High Acuity, Low Occurrence (HALO) Course
Cadaveric Practical HALO Skills Course
Thursday 7th March 2024
Manchester Surgical Skills & Simulation Centre Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PT United Kingdom
Thursday 7th March 2024
Welcome to Manchester HALO Course.
This is a one-day course of High Acuity, Low Occurrence (HALO) Procedures skills course. The course is delivered in collaboration between MATT and Manchester Trauma.
OVERVIEW:
High Acuity Low Occurrence (HALO) procedures course prepare candidates for high-consequence patient encounters. The HALO (or High Acuity, Low Occurrence) procedures course includes the following: Lateral canthotomy, subclavian access, Resuscitative hysterotomy, Emergency delivery and emergency amputation.
All procedures are performed on fresh cadavers with 1:2 cadaver to candidate ratio.
Suitability
Any grade doctor, or allied health professional, with an interest in acute resuscitative emergency care.
Notes
Attendees will need to bring hospital identification for admission.
No cameras or telephones are allowed in the cadaveric lab.
Cancellation policy: 50% until 30 days before the event. No refund thereafter.
Course fee : £500
If you would like to be added to waiting list or apply for observer please contact us
Observer place only
You will be attending talks, observing and assisting in procedures.
Limited places available.
Fee : £250
COURSE FACULTY
Course Convener
IAN TYRRELL-MARSH
Ian Tyrrell-Marsh MBChB, FRCA, FIMC, DipIMM, DipIMC is a Consultant in Prehospital care, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine in the North-West. He has extensive experience in trauma care, working at a busy MTC in Manchester and having completed secondments with London HEMS, Essex and Herts Air Ambulance then working for The Air Ambulance Service. He currently works with the North-West Air Ambulance as part of their Senior Medical Team. He has interests in all-things resuscitation, Human Factors and DIY.
Faculty
Oliver Harrison
has worked for the North West Air Ambulance since 2017, and has previously worked for Greater Sydney Area HEMS and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. He is a consultant anaesthetist at Salford Royal hospital where he is closely involved with the major trauma service.
Faculty
Eimhear Quinn
I am a consultant in emergency medicine and major trauma working in Salford Royal. My personal interest lies in trauma and pre hospital emergency medicine. Alongside my ED work, I am a flight doctor with North West Air Ambulance and volunteer as a BASICS response doctor and chair for NWPCCC. I also teach on quite a few surgical and PHEM courses including ATACC, the medical lead for NTACC and the Medical Governance lead for Lancashire police including TAC ops, public order and firearms.
Faculty
Dr Ed Denison Davies
Ed Denison Davies is a consultant in anaesthesia and critical care medicine at Royal Preston Hospital, the Major Trauma Centre for Lancashire. He is also a HEMS consultant and training lead for North West Air Ambulance as well as the Clinical Director for Lancashire and South Cumbria Major Trauma Network. He did his training in London and also on Kent Surrey Sussex HEMS before moving up to Lancashire in 2013. His interests include resuscitation, trauma care, neuro critical care, education and system pathways.
Faculty
Dr James Gibson
James is a consultant anaesthetist at Wirral University Teaching hospital and a prehospital care doctor with North West Air ambulance.
His areas of special interest are in anaesthesia for emergency surgery, sedation and anaesthetic support to patients with complex needs. He is the lead for anaesthetic and perioperative clinical governance and the anaesthetic major trauma lead.
A long term interest in trauma, prehospital and retrieval medicine led to fellowships in Glasgow and Sydney; on returning to the UK to take up his consultant job at Wirral, his interest in prehospital medicine continued and he has been flying with North West Air Ambulance since 2017.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Thursday 7th March 2024
- pathway for chest wall injuries
- Which rib fractures do we fix? An algorithm
- Pain Relief for rib fractures
- Ultrasound anatomy
- Adjuncts to anaesthesia : Blocks
- Supportive treatment
Thursday 7th March 2024
- Us to locate fractures
- Esp/sa blocks
- Surgical approaches
- Posterolateral
- Ateral approach
- Submammary approach
- Plating the broken ribs
- Intramedullary splinting
- Tips for reduction fixation
- Chest drains
CADAVERIC WORKSHOP
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Thursday 7th March 2024
- pathway for chest wall injuries
- Which rib fractures do we fix? An algorithm
- Pain Relief for rib fractures
- Ultrasound anatomy
- Adjuncts to anaesthesia : Blocks
- Supportive treatment
CADAVERIC WORKSHOP
Thursday 7th March 2024
- Us to locate fractures
- Esp/sa blocks
- Surgical approaches
- Posterolateral
- Ateral approach
- Submammary approach
- Plating the broken ribs
- Intramedullary splinting
- Tips for reduction fixation
- Chest drains
Lectures and Cadaver Workshop
Topic | Description |
Surgical airway | Indications, techniques and troubleshooting |
Lateral canthotomy | Step by step guidance to cantholysis |
Subclavian Access | Large vessel access in trauma |
Thoracotomy | Indications, step by step guidance on surgical procedure, closure of heart wounds, management of lung injuries, proximal aortic control |
Resuscitative Hysterotomy | Indications and team management, step by step guidance on procedure and delivery of foetus, post procedure care |
Amputation | Surgical technique for limb amputation |
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High Acuity, Low Occurrence (HALO) Course
Thursday 7th March 2024
Manchester Surgical Skills & Simulation Centre
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