London Trauma Conference 2012

The London trauma conference took place between the 4 and 7 December 2012 at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, West London.

Though the author only managed to attend a part of the conference, they would fully condone any advanced paramedic, or paramedic with a particular interest in trauma to attend the conference in the future due to the invigorating, enlightening and thoroughly engaging talks and lectures delivered there.

Mr Ross Davenport’s lecture titled Coagulation Coagulopathy in Pre– hospital Care emphasised the benefits of the delivery of blood on-scene and how patient recovery is vastly improved in cases of severe trauma by administering transfusions on-scene after the accident rather than transporting them to hospital. This, as Davenport purported, called for more education and training for paramedic and first responders so that they are aware of any potential coaulopathic disorders that may arise or develop while treating trauma on-scene.

‘...that in cases of septic shock the levels of fibrogen are affected that can result in slow or poor haemostasis and subsequently, greater blood loss...’