

Initial assessment and management of the person who has suffered a trauma is critical to their outcome and recovery. This session will discuss the rapid systematic primary survey, which is based on established frameworks. Case scenarios will be used to demonstrate actions within different contexts. It includes:

Cervical spine stabilisation
Type of trauma, danger, and response
A - Airway
B - Breathing and oxygenation
C - Circulation and bleeding
D - Disability and delegating tasks

12:30pm - Lunch and Networking

1:30pm

Secondary Assessment

Secondary assessment occurs once stabilisation and resuscitation have occurred as required. This session will cover:

Head to toe examination
History
Toys and gadget
Documentation

2:15pm

Shock and Shock Syndromes – Care and Management

Shock is a life-threatening condition that requires urgent treatment. This session will explain the different types of shock and give an overview of the management of shock, including haemorrhagic shock, the maintenance of adequate cellular oxygenation, and case scenarios.

3:15pm - Afternoon Tea

3:45pm

Spinal Trauma – When to Apply the Collar

This session looks at the issue of spinal preservation during traumatic events and the minimisation of neurological damage. It will give an overview of current treatment of spinal trauma and includes the following topics:

General guidelines for the initial assessment and nursing management of spinal injury
Pathophysiology as the basis of patient assessment findings
Spinal shock versus neurogenic shock

4:30pm

Musculoskeletal Trauma

This session provides an exploration of the nurse's role regarding extremity trauma, looking at:

Assessment and diagnosis in musculoskeletal trauma
Special considerations relating to the management of complex fractures
How age affects the patterns and severity of musculoskeletal injuries

5:00pm - Close of Day One of Seminar

9:00am - Commencement of Day Two

9:00am

Head Trauma and Raised Intracranial Pressure

Head trauma is the leading cause of death in trauma patients. Rapid assessment and management of a patient with head trauma remain the mainstay of prompt and effective treatment. This session will look at:

The changes that occur in vital signs
Glasgow Coma Scale and relevant documentation
The nurse's role in prevention of secondary head injury
Intracranial pressure changes

9:45am

Pelvic and Abdominal Trauma

Pelvic and abdominal trauma can lead to disability and be life-threatening. These presentations are often complex, involving bone and soft tissue injuries to the pelvis and damage to the organs that are encased within. Causes include road traffic injuries, assault, falls, and crush injuries. This session will examine the significance of abdominal trauma and the role of the nurse, including:

Main classifications of pelvic injuries
Assessing a person with a suspected pelvic injury
Emergency management procedures for suspected pelvic injury

10:30am - Morning Tea

11:00am

Thoracic Trauma

Maintenance of life relies on the organs located in the thoracic cavity. Trauma to this region can be life-threatening and understanding the types of injury that can occur here, along with appropriate and timely management, can be life-saving. This session reviews chest trauma and looks at management priorities. Topics include:

Assessing and identifying traumatic chest injuries
Priorities in pneumo-haemothorax management
How to understand and plan effective pain management strategies for chest injuries

11:45am

Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

This session delves into the current clinical concepts with the management of traumatic cardiac arrest. The recommendations from the Australian Resuscitation Council outline a different approach to this life-threatening event. The science and evidence behind these management principles are explained with practical use of current traumatic cardiac arrest treatment algorithms.

12:30pm - Lunch and Networking

1:30pm

Burns and Extreme Thermal Injuries

Burns can result from a number of environmental causes, such as flames, electricity, and chemicals. Hypothermia is also a potentially fatal condition. This session looks at the priorities of care for environmental thermal injuries and includes:

Assessment of burn injuries, including burn depth and area
Initial management of a thermal injury, including specifics of fluid resuscitation
Special considerations in the management of the burns patient
Management of patients with hypothermia

2:30pm

Paediatric Trauma

A brief look at some of the special considerations that nurses need to be aware of when managing children who have sustained trauma, including:

Assessing the paediatric patient
Key considerations in trauma management of an injured child
Life-support considerations

3:00pm - Afternoon Tea and Coffee

3:30pm

Trauma in Older Adults

Older adults who present with trauma require special consideration in a number of areas. This session will examine:

Identification of the implications of chronic illness and its management in trauma
Pathophysiology as the basis of elder response to trauma
How to identify and report trauma caused by elder abuse

4:00pm

Pregnant Women and Trauma

The changes in a woman's physiology during pregnancy present special challenges to the trauma clinician. This session will explore the importance of understanding these changes in order to effectively treat the pregnant woman and will cover:

Assessment in pregnancy
The impact of the growing uterus and aortocaval compression (supine hypotensive syndrome) on trauma care
Domestic violence
Medication management in pregnancy

4:30pm

Putting it All Together

This final session will be presented as interactive case studies designed to encourage participants to explore and apply current trauma management principles introduced over the last two days. Participants will be able to contribute to the nursing care of multi-trauma patients in two case studies, covering adult and paediatric examples.

5:00pm - Close of Seminar and Evaluations

Presenters

Patricia Lemin

Trish Lemin is a Registered Nurse with more than 20 years of emergency experience in prehospital, metro, and rural settings. Her qualifications include midwifery and a masters in advanced practice, as well as emergency and education certificates. Prior to commencing her current role in health service as a trauma nurse consultant, she worked in dual roles as a clinical nurse educator in ED and a university lecturer specialising in the sciences. She is currently professionally active both clinically and in education, including many modes of multidisciplinary trauma education.

Need for Program

Injury amongst people in Australia is a major reason for mortality, morbidity, and permanent disability. Most injuries result from falls and men are the most likely to suffer injury. But, approximately 8% of all deaths are related to injury and trauma whether accidental or self-inflicted. Location also has a significant impact. Nurses who practice in hospitals, emergency departments, primary health care, and rural or remote area nursing are often the frontline responders or carers for those who suffer such injuries. The ability to rapidly assess a person with traumatic injury is essential for harm minimisation. In addition, high-level clinical decision-making, combined with evidence-based knowledge is essential for optimum patient care and better long-term outcomes for people affected by physical trauma.

Purpose of Program

The purpose of this seminar is to provide nurses with the current evidence and underpinning principles of best-practice nursing management for people with physical trauma.

Your learning outcomes

Correlate the pathophysiology and “mechanism of injury” to underpinning principles of trauma management as it relates to immediate, emergency, and ward care
Provide evidence-based trauma nursing care within the context of the location of your practice and the resources available
Develop and extend primary assessment skills for a wide range of scenarios to improve short- and long-term patient outcomes
Confidently prioritise nursing actions when a complex range of trauma situations occur