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Booking is open!
We are delighted to announce that booking is now open for our biennial conference for Instructors, Co-ordinators and MTS Instructors, being held at Manchester Conference Centre on Wednesday, 24th September 2025. We've got a great line up, and there's still more to come. Reserve your place by clicking the link below, and choose to join us either in person or online. Don't forget to follow us on social media for the latest conference updates.
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Stephanie Smith
Stephanie is a retired Emergency Paediatrician and former Clinical Director of Nottingham Children’s Hospital. Her impressive career includes chairing the Intercollegiate committee for the Management of Paediatric Emergencies and led on the 2012 edition of the Standards of Care document. Stephanie has always been a leader in the workplace on Patient Safety issues and continues to focus on this in all her current roles. She remains an integral part of the Invited Review Team for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and was recently awarded as an RCPCH Honorary Fellow.
Since 1996, Stephanie has been an APLS instructor and recently stepped down as Chair of the APLS Working Group, having been in the role since 2018. She enjoys working alongside the dedicated team at ALSG and the enthusiastic working group members and instructors from all around the world.
Stephanie remains committed to paediatric education, continuing to direct APLS courses and teach on GIC courses across the UK. In October 2023, she stepped into a pivotal role, taking over the reins from Professor Kevin Mackway-Jones as ALSG Chair of Trustees.
Sinead Kay
Sinead has been working with ALSG since 2014 and joined the organisation in the newly created marketing function. From there Sinead went on to lead the Marketing team before being promoted in 2018 to the position of Director of Development. In this role, Sinead was responsible for innovating and devising new courses, as well as leading on the continuous updates and developments to each existing training package, driving improvements and advancing ALSG’s courses to keep current and in line with best practice.
Prior to ALSG, Sinead held marketing roles in the finance sector and brings with her a corporate background. In January 2022, Sinead became Interim CEO and fully took over the reins from Sue Wieteska on her retirement in December 2022.
Sinead enjoys spending her spare time with her family and friends. She is a keen runner and often takes part in long distance challenges. Sinead loves to read and is particularly interested in true crime non-fiction.
Kate Denning
Kate Denning has been working with us as our director of education since 2018. However we have a long shared history, as Kate has also been one of the Generic Instructor Course (GIC) educators for 20 years. With a Masters in adult learning and a PhD in group dynamics, Kate brings a fresh perspective and is adept at differentiating process from content. Her skillset compliments that of the rest of the ALSG team, trustee board and working group membership by creating a bridge between our aspirations to teach up-to-date clinical content and capitalise on advances in medical education. Kate’s focus is always on the learner experience and how we can maximise that and with that in mind she works closely with the medical editor, learning technologists and development coordinators to maintain an overview of all of our courses and developments.
As well as being passionate about learning and education, Kate enjoys the company of her adult children whenever possible, cycling, cold water swimming, and living on a small holding in Devon.
Clare Duffy
Clare grew up in the coastal town of Seahouses in Northumberland, and after leaving school, worked locally as a confectioner.
At the age of 21, Clare enrolled at Durham College and, after moving to Northumbria University, gained a BA (Hons) in Business and moved to Manchester in 2003.
Joining ALSG’s Project and Development Team in March 2007, Clare gained extensive experience in ALSG’s techinical learning packages and processes. Being part of the team tasked to develop and launch the Virtual Learning Environment, and then seconded to help with the launch of its associated automated systems. Clare also worked in collaboration with Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) in producing a manual of images for the Village Health Worker (VHW) course aimed at health workers in the Gambia.
In January 2019, Clare was promoted to her current position of Director of Operations, taking over from Jenny Antrobus.
Clare enjoys family time with her two girls, visiting family in the North East and cooking.
Andy Sweetman
ndy Sweetman joins ALSG as Director of Technology. As a strategic technology leader, he is skilled in building high-performing teams and delivering impactful solutions.
Andy has advised leadership on cloud strategy within a $500M+ group and coached acquired companies on best practices. He is also experienced in leading teams and supporting Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning driven product delivery.
Prior to joining ALSG, Andy was Chief Technology Officer for WDS-SICAP, serving the mobile telecommunications industry and was internally promoted from Head of Product Engineering. He directed the product strategy with respect to their Software-as-a-Service based Customer Experience suite, including innovation, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and compliance.
Andy joins ALSG with a vision to improve the candidate experience and their interaction with ALSG, as well as to support staff and volunteers through technology.
Passionate about innovation, collaboration and technology-driven growth, Andy lives in Dorset and enjoys travelling, motorcycling and staying fit.
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Chris Turner
Chris Turner is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire. He is interested in governance and highly-performing teams, and this has led him on a journey from being blame - and process-focused to something completely different, Civility Saves Lives, a campaign that aims to raise awareness of the impact of behaviour on performance. Over the last few years this idea has gained momentum and traction across healthcare and beyond. He has spoken around the world on the topic including at the Houses of Parliament and has given two TEDx talks.
Vimal Umakanthan
I am an Emergency Medicine Consultant based at Furness General Hospital in Cumbria. I am the programme lead for Pears Cumbria Medical school and Hon. Senior Lecturer for Imperial College London and University of Cumbria. Along with being an instructor for APLS, EPALS, ATLS and ALS courses, I have a special interest in medical education especially simulation based training.
The presentation will be a clinical case based MDT session which involved multiple organisations within and outside of the NHS. The focus is to highlight the importance of MDT sims and their positive learning outcomes. Our session will be a presentation and sharing the stage will be my paediatric nurse colleague, Emma Thomson, who has been a major part of this process.
Professor Tony Redmond OBE
Professor Tony Redmond OBE is Professor Emeritus of International Emergency Medicine at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester, Emeritus Professor of Emergency Medicine at Keele University, and Past President of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. He is an executive committee member of the Faculty of Remote Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He qualified in Medicine from the University of Manchester and specialised in Emergency Medicine, training in the Northwest of England and in the United States. His early special interests were in resuscitation and prehospital care, establishing one of the first paramedic services in the UK in the 1980s and the South Manchester Accident Rescue Team. In the 1990s he held the post of Consultant Trauma Team Leader and Professor of Emergency Medicine at what was then an experimental pilot Trauma Centre in North Staffordshire/Keele University. His work expanded into the management of humanitarian emergencies overseas, and in 1995 he founded UK-Med www.uk-med.org, an International NGO that provides emergency medical humanitarian assistance, and that is now the largest UK based emergency medical NGO. He has also been Hospital Dean at Salford Royal and Lead for Global Health at the Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre.
He has responded to sudden onset disasters and conflicts around the world for over 35 years, most recently in Ukraine. He has been a member of the WHO Emergency Medical Teams Initiative since its inception, and co-founded the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester in 2008.He has published widely across the fields of emergency medicine, disaster management, and humanitarian assistance, and is author of “FRONTLINE” published by HarperNorth and “Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Relief” published by Taylor and Francis Ltd.
David McConnell
Dr David McConnell is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and a Medical Officer in the Royal Navy. Since qualifying from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in 2009, he has completed higher specialist training across the Southwest Peninsula and has worked extensively in both civilian and military healthcare systems.
Dr McConnell has a longstanding academic interest in trauma care, emergency medicine, and the dynamics of high-performance teams working in austere environments. He has authored peer-reviewed publications on topics including transfusion policy for military personnel and cost-effective trauma interventions. His academic contributions include a co-authored book chapter on trauma care in austere environments and multiple national and international presentations on small team performance.
In his role as a military instructor, he has delivered critical care and aviation medicine training to service personnel and supported the development of battlefield trauma education, simulation-based training, and life support instruction. Dr McConnell also helped establish the Peninsula Emergency Medicine Digital Education Forum (PEMDEF), facilitating remote training during the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing monthly virtual journal clubs.
Outside medicine, he is a keen runner/coffee lover and lives with his family in Plymouth.
Charlie Unwin
Charlie is a renowned performance psychologist who supports ambitious individuals, teams and organisations to develop and sustain their best performance - often under the immense pressure to deliver results.
Charlie has trained elite performers from a range of industries including multiple Olympic champions, UK Special Forces, England football, surgeons, lawyers, fighter pilots and C-Suite executives.
Charlie is passionate about the concept of training our mind and physiology (psycho-physiology) to adapt more effectively to stressful environments.
This passion for human performance has been uniquely shaped by a varied career as an athlete and a platoon commander on the front line in Iraq, along with his own academic research into high performance and motivational climate.
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Amany Mohammed
I am a medical consultant specialising in disaster and emergency management, cardiology, and critical care, with over 20 years of experience in the healthcare sector. I currently hold the position of General Director of Training at the Egyptian Ambulance Organisation (EAO), where I lead national strategies for workforce development and emergency preparedness.
Throughout my career, I have designed and implemented numerous training programs targeting paramedics and emergency physicians. My work is deeply rooted in international best practices and I am certified in key systems such as Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS) and Hospital MIMMS (HMIMMS), PHTLS, ITLS. I have also played a leading role in localising these systems for implementation in Egypt.
In recent years, I have been actively involved in building national capacity through structured onboarding programs, simulation-based training and transformational learning models for new graduates. My focus is on enhancing the quality of pre-hospital care, improving emergency medical response and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development across healthcare teams.
In addition to my clinical and leadership roles, I am passionate about medical education and I regularly deliver lectures and workshops for paramedics, healthcare professionals and EMS teams. I also participate in national initiatives related to health system strengthening, mass casualty preparedness and the integration of technology in healthcare training.
My approach combines field experience, strategic leadership and a commitment to evidence-based practice. I strongly believe in the power of collaboration, innovation and lifelong learning to build more resilient and responsive health.
Lobna Elgamal
Lobna is Head department of critical care unit in Gamal Abd Elnaser Hospital - Health insurance organisation. Lobna's other responsibilities include:
- Ministry of health and population (MOHP) Egypt
- Critical care consultant Gamal Abd Elnaser Hospital
- ICU consultant in oncology critical care unit - Elmansoura University, Egypt
- Disaster medicine consultant
- Medical education specialist
- Hospital management specialist
- Founder, curriculum designer and educational supervisor of disaster medicine and management diploma (DMMD) at Princess Fatma Academy (PFA), Training sector of Ministry of health and population (MOHP) Egypt
- Egyptian health council Certified trainer - MOHP Egypt
- E-TOT program team founder, scientific supervisor\lecturer in Princess Fatma Academy (PFA) - Training sector of Ministry of health and population - MOHP Egypt (certified from Egyptian Health Council)
- Lecturer of Intensive care medicine in Princess Fatma Academy (PFA) - Training sector of Ministry of health and population - MOHP Egypt
- Critical care medicine trainer in Egyptian fellowship program
- Certified trainer in Saudi Commission for Health Specialties - Watan alkaleej training centre: e-courses
- International instructor of emergency neurological life support (ENLS)
- International instructor for both Major Incident Medical Management and Support and MIMMS in the Hospital setting courses (MIMMS and HMIMMS)
- Mass causalities management (MCM course) international instructor
- Disaster medicine board member and lecturer at Arab Institute for continuous Professional Development. (AICPD)
- Training of trainer program (TOT) instructor in Egyptian Ambulance Organisation (EAO)
Course director of:
- - CERC: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication training programs 1
- - DBLS: Disaster Burn Life Support training programs
- - DCLS: Disaster Community Life Support training programs
- - DTLS: Disaster Toxicology Life Support training programs
Kevin Mackie - Lead Educator Resuscitation Council UK
Kevin Mackie has been the lead educator for RCUK since 2013. He has a nursing background, but has mainly focused on academia and education. He has been closely involved in the development and delivery of several undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in medicine and nursing. In his role as lead educator, he provides educational advice to all of the RCUK clinical/course subcommittees.
Kevin also co-leads the UK Generic Instructor Course with Kate Denning (from the Advanced Life Support Group) who was co-author with him for the 4th Edition of the Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors (The Blue Book). He is also currently working alongside the ERC lead educator in the development of the ERC GIC.
Lorebeth Betinol
Lorebeth Betinol is a Senior Paediatric Nurse at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, where she has worked for over six years in the High Dependency Unit and Paediatric Assessment Unit. She qualified as a registered nurse in the Philippines in 2014 worked in various areas such as ITU, A/E and theatres then moved to the UK in pursuit of greener pastures. In 2023, she passed the APLS course with a recommendation to become an instructor. Unsure how to begin, she came across a Mike Davies bursary opportunity and applied—motivated to help internationally educated colleagues build confidence in a new healthcare culture and improve outcomes for critically ill children. She was awarded a place and is now actively working toward becoming an APLS instructor. Lorebeth is currently gaining experience as an Instructor Candidate and has secured her first IC at Royal Devon University Healthcare. In 2024, she attained a qualification from the Paediatric Critical Care Society Level 1/2, further enhancing her skills in acute care. She is passionate about paediatric emergency care and education.
Currently, Lorebeth is exploring postgraduate study options in clinical education to further develop her teaching and leadership skills.
Stephanie Smith
Stephanie is a retired Emergency Paediatrician and former Clinical Director of Nottingham Children’s Hospital. Her impressive career includes chairing the Intercollegiate committee for the Management of Paediatric Emergencies and led on the 2012 edition of the Standards of Care document. Stephanie has always been a leader in the workplace on Patient Safety issues and continues to focus on this in all her current roles. She remains an integral part of the Invited Review Team for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and was recently awarded as an RCPCH Honorary Fellow.
Since 1996, Stephanie has been an APLS instructor and recently stepped down as Chair of the APLS Working Group, having been in the role since 2018. She enjoys working alongside the dedicated team at ALSG and the enthusiastic working group members and instructors from all around the world.
Stephanie remains committed to paediatric education, continuing to direct APLS courses and teach on GIC courses across the UK. In October 2023, she stepped into a pivotal role, taking over the reins from Professor Kevin Mackway-Jones as ALSG Chair of Trustees.
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Dr Pswarayi is a highly skilled general surgeon and trauma surgeon. She obtained her MBChB from the University of Cape Town in 2012, followed by a Fellowship from the College of Surgeons of South Africa (FCS SA) in 2021. In addition, she holds a Master of Medicine in Surgery from the University of the Witwatersrand (2022) and a Certificate in Trauma Surgery from the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (2024).
Dr Pswarayi is currently pursuing a PhD in Surgery at the University of the Witwatersrand, where her research focuses on trauma care and its health economics. She practices at Mediclinic Sandton, offering a comprehensive range of general and trauma surgical services.
Beyond her clinical expertise, Dr Pswarayi is actively involved in surgical education and mentorship. She serves as an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Director and a Hospital Major Incident Medical Management and Support (HMIMMS) Instructor, as well as an instructor for Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (DSTC). She is a member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA), and the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG).
I am an Obstetric Anaesthetist and Honorary Lecturer in medical education in Leicester. I was co-chair of the mMOET working group and remain a WG member, course director and instructor on that course.
I have been involved in two revisions of the course structure during my attachment to the working group. I have recently undertaken a review of the external assessment process for ALSG and will be deploying a trial of the new system.
Claire Stewart
Dr Claire is a community paediatric registrar at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and is the National Trainee Representative for the British Association of Community Child Health (BACCH). She has won multiple national and international awards for leading transformative quality improvement initiatives that have changed standards. She has 14 peer reviewed publications, has spoken in 19 international conferences and is a future leader in the field of community paediatrics. Recognising that difficult subject matter can create a communication need in any child, her latest work to change the way the voice of the child is heard in child protection to ensure a need for verbal communication is never a barrier is driving improvements in care and safeguarding practices across the UK
I have been a Paramedic with North West Ambulance Service working in the Clinical Hub and using MTS Telephone Triage for nearly 20 years. Prior to joining NWAS I was a nurse in the Emergency Department using MTS Emergency Triage. For the last 10 years I have also worked with the Manchester Triage Group one day a week, looking after the clinical development and training of a number of MTS tools.
Dr Elizabeth Moloney is a consultant geriatrician working in the Mercy University Hospital (MUH), Cork City, Ireland. She is dual qualified in medicine and dentistry.
She has worked with emergency medicine colleagues to improve older adult care in MUH (ED) since 2020. Her current role is Clinical Lead for a multi-disciplinary Frailty Intervention Team, based in the ED. This team has a “home-first” ethos and strive to reduce hospital admissions for older adults by providing targeted, specialist assessment and intervention in ED and accessing alternative service pathways from ED. MUH is a city-centre based acute tertiary referral hospital, with a high degree of socio-economic deprivation and high levels of frailty. Elizabeth has undertaken doctoral research on frailty screening among older adults in ED, completing her thesis in 2023.
Part of her doctoral work involved creating a bespoke, brief, frailty screen for use at triage, known as a Frailty Trigger, that is now in use in emergency departments across Cork City.
She is keen to continue clinical research projects that are focused on improving older adult care in ED and thanks her ED colleagues in MUH ED for their ongoing support in this regard.
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Dr. Mohamed Elriedy
Dr. Mohamed Elriedy is an Anaesthetic Consultant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton and serves as the Director of Simulation at the University of Nottingham Medical School. He trained in the West Midlands region and completed a fellowship in Obstetrics and Perioperative Medicine in the Northwest. With more than 10 years of experience in simulation-based education, Mohamed holds accreditation from the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) and has been the simulation tutor at Queen’s Simulation Centre, part of the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.
In his professional role, Mohamed is passionately dedicated to advancing medical education and embedding human factors/ergonomics within healthcare practices. He holds several national educational roles, including membership in the national Management of Medical Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma (mMOET) working group and serving as the Quality Assurance Lead in the Medical Training Initiative (MTI) Leadership Group at the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA).
Mohamed is a leader in integrating technology into simulation education, focusing on innovative methods to enhance interprofessional learning and develop critical non-technical skills among healthcare professionals. His collaborative efforts with NHS England have led to groundbreaking projects that incorporate extended reality into both patient care and educational frameworks.
Mandy Brailsford
Mandy Brailsford is the Assistant Director of Education Planning at NHS England in the Midlands region. With over two decades of experience in clinical education, Mandy brings a unique blend of strategic leadership, academic expertise, and frontline resuscitation training to her work.
She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds postgraduate qualifications in healthcare education, intensive care, and adult nursing. Mandy has held senior academic roles at Sheffield Hallam University, including Principal Lecturer in Advancing Practice, where she led curriculum development and assessment strategies across postgraduate provision.
As an Approved Educator with the Resuscitation Council UK, Mandy has delivered instructor training in the UK and across Europe and currently serves on the Council’s subcommittees for the European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) and Focussed Echocardiography in Emergency Life Support (FEEL) courses. Her work includes mentoring faculty and candidates, ensuring educational quality, and leading initiatives to support resuscitation education in middle-income countries such as Vietnam. She is passionate about the candidates learning experience.
Mandy’s research and publications span simulation, augmented reality in clinical education, and learner safety. She has presented nationally and internationally on workforce design, educational strategy, and the application of educational theory in clinical settings. Her session with colleague Alan Jervis will draw on this rich experience to explore how educational frameworks can support faculty in managing challenging candidate interactions, ensuring both learner development and course integrity.
Jill Windle RGN, RNT, MSc, FRCN
I retired from my post as Lecturer Practitioner in Emergency Nursing at the Department of Emergency Medicine Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in 2021 and University of Salford in 2024. Having worked in ED for over 35 years and teaching nurse practitioner, Advanced Practice and trauma courses I gained a broad knowledge of all aspects of urgent and emergency care.
I now have the pleasure of working 2 days a week with the Advanced Life Support Group as a Triage Consultant Nurse overseeing all aspects of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) nationally and internationally. I also serve on the MTG Executive Board.
I am proud to be one of the original authors of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) and co-edited the 2006 2nd edition and 2014 3rd Edition. I am currently completing the 4th edition Emergency Triage book due for publication in 2026.
Dr Karen Street
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Alan Jervis
Following a career as an engineer in the Royal Navy Alan became an Operating Department Practitioner working in the northwest of England. A passion for education led him to pursue a career as a Resuscitation and Simulation Officer. He has instructed on most national resuscitation courses and has been fortunate to be involved in their delivery and development in Greece and Cyprus.
From 2010 to 2017 he worked at Salford Royal managing learning and development functions, supporting quality improvement collaboratives, and maintained a clinical role responding to medical emergencies.
In 2017 he made the move to the southwest as Head of Education at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Alan is also an Educator working with the Advanced Life Support Group and Resuscitation Council (UK) supporting the delivery of the Generic Instructor Course.
Germar Schneider
Germar is the Head of Department at Asker and Baerum Emergency Center near Oslo. He has worked as a physician since 1994 and became a specialist in Internal Medicine in 2003.
Germar has been involved in prehospital Emergency Medicine since 2009 and he regulary works on a Rapid Respons Vehicle: His first contact with the Manchester Triage System was in 2008 and he joined the board of the Norwegian Manchester Triage Group (NMTG) in 2012. He became it's chair in 2016. Germar has worked with Manchester Telephone Triage and Advise (TTA) since it was translated and introduced in Norway in 2014.
Dani Hall
Dani Hall is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine consultant and Director of Simulation in Children's Health Ireland in Dublin, member of the Don't Forget The Bubbles executive team and senior clinical lecturer on the Queen Mary University of London and DFTB PEM MSc. Dani is passionate about advocating for children and young people, and loves good coffee, a good story and her family. She/her.
Nick Dean
Nick joined ALSG in 2015 after more than a decade in IT development and system testing at a major insurance company. In 2018, they became System Development Lead, focusing on process automation and data-driven improvements across the organisation.
Following their autism diagnosis, Nick became a passionate advocate for neurodivergent inclusion. Their personal experience—such as using a Sunflower lanyard while travelling—has highlighted how small changes in communication, accessibility, and assumptions can make a big difference.
In 2024, ALSG became a recognised Sunflower centre. The Advanced Life Support Institute is committed to making its courses as accessible and welcoming as possible, offering a safe space for participants to share their needs and receive appropriate support.
Nick’s wife is a psychologist who specialises in medical education, and they split their time between Stockport and New Brighton.
Sandrine Dénéréaz
Sandrine Dénéréaz, born in 1978, is currently Director of the ASUR Higher Education Institution and Senior Expert at SEFRI in the field of High school education. A qualified paramedic and teacher, she has extensive experience in pre-hospital training and the management of healthcare institutions. She has held successive positions as training manager, deputy director and then director of ES ASUR, and has been chair of CRODES since 2024. She is also director of the Swiss ALSG faculty and a member of the editorial board of the Paramedic Practice Journal.
With a Master's degree in Public Administration (IDHEAP) and several specialisation certificates in management and public policy, she combines pedagogical expertise, managerial skills and field experience.
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Have you seen what study days and workshops RCEM have got to offer? Throughout the year they offer a plethora of events on a huge number of topics, from CESR to ED Design and major trauma to chest drain insertion. To see the full list of events and for more information visit www.rcem.ac.uk/events.
