Trauma Team and Transfer training
Trauma Team Training
Please note that unfortunately training has been placed on hold due to the ongoing pressures and impacts of which have been caused by Covid-19.
We are still prodiving education and learning through our website The PTN.
The PTN is a website, videocast and podcast service designed to share learning across the Peninsula Trauma Network. Follow the links to listen to one of our podcasts or watch a videocast. Keep an eye on this website for the latest news on topics, events and more learning opportunities.
Transfer Training.
There are currently 4 transfer courses being run throughout the Peninsula:
Derriford Transfer Course
Derriford Hospital runs a twice yearly transfer course, aimed at anaesthetists, acute critical care practitioners and nursing staff. The aim of the course is to familiarise them with the equipment used on intra and inter hospital transfers, to give them a sense of human factors, safety and documentation. To that end the course has a number of components. Opening lectures set the scene and discuss mission planning, safety factors and important dos and don’ts. That is followed by a hands on equipment session before scenario based training using high fidelity simulation. The final scenario involves an ambulance transfer, which all of the participants have found particularly useful. The faculty is very experienced, with personnel from military and civilian backgrounds who have transferred patients using many different platforms.
For further information please email Dr Robin Berry
Torbay Transfer Course
Twice a year a one day multi-professional transfer training course is run. Participants are actively invited from Doctors and nurses from within ED, Anaesthetics AMUs etc.
Royal Devon and Exeter Transfer Course
A regular transfer training course is run by the Intensive Care Unit.
For further information please email Dr Alastair Dow