Simulation Training

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Trauma Team Simulation Training is critical in ensuring the development of team communication, collaboration and cohesiveness. These scenarios focus on the principles of Crisis Resource Management and the technical and non-technical skills of all medical and nursing disciplines to optimise patient safety and outcomes.

 

Trauma Team Training Day

Trauma Team Training is a one day multidisciplinary program run 3-4 times per year at Liverpool Hospital. The day focuses on teams rather than individuals.
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Paediatric Trauma Simulation Day

Paediatric Trauma is a specialised discipline and managed by the two large Paediatric Trauma Centres in Sydney – Westmead Children’s Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital.
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EDUCATION

TACS Education Activities

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Dr Valerie Malka is the Director of the Trauma and Acute Care Surgical Unit at Liverpool Hospital. She was the previous Director of Trauma Services at Westmead Hospital for over a decade. She is an EMST Director and DSTC Instructor with a great passion for trauma and acute care surgery. With special interests in education and quality assurance she has worked extensively in patient safety and the maintenance of ethics in healthcare. Valerie has worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Rescue Committee and holds a Diploma in International Humanitarian Assistance from Geneva University and a Master’s Degree in International Public Health with a major in Humanitarian Law. She also holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and works freelance writing medical, health and wellbeing articles.