Practical Management of Fractures (Paediatrics)

Learning Objectives

By successful completion of this program, you will be able to:

Assessment Of Paediatric Injured Patient:

• • Accurately assess injured adult patients, ensuring thorough and precise evaluations.

Fracture Pattern Analysis:

• • Understand and articulate various fracture patterns accurately.

Radiological Imaging Principles and techniques:

• • Identify and explain the core principles underlying radiological imaging.
  • Apply specific techniques to enhance the detection of subtle radiological findings.

Management of Extremities Injuries:

• • Describe common injuries to the extremities and demonstrate appropriate management strategies.
  • Comprehend and apply the rationale for standard care and management based on the best current evidence.
  • Deliver standard care and management for patients presenting with fractures in emergency settings.

Pain Control Methods in Emergency Medicine:

• • List and apply various methods of pain control in the emergency department, including oral, local, and regional analgesia.

Local Anaesthesia Toxicity:

• • Understand and manage the toxic effects associated with local anaesthesia effectively.

Procedural Sedation Techniques and Safety Measures

• • List and utilise different procedural sedation techniques, adapting them to various clinical circumstances.
  • Implement essential safety measures, including the use of procedural sedation checklists.

Casting and Immobilization Techniques:

• • List and understand various casting and immobilisation techniques used in fracture management.
  • Choose the correct type of cast to stabilise different fracture types effectively.
  • Describe the appropriate application of casts for managing all types of common extremities fractures.
  • Provide patients with detailed instructions on cast care.

Crush Injury Management:

• • Identify and manage aspects of crush injuries effectively.

Differentiating Arthritic Conditions:

• • Implement clinical and diagnostic measures to distinguish between infective and inflammatory arthritis.

Prevention and Management of Fracture Complications:

• • Identify and implement strategies to prevent and manage common complications associated with fractures, including compartment syndrome, Volkmann ischemic contracture, pulmonary embolism, fat embolism, and bone healing complications.

Who Should Attend This Course

Junior and middle grade Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics and Advanced Clinical Practitioners working in emergency setting.

Course Format

• Precourse material
• Interactive lectures
• virtual Practical sessions
• Quizzes
• MCQ