Basic Orthopaedic Procedural Skills

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By attending this course you will learn the principles of skin suturing, plastering, digital nerve blocks, joint aspiration, emergency fracture treatment and spinal immobilisation.

This course will:

• Introduce basic procedural skills applicable for junior doctors completing orthopaedic placements or involved in the emergency treatment of orthopaedic patients
• Introduce basic knowledge and fundamental principles required to perform each skill ◦Allow practice and guidance of each skill in a simulated, safe environment
• Improve understanding and confidence with these procedures

• All Foundation Doctors
• GPSTs
• Orthopaedic ST1s
• Emergency Medicine junior doctors
• Senior medical students

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