Workshop “TRAUMA CARE- LEARNING THROUGH SIMULATION” was organized on 4thJuly 2008

The Workshop “TRAUMA CARE- LEARNING THROUGH SIMULATION” was organized on 4thJuly 2008 at PSG IMS & R Auditorium.It was sponsored by TNSCST, Chennai and NCSTC, ICMR, New Delhi. 64 delegates (7 UG students, 47 PG students, 7 staff nurses and 3 Faculty members) of various colleges of Nursing from Tamilnadu attended the workshop. On the 3rd of July around 10 saplings were planted in our PSG campus.Trauma is being the leading cause of the death and the nurses being the fundamental components of direct trauma care, PSG College of Nursing has felt the need to organize this workshop for faculty and students of Nursing to empower knowledge and skill on trauma care. During scientific session Prof.T.S.Ravikumar, Head of Emergency Nursing Department, CMC, Vellore spoke on Trauma Biomechanics, Stress Management in EMT and Skills station on Transportation and Immobilization techniques. Appropriate use of immobilization devices and instruments during EMT was demonstrated.After this session, the delegates were given an opportunity to practice those techniques to get hands on experiences in early management of trauma. We had resource persons to speak on Musculoskeletal injuries, Airway, Breathing and Circulation management. Pediatric Trauma Management.The 4th year B Sc nursing students, simulated through scenario on early management of trauma in both do’s and don’ts way of treating the trauma victims and depicted the stress among health care professionals during emergency The scenario was lauded by the delegates for its likeliness to the real life situation.The delegates expressed that the skills they gained through this workshop will be useful in their nursing practice..