CT Polytrauma Interpretation for the Radiologist
Featuring short lectures, interpretation and reporting practice with your own access to the cases
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- A case based course on polytrauma reporting and image interpretation
- All content will be delivered for all Consultants, SASGs and senior STs in radiology aiming to increase their skills in identifying key imaging pathologies in an emergency setting.
- Format: Sessions with hands-on case reviews and reporting
- CPD: 12 credits with certificate in accordance with the CPD Scheme of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), UK
Day one
70 mins
Thoracic trauma
Dr Lisa Meacock
Consultant Radiologist, Kings College Hospital, London
- Chest wall injury
- Trauma to the lung
- Trauma to the heart and pericardium
- Rupture of the hemi diaphragm
- Considerations in penetrating vs blunt injury
60 mins
Special considerations in the paediatric trauma
Dr Saira Haque
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Radiation exposure
- Protocols
- Assessing the cervical spine
- Alternatives to CT, e.g. contrast ultrasound
- Paediatric cases
60 mins
Abdominal trauma I
Dr Matthew Seager
Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Suggested CT protocols
- Considerations in penetrating vs blunt trauma
- Hepatobiliary and pancreatic trauma
- Splenic trauma
60 mins
The thoracolumbar spine
Dr Elizabeth Dick
Consultant Radiologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Differentiating between stable and unstable injuries
- Common injury patterns of the thoracic and lumbar spine
- Associated injuries
45 mins
Angiography and Interventional radiology in trauma
Dr Fiona Miller
Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Know your limits - When to call the radiologist
- Active extravasation and pseudo aneurysm formation
- Endovascular control of haemorrhage
Day two
75 mins
Cervical spine
Dr Imran Lasker
Consultant Radiologist, Basildon and Thurrock Hospital
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Differentiating between stable and unstable injuries
- Common injury patterns of the cervical spine
- Associated injuries, e.g. vascular dissection
75 mins
Pelvic trauma
Dr Andreas Panayiotou
Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Ygia Polyclinic Private Hospital in Limassol, Cyprus
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Anteroposterior compression injuries
- Lateral compression injuries
- Vertical shear injuries
- Acetabular fracture patterns
- Associated injuries, e.g. bladder injury
75 mins
Imaging of cranio-cerebral trauma
Dr Ata Siddiqui
Consultant Neuroradiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Review areas – types of brain herniation
- Mimics
- Cranial vault and cranial base fractures
- Intracranial extra-axial injury
- Subarachnoid and intraventricular haemorrhage
- Cerebral contusion
- Brain herniation
90 mins
Abdominal trauma II
Dr Kenneth Courtney
Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
- Introduction of relevant anatomy
- Injuries to the urinary system and retroperitoneum
- Vascular injuries
- Bowel and mesenteric injury (the seat belt injury)
The content
- Many cases to interpret over the two days
- Intensive CT trauma interpretation practice, including
- head and spine
- whole body
- chest
- abdomen
- pelvis
- angiography/interventional
- paediatric
- Time and freedom to review cases at your own pace
- Case review and discussion panel, Q&A
- interpretation guidance, tips and common errors to avoid
- Interactive discussions, what is relevant and significant,
- take home messages that will change your practice
The aim
To provide the busy, ‘hands-on’ radiologist with a practical, stimulating and comprehensive update on advanced trauma imaging interpretation:
- practical (workstation-based learning);
- stimulating (interactive, challenging cases, immediate feedback);
- comprehensive (head and spine, chest, abdomen, extremities).
By the end of the course, the delegate will have:
- A comprehensive understanding of good/best trauma imaging interpretation practice;
- Improved trauma imaging interpretation skills;
- Greater confidence in advanced practice; and the ability to know when to refer further
- Identified skills and knowledge gaps, if any, relevant to their practice, and clear ways by which these can be addressed.
Course director
Dr Lisa Meacock
Lisa is a Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London. Her special interests include MSK imaging and trauma imaging. She is the Radiology lead for trauma imaging for The South East London, Kent and Medway. She has directed this course since its birth in 2017 and it has seen almost 500 attendees.
Faculty members
Dr Fiona Miller
Fiona is a consultant Interventional Radiologist and lead for radiology IT and acute radiology
Dr Kenneth Courtney
Consultant Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
Dr Ata Siddiqui
Consultant Neuroradiologist, King's College Hospital, London
Dr Saira Haque
Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, King's College Hospital, London
Dr Andreas Panayiotou
Andreas Panayiotou is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist in Cyprus.
He trained as a specialist registrar and later worked as a MSK Radiology Consultant at King’s College Hospital, London.
He is actively involved in medical education and academia, and has several publications and book chapters in Radiology.
Access to cases for our imaging events
Our imaging courses are very much an interactive experience. Presentations are kept to the minimum and then you'll be into the fully featured cloud based DICOM viewer, looking at cases, feeding back your findings using our interactive tools. You'll get immediate feedback and learning points from our expert faculty member.
- Attendance of the course includes access to the database of cases associated to this event on our server at PostDICOM.
- Full access to each case with a full toolset to open, view and manipulate each case alongside the faculty but on your own screen!
- You will maintain your access to the resource throughout your on-demand service period too.
Sample the DICOM viewer here. A window will load below the buttons (best demonstrated on a computer rather than mobile device)
How to attend this course
When you book an on-demand course, you will receive a confirmation email with step-by-step instructions on how to access the course and view the associated cases on PACS.
For full guidance, you can watch our tutorial below. If you are still unsure about anything, just send us an email or give us a call — we are always happy to help.
Frequently asked questions
Pre course viewing - The primary survey interpretation
Course fees
On-demand service:
£275, now £225 inc. VAT
If you started your course today, you would have access until: Friday 27 November 2026
What's included
- 120 days of access to the on-demand version of the course with unlimited playback
- Full access and control to the DICOM cases
- CPD Certificate of attendance with 12 CPD points
- Opportunity to submit questions directly to the faculty
- Lots of cases to review and interpret