Welcome to our first iCSOS combined with Plastics.

This year we will be focusing on ballistics and preventing infection in combat wounds - arguably the cornerstone of military surgical practice. We have a very busy in person training schedule that relies on delegates engaging with the pre-learning ahead of the in-person iCSOS.

Admin Instruction

Appendix A - The detailed schedule

Appendix B - Wet lab table groups

Stimulated Surgical Training - ESSENTIAL PRE-READING!!

Short Ballistics lectures

1. Introduction to Ballistics

2. Ammunition Natures

3. Wound Ballistics

4. Surgical Treatment of Ballistic Wounds

Papers and Podcasts

1A CGO Wound excision (good work Lt Col Neil Eisenstein and team!)

1B Podcast discussion on the Wound Excision CGO

2A Combat Wound Infection: Historic lessons and evolving concepts

2b Podcast discussion on ‘Combat Wound Infection: Historic lessons and evolving concepts’

3 CGO on Gunshot injury to the extremities

RUSI Paper on Project Greyburn - the replacement of the SA-80

Excellent overview on basic internal and external ballistics and the trade-offs and compromises involved with firearms selection.