We go through the introduction of trauma systems into the UK and how this came about, focussing specifically on the Peninsula Trauma Network. Finish up with overview of the trauma call and how we manintain best practice across the network.

Ash Lowther chats to Tim today as they take us through the stages in preparing for the trauma call: pre-alert, bay preparation, trauma team briefing, patient arrival and handover. This is the first podcast in the series specifically covering the learning areas for the level 1 and 2 Major Trauma  Nursing compotencies.

Tim is joined by Lou Mitchell, David McConnell and Tony Kehoe to discuss all things leadership in trauma. Bringing experience from the entire range of trauma care, from pre-hospital, trauma units and MTCs, with the added extra of extensive experience with the Royal Navy and British armed forces in locations including Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.

Topics include developing leadership and a leadership style, how we go about training our future leaders and how the vast majority of leadership (in trauma) is developed away from the resus bay and from the trauma call! 

Clare Bosanko gives us her insights into the elements of human performance that impact working within the trauma team, both as the TTL and as a functioning member of the trauma team.

Prof Jason Smith joins the podcast in this episode. We cover what 'traditional teaching' classifies as the primary survey and reflects on how this has changed over time. Discussions centre on how some of these traditional elements may not be relevant and how we might change how we make use of the primary survey itself depending on the patient in front of you.

Dr Matt Warner, consultant in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Emergency Medicine, ED Major Trauma lead at Derriford Hospital (and Medical Director for the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit) dicusses the management of the patient in traumatic cardiac arrest. Definition and recognition, atempts to reverse and then moving onto resuscitative thoracotomy following the HOTT protocol. 

Rapid sequence induction in trauma is often performed in a 'hostile environment', whether done pre-hospitally or in resus. Key elements include indications, drug choice and anticipation, rather than correction, of cardiovascular effects.

The Gas Induction (presented by ThePTN) presents airway management.

The Gas Induction (presented by ThePTN) presents rapid sequence induction.

The Gas Induction (presented by ThePTN) presents anaesthetic equipment.