Combined Services Plastic Surgery Society
Thursday 19 November 2009
Venue The McGregor Hall, The Former Army Staff College, Sandhurst, Camberley
08:00-08:30 Sponsors arrive and set up displays in the Library
08:30-09:00 Registration – tea, coffee and pastries in Library
09:00-09:05 Welcome Lt Col Alay Kay
09:05-09:10 Academic Programme / Housekeeping / Administration Issues
Surg Cdr Ayers, Lt Col Cubison
09:10-09:30 Military plastic surgery overview – where we are now
Lt Col Alan Kay
SESSION 1 Wounding – mechanisms, pathophysiology and the multiply injured patient
09:40-10:00 Emerging patterns of blast injury - wounding from pressure plate IEDs
Major Shehan Hettiaratchy
10:00-10:30 Ballistics and mechanisms of wounding in current operations
Speaker from DSTL Porton Down
10:30-10:40 The trauma care bundle - systemic management of the multiply injured patient
Major Mark Foster
10:40-10:50 Successful DMS use of intra-corporeal QuikClot® to arrest traumatic haemorrhage and a review of the literature related to novel haemostatic dressings.
Major Graham Lawton
10:50-11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee and visit to Trade Stands in Library
SESSION 2 Lower Limb Trauma
11:40-12:10 New civilian standards for the management of open lower limb fractures (BAPRAS/BOA joint guidelines)
Professor Jagdeep Nanchahal
12:10-12:20 Application of the BAPRAS/BOA guidelines in the Military Evacuation Chain
Major James Baden
Combined Services Plastic Surgery Society
12:20-12:30 Successful delayed reconstruction of extremity war injuries:
A review of recent reports.
Major Chris Taylor
12:30-13:00 Small Fragment Wounds of the Limbs – to cut or not to cut?
Mr Gavin Bowyer
13:00-13:15 Discussion
13:15-14:20 Lunch in the Library and Visit to Trade Stands
SESSION 3 Update from the Front
14:20-14:40 Role 3 plastic surgery recent experience - clinical cases from Camp Bastion
Major Shehan Hettiaratchy
14:40-14:50 UK plastic surgery trauma provision during ISAF operations in Afghanistan 2008-9
Major Niall Martin
14:50-15:10 24-hours at Bastion
Wing Cdr Ankur Pandya
15:10 15:20 Update on Role 2E afloat – RFA Argus gets £23M refit
Surg Lt Cdr Jason Smith
15:20-15:40 Discussion
SESSION 4 Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
15:40-16:40 Role 4 – clinical cases and issues from RCDM
Maj John Clarke, Lt Col Steve Jeffery, Group Captain Ian Sargent
16:40-16:50 Discussion
16:50-17:20 Afternoon Tea and Biscuits - visit to Trade Stands in Library
17:20 Close of Academic Programme
17:30 18:00 Junior’s forum – training for deployment
18:00-18:30 Consultant’s forum - deployment issues
Combined Services Plastic Surgery Society
(Cash bar will be available from 18.30)
19:30-20:00 Drinks Reception for Regimental Dinner (Mess Undress / Black Tie + Medals)
Friday 20 November 2009
Venue The Library, The Former Army Staff College, Sandhurst,
Camberley
08:00-10:00 Burns specialist meeting
09:00-10:00 Breakfast buffet in library with tea and coffee (tea and coffee available until 11.00)
Venue Green Room, The Former Army Staff College, Sandhurst -
Interviews with DCA
09:00-11:00 Trainees’ interviews with DCA - timetable to be confirmed
11:00-11:30 DCA’s SHO’s Brief for potential plastic surgical trainees