Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 Hi Woody, Yes, the next BSS course is coming up on the 6th-8th September at Keele Hall in Staffordshire. You have actually done me a minor favour as I was about to drop out an advert onto the list this week A deposit of 150GBP would be due in the middle of July and the residual by mid August. The last course went very well and we were given 4.9 out of 5.0 as a perception rating on tuition. The course is based on the BSS courses run by the Colleges of Surgery in the UK. We have adapted the final day of the course for skills specific to emergency care and there is a high emphasis on getting the basics right. As any of the previous students will tell you, there will be plenty of opportunity to practice sutures and knot tying. Looking forward to seeing you in September. Cheers, Ross Basic Surgical Skills for Remote Medics Keele Hall, UK http://www.remotemedics.co.uk/bss.htm ross.boardman@... > > > Hi there people, > just a quick question to > ne1 who wants to answer it. > how do you enrol on the BSS (Basic > Surgery Skills) Course. > I am very interested and i think ione > is coming up soon. > look forward to hearing from you > Woody > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Hi Ian, I have just recently completed the Royal College of Surgeons BSS at the Royal college Edinburgh. An excellent course attended by surgeons and delivered by surgeons. Let me know if you need any more info. Regards Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hi mate just a few questions with regards to the BSS course. 1 how much is the whole course 2 any idea of any literature to read up on prior to the course 3 did you consolidate your skills fatert he course in the hosptial or minor injurys unit. 4 iam an ex forces medci, and now im a state registerd paramedic, is this enough knowledge for the course many thanks for picking your brain ian " woody " woodland clewis5221@... wrote: Hi Ian, I have just recently completed the Royal College of Surgeons BSS at the Royal college Edinburgh. An excellent course attended by surgeons and delivered by surgeons. Let me know if you need any more info. Regards Clive Member Information: List owner: Ian Sharpe Owner@... Editor: Ross Boardman Editor@... ALL list admin messages (subscriptions & unsubscriptions) should be sent to the list owner. Post message: egroups Please visit our website http://www.remotemedics.co.uk Regards The Remote Medics Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hi Woody, 1 The whole course costs 495 GBP (150 payable in July, residual in August) 2 There is a specifically written manual for the course that is available in electronic format and a printed black and white copy will be provided on the first day of the course 3 How you consolidate your skills is down to personal development, but we do talk about the training aids that are used and how best to maintain skills learnt during the three days. 4 You would be eligible for the BSS for Remote Medics course. This is an adaptation of the Royal Colleges course specifically aimed at the remote medic and does not include some of the operative skills such as use of minimal invasive instruments and end to end bowel anastamosis. It replaces these with: surgical airway, venous cutdown, burns management and chest drain insertion. If you want to read any comments on the course there is further details in the link below. Cheers, Ross Basic Surgical Skills for Remote Medics Keele Hall, UK http://www.remotemedics.co.uk/bss.htm ross.boardman@... > Re: BSS Course. > > > Hi mate > just a few questions with regards to > the BSS course. > 1 how much is the whole course > 2 any idea of any literature to read up > on prior to the course > 3 did you consolidate your skills > fatert he course in the hosptial or > minor injurys unit. > 4 iam an ex forces medci, and now im a > state registerd paramedic, is this > enough knowledge for the course > > many thanks for picking your brain > ian " woody " woodland > > clewis5221@... wrote: > Hi Ian, > I have just recently completed the > Royal College of Surgeons BSS at the > Royal college Edinburgh. > An excellent course attended by > surgeons and delivered by surgeons. > Let me know if you need any more info. > Regards > Clive > > > > Member Information: > > List owner: Ian Sharpe Owner@... > Editor: Ross Boardman > Editor@... > > ALL list admin messages (subscriptions > & unsubscriptions) should be sent to > the list owner. > > Post message: egroups > > Please visit our website > http://www.remotemedics.co.uk > > Regards > > The Remote Medics Team > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hi Ross, What are the dates for the upcoming course? Cheers Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Hi Ian, I did my course in march 2004. I didn't do it via the remote medics route but rather through the Royal College itself. So I was the only RN/Medic on the course. The course was run by surgeons for surgeons. I felt it was very benificial as I work in both the pre-hospital and hospital environments. As it was run by Surgeons there was little lost time in getting hands on and practical. The course booklet and video supplied was more than adequate, though your Anatomy and Physiology should be of a good standard. The teaching technique is observe then do. The most important skill to practice and master is knot tying. Many students struggle with this important part of the curriculum so set yourself up with a gig similiar to that shown in the video and practice. Re cost I'm not to sure as it was sponsored by my employer. I believe the remote medics version may differ slightly in that minimal access surgery might not be included. So an excellent course and as always an opportunity to discuss with colleagues. Good luck and let us know how you get on regards Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Hi Clive, As the co-author and one of the instructors of the Remote Medics BSS course I thought I would chip in and explain the differences between the courses. No, we don't teach minimal invasive techniques as this would not be appropriate to the role of the remote medic. We do teach some ATLS techniques on the course (chest drain insertion, escharotomy, surgical and needle cryc, venous cutdown). There is also a large section on local anaesthesia, removal of foreign bodies and wound management. The course is certified by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and our senior instructor (and the man who wrote the manual) is a consultant surgeon at West Middlesex University Hospital and teaches PHTLS and ATLS too as well as BSS for RCS(England). One of the main differences is that the remote medics course is aimed at experienced medics whereas the Colleges BSS are aimed at junior doctors aiming to pursue a career in surgery. The former group is generally more experienced and soak up a lot of the skills much quicker, hence the reason we have much more volume in the remote medics BSS course. The junior doctors do tend to have much superior A & P knowledge and you state, this is something that should be brushed up on before attending. Cheers, Ross > > Hi Ian, > I did my course in march 2004. > I didn't do it via the remote medics > route but rather through the Royal > College itself. So I was the only > RN/Medic on the course. > The course was run by surgeons for > surgeons. I felt it was very benificial > as I work in both the pre-hospital and > hospital environments. As it was run by > Surgeons there was little lost time in > getting hands on and practical. > The course booklet and video supplied > was more than adequate, though your > Anatomy and Physiology should be of a > good standard. The teaching technique > is observe then do. > The most important skill to practice > and master is knot tying. Many students > struggle with this important part of > the curriculum so set yourself up with > a gig similiar to that shown in the > video and practice. > Re cost I'm not to sure as it was > sponsored by my employer. > I believe the remote medics version may > differ slightly in that minimal access > surgery might not be included. > So an excellent course and as always an > opportunity to discuss with colleagues. > Good luck > and let us know how you get on > regards > Clive > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Hi Nick, The course dates ar 6th to 8th September 2004 at Keele Hall, Staffordshire. Cheers, Ross > RE: BSS Course. > > > Hi Ross, > What are the dates for the upcoming course? > > Cheers > Nick > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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