Pre Hospital Trauma Skills Workshop

The first contact with a critically injured patient is often the greatest opportunity to influence survival. Early recognition, rapid intervention, and effective decision‑making are key to improving patient outcomes in the pre‑hospital environment.

This 1‑day immersive workshop equips clinicians with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage the seriously injured patient from first contact through to handover. The course is run in small groups with plenty of coaching, repetition, and structured feedback, with a focus on transferable skills you can apply immediately in pre-hospital and ED/critical care environments.

Participants will work through structured trauma assessment, high‑risk presentations, and critical interventions that can make a meaningful difference during the earliest phase of care.

Course Content

• Assessment of the Critically Injured Patient
  Structured, systematic trauma approaches with an emphasis on early identification of life‑threatening injury.
• Bleeding & Shock
• Physiology, recognition, and delivery of early, effective haemorrhage control.
• Early Critical Interventions
  Practical skills to stabilise the deteriorating trauma patient.
• When HEMS Can Be of Benefit
  Enhancing decision‑making on scene: when to request critical care support and what to expect. Understanding indications, processes, and the role of enhanced care teams.

Designed for paramedics, 3rd-year paramedic students, NQP's, Paramedics, nurses and doctors with an interest in pre-hospital emergency medicine.

Location

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity HQ, TF11 8UR