SYNOPSIS

This Grand Round will outline the important and well established principles in the management of blunt abdominal trauma (something old), and demonstrate the degree to which these tenets are affirmed, challenged or refuted by advances in understanding and practice (something new).  Examples include the use of CT and ultrasound in the early management of abdominal trauma, as well as what paediatric vs. adult practices can inform selection of non-operative vs. operative management for solid organ injury (something borrowed).  Something blue?… you’ll need to come and listen to find out that one!

SPEAKER

In January 2015, Dr Warwick Teague joined the RCH as a full-time Academic Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon. He will also take on the role of Head of Trauma Services, which will now report directly to the Chief of Surgery.

Dr Teague most recently held the positions of Director of Paediatric Trauma and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide. Prior to that, he was a Laparoscopic Surgical Fellow at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.  He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2012.