Course Directors
- Jean-Jacques Banihachémi (France)
Faculty
- Abdelouahab Bellou (USA)
- Alberto Gregori (Scotland)
- Patricia O'Connor (Scotland)
- Régis Pailhé (France)
- Franck Verschuren (Belgium)
- Francis Launois (France)
- Mohamed Ben Aissa (Belgium)
Participants
Maximum number : 30
All professionals involved in the management of non-vital traumatology: EPs, orthopedists, nurses, immobilization technicians, medical students.
Course description:
Non-vital trauma represents 40-60% of chief complaints in the ED. There are many pitfalls in the diagnosis of lesions generating therapeutic delays that can be dramatic in terms of functional prognosis for the patient. To avoid complications, it is essential to develop strong collaboration between orthopedic surgeons involved in trauma emergencies and emergency physicians (EPS). This course will be led by EPs and ED nurses in collaboration with orthopedic surgeons.
Objectives:
1. To learn the relevant immobilization techniques of the upper and lower limbs:
a. Plaster
b. Resin
c. Strapping
d. Specific assets: shoulder, finger.
2. To learn how to manage sutures of wound injuries in the ED.
Methodology
This session will take place over 2 days involving EPs, orthopedic surgeons and immobilization technicians ED nurses. This session will be exclusively practical and interactive. Experts will show how to carry out the various fixed assets and answer the trainees' questions. Trainees will be distributed into 3 groups.
1- Immobilization workshop with 2 groups: All trainees will practice with each other with the support of the trainers. The goal is to provide skills in all types of immobilization of limbs.
2- Sutures workshop: trainees will practice on simulation tool.
Schedule
Saturday 12 October
| 09:00 | Welcome |
| 09:10-09:30 |
Introduction of the course and presentation of the basic rules on immobilization techniques |
| 9:30-12:30 |
Practice on immobilization workshop (upper limbs): |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-17:00 |
Practice on immobilization workshop (lower limbs): |
| 17:00-18:00 | Clinical Cases series with quiz MCQ |
Sunday 13 October
| 08:00-08:30 | Basic rules on suture techniques |
| 08:30-10:30 |
Sutures workshop synthetic surgical glue |
| 10:30-11:00 | Conclusion and Diploma |
National Societies
Albania
Albanian Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata Shqiptare e Urgjencës Mjekësore - SH.U.M.
Date of origin: 1 January 2013
Austria 
Belgium
Year of origin: 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association of Emergency Medicine Physicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Udruženje Urgentologa u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine
Date of origin: 15 March 2019
Bulgaria 
Croatia
Croatian Society of Emergency Medicine
HZL Hrvatsko Društvo za Hitnu Medicinu
Date of origin: 12 June 1990
Czech Republic
Year of origin: 1994
Denmark
Danish Society for Emergency Medicine
Dansk Selskab for Akutmedicin
Date of origin: 28 September 2006
Estonia
Estonian Society of Emergency Physicians
Eesti Erakorralise Meditsiini Arstide Selts
Date of origin: 30 March 2004
Finland 
France
French Society for Emergency Medicine
Société Française de Médecine d'Urgence
Date of origin: 3 March 1985
Georgia
Georgian College of Emergency Physicians
საქართველოს გადაუდებელი მედიცინის ექიმთა კოლეჯი
Germany
German Association for Emergency Medicine
Deutsche Gesellschaft Interdisziplinäre Notfall- und Akutmedizin (DGINA) e.V.
Greece
Hellenic Society of Emergency Medicine
Ελληνική Εταιρεία Επείγουσας Ιατρικής
Date of origin: 4 December 2002
Hungary
Hungarian Society for Emergency Medicine
Magyar Sürgösségi Orvostani Társaság
Date of origin: 8 April 2000
Iceland 
Ireland
Irish Association for Emergency Medicine
Cumann Leigheas Éigeandála na hÉireann (IAEM)
Date of origin: 29 April 1989
Italy
Italian Society for Emergency Medicine
Società Italiana di Medicina di Emergenza Urgenza (SIMEU)
Year of origin: 2000
Kosovo
Kosovo Society of Emergency Medicine
Shoqata për Mjekësi Emergjente e Kosovës (SHMEK)
Year of origin: 2008
Latvia 
Lithuania
Lithuanian Society for Emergency Medicine
Lietuvos Skubiosios Medicinos Draugija
Date of origin: 3 October 2003
Malta
Association of Emergency Physicians of Malta
Ghaqda Maltija tat-Tobba ghall-Emergenzi
Date of origin: 1 December 2006
Moldova
Society of Emergency Medicine and Disasters Medicine from Republic of Moldova
Asociația Obștească Societatea Științifico-Practică de Medicină de Urgență și Catastrofe din Republica Moldova
Netherlands
Dutch Society of Emergency Physicians
Nederlandse Vereniging van Spoedeisende Hulp Artsen
Year of origin: 1999
Norway 
Poland
Polish Society for Emergency Medicine
Polskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Ratunkowej
Year of origin: 1999
Portugal
Portuguese Society of Urgent and Emergency Medicine
Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina de Urgência e Emergência
Romania 
Serbia
Serbian Society of Emergency Physicians
Društvo lekara urgentne medicine Srbije
Date of origin: 13 November 2014
Slovakia
Slovak Society of Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Slovenská spoločnost' urgentnej medicíny katastrof
Date of origin: 4 October 1997
Slovenia
Slovenian Emergency Medical Association
Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino
Date of origin: 29 June 2016
Spain
Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine
Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias
Date of origin: 8 March 1988
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Turkey 
Ukraine 
United Kingdom