Thank you to all who attended our first ever Major Trauma Conference! This conference was put together in collaboration with multiple University of Manchester societies and took a lot of work, especially on the part of our former president James Tooke! The day featured 4 amazing talks followed by an afternoon of trauma-themed workshops. Please see below for a summary of the day’s events.

Overview:

• Talk 1 – Mr Phil Cowburn
  • Clinical Response to Major Incidents – can we learn the lessons?
• Talk 2 – Mr Amer Shoaib
  • Learning from Mistakes as a Humanitarian Surgeon
• Talk 3 – Mr John Buckels
  • Conflict Surgery – with MSF society
• Talk 4 – Dr Chris Gray
  • Code Red – Trauma Management in Hospital

• Workshops:
  • Airway management
  • External fixation
  • Flaps 101
  • Bowel anastomosis
  • Basic surgical skills
  • Casting
  • Haemorrhage control