AO Trauma Advanced Principles of Fracture Management for ORP (Operating Room Personnel)
Operating room personnel (ORP) support the team of surgeons in the operating room and deliver an important contribution to the successful outcome of surgeries. This course teaches advanced principles and current concepts in the treatment of injuries, incorporating the latest techniques in operative fracture management. During the entire course, pre, per and post-operative nursing and planning remains central and fundamental.
Why you should choose this course
Course content
- Soft-tissue penetration during drilling
- Techniques of reduction
- Damaged implant removal
- Module 1—General principles
- Module 2—The polytrauma patient
- Module 3—Distal femur
- Module 4—Geriatric patients
- Module 5—Pediatric patients
- Module 6—Malleolar fractures
- Module 7—Forearm fractures
- Module 8—Wrist
- Module 9— Osteosynthesis involving a joint
- Module 10—Complications
- Module 11—Others: Patient safety, leadership
- Stabilization of the pelvic ring using a large external fixator
- Application of the large distractor
- Intramedullary nailing of a femoral shaft with reaming
- Internal fixation of proximal humeral fracture
- Internal fixation of a femoral shaft fracture in a child
- Internal fixation of a malleolar fracture
- Internal fixation of a forearm shaft fracture
- Internal fixation of a distal intraarticular fracture of the radius
- Internal fixation of an olecranon with cerclage wiring
- The polytrauma patient─Setting priorities
- Patient with a femoral fracture
- Osteosynthesis in geriatric patients
- Osteosynthesis in pediatric patients
- Perioperative preparation for an osteosynthesis of a malleolar fracture
- Perioperative preparation for an osteosynthesis of a forearm shaft fracture
- Challenges in the OR
- Draping
- Patient safety
- Leadership and communication
Course details may be subject to change. Please check your chosen date and location for the detailed program.
Target audience
- All paramedical staff working in the operating room, such as the circulating nurse, scrub nurse and the surgical technician.
Course impressions
Competencies
The AO Trauma curriculum for ORP is based upon 9 competencies:
- Ensure that the patient is adequately prepared for the procedure.
- Carefully prepare all equipment, instruments and implants required for safe surgery.
- Demonstrate and ensure optimal communication and successful teamwork skills.
- Position the patient to allow best surgical access whilst maintaining the patient’s safety.
- Define the basic principles of fracture fixation to ensure effective nursing management of the procedure.
- Demonstrate correct use of instruments and support the optimal surgical application.
- Implement and respect standards of best practice for infection control.
- Implement and respect standards of best practice to ensure occupational health and safety.
- Implement and respect standards of best practice in patient documentation, confidentiality and data protection.
Operating room personnel education taskforce
Srisuk Wacharin (TH)
Term: 2021–2026
Jeannine Schnider-Kuhn (CH)
Term: 2022–2027
Ali Alyami (SA)
Term: 2022–2027
Muhammad Ramzan (PK)
Term: 2024–2026
Regional Program Contributors (RPCs)
Asia Pacific
Steven Tso-kuang Wu
Jean Pierre Leung
Europe and Southern Africa
Mircea Radu Popescu
Lena Brauer
Middle East and Northern Africa
Rahma Gharbi
Usama Saleh
Latin America
Paulo Roberto Barbosa
Past taskforce members
Thorsten Hammer
Saeed Al Thani
Mahmoud odat
Harry Lyall
Alan Norrish
Sari Cohen
Nicola Kildea
Nicola Kildea
Eija Rantanen
Tim Lögters
Bilal Fayad
Pauline Johnston
Hilde Hansen
Khalida Alsmadi
Moarie Grace Tan
Faraj Salameh
Grace Tan
Wolfgang Linhart
Elena Litvina
Jorge Barla
An Sermon
Vajara Phiphobmongkol
Wing Yee Winnie Chan
Anita Bolt
Judy Orson
Myriam Sanchez Luna
Chad Coles
Jenny Pitt
Judith Roberson
Abdullah Alzahrani
John Han
Akram Alshoubaki
Bilal Fayad
Jennifer Brown
Gloria Yu
Kholoud Al-Zain
Rahat Jarayabhand
Abdullah Dar Issa
Diana van der Stelt
Renyi Benjamin Seah
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