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Surgery in Children - Education & Resources

Both past, and future Surgery in Children education opportunities. Please find either access recordings or details on signing up to future events:

All of these courses are free of charge to health care professionals working with Children and young people across the South Thames Paediatric Network Trusts, except the PANiCC Course, which is a paid module. And the Torsion Wet Lab has a small cost associated with it.

General Surgery and Urology
Abdominal Pain and Appendicectomy	GIRFT Appendicectomy Pathway *Feilim Murphy*, Clinical Lead, Surgery in Children ODN, STPN	Fracture Month: June 2023: Compartment Syndrome – YouTube
	Abdominal Pain and Appendicectomy Pathway Christine Lam, Surgical Registrar, St. George’s Hospital Trust	ED Management of Forearm Fractures (youtube.com)
Identification of the Surgically Unwell Patient, Stabilisation and Transfer	Recognition and assessment of the surgically unwell child *Sophia Bedoya*, Surgical Registrar, Royal Alexander Children’s Hospital	Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in the ED: Orthopaedic Surgeons Perspective (youtube.com)
	Stabilisation and Transfer of the Surgically Unwell Child *Ben Woodward*, Surgical Registrar, Evelina London and Children’s Hospital	Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in the ED: ED Perspective (youtube.com)
	Safe Transfer of the Paediatric Patient A Surgical Patient – Using the Network Inter-hospital Transfer Guideline and the SToPP Tool (Safe Transfer of the Paediatric Patient) *Laura Snow*, Lead Nurse for Surgery in Children	Surgical Techniques for Supracondylar Fractures (youtube.com)
	SToPP (Safe Transfer of the Paediatric Patient) Assessment of a child with Abdominal Pain *Stacey Bedford*, Lead Nurse for Critical Care, STPN and Liz Boot, PICU Consultant, Evelina London Children’s Hospital	Management of Supracondylar Fractures – YouTube
Torsion	Torsion Wet Lab An annually run, hands-on day, allowing surgeons and surgical trainees, to practise the surgical skills required to perform scrotal explorations and orchidopexy. Supported by Urology Surgeons across the network	Email: england.stpn@nhs.net to register interest for an organisation or individual.
Neonatal Surgery	Neonatal Surgery Study Day An annually run, online study day, aimed at nurses and allied health care professionals, but open to all. Both North and South Thames Paediatric Networks and the London and KSS Neonatal Networks come together to design and deliver this day. It looks at the surgical care of neonates. Led by Laura Snow, Lead Nurse for Surgery in Children, STPN.	Email: england.stpn@nhs.net to register interest for future study days.
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Forearm Fractures	Management of Forearm Fractures in the Emergency Department *Liam Stanley* (APNP) and Hannah Witt (ENP), Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital,	ED Management of Forearm Fractures (youtube.com)
	Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in the Emergency Department: Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Perspective *Mr Shalin Shaunak*, Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Ashford and St. Peters Hospital Trust	Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in the ED: Orthopaedic Surgeons Perspective (youtube.com)
	Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in The Emergency Department: Emergency Clinicians’ Perspective *Dr Matt Edwards* *& Dr Trisha Gupta*, ED Clinicians, Kings College Hospital, Emergency Department	Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in the ED: ED Perspective (youtube.com)
Supracondylar Fractures	Surgical Techniques for Supracondylar Fractures *Gregory Firth & Jo Dartnell*, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells. Aimed at Orthopaedic surgeons and trainees. They discuss several cases on the surgical management of supracondylar fractures	Surgical Techniques for Supracondylar Fractures (youtube.com)
	Management of Supracondylar Fractures *Miss Rebecca Bridgens*, Orthopaedic Surgeon, St. George’s Hospital Trust. Aimed at ED clinicians, Paediatricians, Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals	Management of Supracondylar Fractures – YouTube
Traction	Straight led Traction *Julie Doherty*, Orthopaedic CNS, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital Trust	Straight Leg Traction Skills Video (youtube.com)
	Gallows Traction *Julie Doherty*, Orthopaedic CNS, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital Trust	Gallows Traction Skills Video (youtube.com)
	Acute Compartment Syndrome *Beth Thornton*, Specialist Sister Spinal and Orthopaedics, Evelina London Children’s Hospital,	Fracture Month: June 2023: Compartment Syndrome – YouTube
ENT
Implementation of the STPN Tonsillectomy Guideline	Supporting the Implementation of the STPN Tonsillectomy Guideline *Kiran Varadharajan*, Paediatric ENT Surgeon, Ashford and St. Peters and Royal Surrey Hospital Trusts	Tonsillectomy Webinar – YouTube
Anaesthesia
Preassessment	Paediatric Practitioner’s Preassessment Course A three day virtual course for nurses or ODPs, with a curriculum designed by experts in the field. Requires pre-course learning and an anaesthetist mentor to support with competency-based assessment. Runs every 6-12 months, depending on demand	New: Paediatric Pre-Assessment Practitioner Course (pre-op.org) Email: england.stpn@nhs.net and laura.snow@gstt.nhs.uk to register interest for an organisation or individual.
Pain	Management of Acute Pain in Paediatrics *Julie Doherty*, Orthopaedic and Pain CNS, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital Trust	Always Learning Together @ Lunch Management of Acute Pain in Paediatrics (youtube.com)
Cross Cutting Surgical Education
PANiCC Paediatric Acute Nursing in Critical Care – with Surgery	A course where critical care education teams across the South Thames Paediatric Network come together to deliver the Paediatric Acute Nursing in Critical Care levels 1 and 2 module (PANiCC), accredited by the Paediatric Critical Care Society. It is aimed at experienced paediatric nurses to develop their skills when caring for children who require paediatric critical care and pre and post-operative care. The surgical component runs alongside each block which consists of additional e-learning and an additional surgery skills and simulation day. To access this course, use the ECLH Education webpage	Evelina London education courses \| Evelina London
Foundations in Children’s Surgery	A learning module on the STPN Moodle site that seeks to deliver the foundations of surgical nursing education. Developed by the STPN and colleagues from across the network. Topics include: tracheostomy, tonsillectomy, abdominal pain, pathologies requiring a stoma, stoma care, orthopaedic nursing care, pain management, feeding devices.	To sign up: email england.stpn@nhs.net

Surgery in Children - Education & Resources

General Surgery and Urology

GIRFT Appendicectomy Pathway

Feilim Murphy, Clinical Lead, Surgery in Children ODN, STPN

Abdominal Pain and Appendicectomy Pathway

Identification of the Surgically Unwell Patient, Stabilisation and Transfer

Recognition and assessment of the surgically unwell child

Stabilisation and Transfer of the Surgically Unwell Child

Safe Transfer of the Paediatric Patient

SToPP (Safe Transfer of the Paediatric Patient) Assessment of a child with Abdominal Pain

Torsion Wet Lab

Neonatal Surgery Study Day

Trauma and Orthopaedics

Management of Forearm Fractures in the Emergency Department

Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in the Emergency Department: Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Perspective

Manipulation of Forearm Fractures in The Emergency Department: Emergency Clinicians’ Perspective

Surgical Techniques for Supracondylar Fractures

Management of Supracondylar Fractures

Straight led Traction

Gallows Traction

Acute Compartment Syndrome

ENT

Supporting the Implementation of the STPN Tonsillectomy Guideline

Anaesthesia

Preassessment

Paediatric Practitioner’s Preassessment Course

Management of Acute Pain in Paediatrics

Cross Cutting Surgical Education