Wed 26th May 2021 at 8pm

Lieutenant Colonel Johno Breeze is a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham. He has deployed to Bosnia, Oman, Northern Ireland and three times to Afghanistan. He completed his medical and dental degrees in London, his PhD in Birmingham, and a Craniomaxillofacial Trauma fellowship at Duke University, USA.

Johno was awarded military healthcare person of the year in 2013 for developing a new design of body armour now worn by all UK military personnel. In 2015 he was presented by Her Majesty The Queen the civil service prize for innovation. He is the Editor of BMJ Military Health.

Wed 4th August 2021 at 8pm

Martin is Clinical Lead for Trauma Surgery at Barts Health,
he developed the country’s first integrated ward-based violence reduction service which has had spectacular success in reducing retaliation and violent reoffending.

Martin is a passionate advocate of diversity and equality and has worked with the community for decades and is an ambassador to the Mary Seacole Trust, sits on the Violent Crime Prevention Board, and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London.

Martin was appointed as the first Clinical Director for Violence Reduction in NHS London. He sits on the reference group that guides the VRU in London, promoting the “public health approach” to violence reduction.

Martin has consolidated his roles within NHSE & NHS London and playing a more active role in supporting the Violence Reduction Unit in London and providing advocacy for the uplift of VRUs within the 18PCCs awarded VRU status.

Wed 14th July 2021 at 8pm

Robert Jones is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at QE Hospital Birmingham.

This webinar will focus on the role of Interventional Radiology (IR) in trauma, raise awareness and provide information on when IR is appropriate.

A review of the relevant evidence base will be included, for pelvic, peripheral and solid organ injury with illustrative ‘real-life’ case examples.

Controversies, logistical challenges and the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach will also be addressed with the overall aim of improving knowledge, patient pathways and outcomes with the involvement of IR in trauma where appropriate.

Wed 18th August 2021 at 8pm

Having worked in the emergency services for more than fifteen years, Dan Farnworth has seen it all. There was the time he was called to take away a dead body - only for the 'corpse' to jolt back into life and demand to know what he was doing in her house.

Earlier in his career, he unwittingly disturbed a crime scene as he shared the sad news of the victim's death with her son. Along with the 18,000 other paramedics in the UK who serve us day and night, Dan constantly finds himself pushed into extraordinary circumstances where he not only has to deal with those he has been sent to help, but also their worried families and friends - and even with irate drivers who object to his ambulance getting in their way as he desperately works to save someone's life.

Wed 21st July 2021 at 8pm

Anne-Marie Consultant Physiotherapist Swansea Bay Health Board & Honorary Senior Lecturer the Medical School Swansea University - UK.

Anne-Marie's academic qualifications include BSc Hons Physiotherapy, MSc Musculoskeletal medicine and a PhD Medicine awarded for studies into the treatment and management of an Achilles tendinopathy.

She also maintains both an active clinical and research role and has numerous publications and presented her work nationally and internationally. She has a particular interest in Achilles tendon injuries and is one of the pioneers of functional rehabilitation for Achilles tendon ruptures.

This webinar will be based on functional management of an Achilles tendon rupture via the Swansea Morriston Achilles Rupture Treatment (SMART) protocol.

Wed 15th September 2021 at 8pm

In Sweden and the Netherlands, when reporting a cardiac arrest, a UAV carrying a defibrillator can be dispatched to your location, using your phone’s GPS signal as a guide, within minutes. In Rwanda and Ghana, drones car­rying blood and medicines are tasked by WhatsApp or text message to remote clinics; 70% of remote area blood outside the urban centres in these countries is now delivered via these means.

Military UAVs now deliver supplies and ammunition forward and they are therefore ready to casevac patients from the battlefield - including hot zone collection.

Col Parker will examine how UAVs will influence battlefield resupply and casualty evacuation, including in-flight resuscitation and surgery on the asymmetric battlefields of tomorrow.

He will also look at how these lessons from the battlefield can be used in civilian medicine.