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The STN held its conference in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, on 27th and 28th September 2022.
The conference celebrated the network entering its fifth year by looking at achievements, lessons learnt and the impact it has made to trauma care in Scotland. It explored several themes using patient cases and data collected throughout the patient pathway.
The conference schedule can be found here.
A number of the sessions at the event were recorded and can be viewed below. Please note, consent was not received to record all sessions at the conference.
For further details, please contact nss.scottrauma@nhs.scot
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
The Exchange
150 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EE
Dr David McGill, National Clinical Lead for Care of Burn in Scotland (COBIS), presents the background of the need for a national burns centre, which opened in October 2022. Dr McGill shares what has led to this point and patient pathways once the centre is fully opens.
Dr Andreas Demetriades, National Clinical Lead of the Scottish Acquired Brain Injury Network (SABIN), shares a presentation on what the data in Scotland tells us whether the incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury is increasing or decreasing, as well as looking at parameters such as age, social class and concomitant injuries.
Janis Harvey, Physiotherapy Consultant and Karen Scott, Regional Rehabilitation Lead for the West of Scotland, present the story of Kyle, a major trauma patient involved in a road traffic accident and suffered severe injuries. The story is told by Kyle and his family and focuses on his journey through the trauma pathway.
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