This document provides information about the Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (DSTC) course, including registration details, faculty, location, and program. The 3-day advanced course is designed for surgeons and trainees to learn techniques for the definitive surgical care of major trauma patients. It covers a variety of trauma-related topics through lectures and hands-on training, with the goal of teaching skills applicable to treating injury in settings without specialized trauma resources. The course is endorsed by the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care and organized by local Italian associations.

1. Definitive
SURGICAL TRAUMA CARETM
CourseDIRECTOR Christine Gaarder Oslo, Norway
CO-DIRECTOR Pietro Padalino Monza, Italy
International Faculty
Hayato Kurihara Milan, Italy
Luke Leenen Utrecht, The Netherlands
Carlos Mesquita Coimbra, Portugal
Paul Naess Oslo, Norway
National Faculty
Tiberio Canini Milan, Italy
Diego Mariani Milan, Italy
Mauro Zago Milan, Italy
REGISTRATION
How to register online www.formazione-trauma.it
Registration FEES
SURGICAL DSTC COURSE: Theory + hands on training Course - € 1.500 + VAT 22%
AUDITOR DSTC COURSE: Theory - € 300 + VAT 22%
How to pay: Bank transfer - NET OF BANK CHARGES - to Materia Prima Srl
c/o - Bank name: UBI BANCA - BANCA POPOLARE DI BERGAMO
IBAN: IT 53 A 05428 11101 000000008533 Bic/SWIFT: BLOPIT22
Please make reference to DSTC COURSE 2015
LOCATION
Theory
FORTEZZA VISCONTEA
Piazza Perrucchetti, 3
20062 Cassano d'Adda – Milan – Italy
Hands-on training
CRABCC
Località "La Quercia"
26027 Rivolta D'Adda - Cremona - Italy
Rivoltad’Adda-Italy
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Associazione Formazione Trauma
www.formazione-trauma.it
developed by: endorsed: organized by:
iatsic
International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care
Course FACULTY
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
Materia Prima srl
Phone 0363.1848776 - Fax 0363.1920301
www.materia1a.it - info@materia1a.it
S.I.C.U.T.
Società Italiana di Chirugia d’Urgenza e del Trauma

2. Definitive
SURGICAL TRAUMA CARETM
Course
The AdvancedTraumaLifeSupport(ATLS®) Course
of the American College of Surgeons has had a
dramatic effectinimprovingoutcomeofpatientsby
standardisingtheirresuscitationandinitialassessment,
andprovidingonesafesimplewayfortheinitialcare
of such patients. However, ATLS® makes very little
provision for care beyond the “Golden Hour”, and
often the surgical care that the patient receives after
resuscitation is performed by those inexperienced
in the surgical management of the trauma patient.
“Standard” general surgical training received in the
managementoftraumaisoftendeficient,partlybecause
traditional surgical training is more and more organ
specific, concentrating on “superspecialties” such as
vascular, hepatobiliary or endocrine surgery, and
partlybecauseinmostdevelopedtrainingprograms,
there is limited exposure to the range of injured
patients.
It is not enough to be a good operator. The effective
practitioner is part of a multidisciplinary team that
plans for, and is trained to provide, the essential
medical and surgical response required in the
management of the injured patient.
Planningtheresponserequiresanunderstandingof:
• The causation of injuries produced in the local
population. An urban population with motorways
will have a different spectrum of injury to an
armed inner-city population.
• Theemergency,pre-hospitalandemergencyroom
care of the patient. The condition in which the
patientisdeliveredtothehospitalandsubsequently
to the operating room will be determined by the
emergency response, and in many respects will
determine outcome.
• Theresources,bothphysicalandintellectualwithin
thehospital,andtheabilitytoanticipatethespecific
problemsassociatedwiththepatientwithmultiple
injuries.
The International Association for Trauma Surgery
andIntensiveCare(IATSIC)isafoundingcomponent
of the Société International de Chirurgie (Interna-
tional Society of Surgery) – ISS/SIC. Under the
patronage and supervision of IATSIC, the Definitive
Surgical Trauma Care (DSTCTM) Course has been
developed for surgeons who may be faced with the
definitive care of a patient with multiple injuries.
The DSTCTM
Course is designed for surgeons and
surgical trainees, by surgeons. Many situations require
specialist trauma surgical expertise, yet because of
localconditionsthisissimplynotavailable.Itsintention
is not to duplicate ATLS®, nor to provide an in depth
course in surgery, but rather to teach those techniques
particularlyapplicabletothepatientwhorequiressurgery
and intensive care for major trauma, in a setting where
suchcareisnotcommonlypractisedorevennecessarily
available. At the same time, Trauma Care is changing
all the time, and this course also serves as an update
ofknowledgeandinformationinthefieldofTraumaCare.
1st
DAY
• Course overview
and surgical decision making
• The trauma laparotomy
• Damage control
• Case Presentation
• Trauma to the Neck
• Case Presentation
• SKILLS LABORATORY (CRABCC)
2nd
DAY
• Thoracic injury
• Technique: Pericardial window
• Technique: Cardiac and lung repair
• Case Presentation
• Trauma to the liver
• Trauma to the spleen
• Trauma to the pancreas and duodenum
• Urological trauma
• Case Presentation
• SKILLS LABORATORY (CRABCC)
3rd
DAY
• Burns and escharotomy
• Case Presentation
• Extremity injury
• Technique: Fasciotomy
• Pelvic trauma
• Case presentation
• Interventional radiology
• Case Presentation
• Endpoints of resuscitation
• Massive haemorrhage and coagulopathy
• Infection in Trauma
• Nutrition in trauma
• Case Presentation
• Complex case studies
• Closure and Discussion
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PROGRAM