SUTURED in Halifax, NS (Oct 11, 2025)

HANDS ON SUTURING & WOUND MANAGEMENT COURSE

• The College of Family Physicians Canada MAINPRO+ credits: 35.25
• ONE-DAY COURSE
• Faculty/Instructor is a Postgraduate General Surgeon as well as a Postgraduate in Emergency Medicine

Price: $1,335.00 + 5% GST

Venue

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Halifax Airport
180 Pratt & Whitney Drive
Enfield, Nova Scotia
B2T 0C8 

Perfect for:

• Family Physicians
• Emergency Physicians
• Urgent care

Objectives

• Be able to list the factors that affect wound healing
• Have a knowledge of the available suture materials & be able to select the most appropriate
• Be able to list the different techniques available to achieve local anesthesia
• Have practised the different techniques of local anaesthetic administration
• Have practised the technique of application of a finger tourniquet
• Be able to describe finger anatomy & understand the technique of a digital finger block
• Have practised 4 different knot tying techniques to achieve optimum wound closure
• Have practised the technique of extensor tendon repair
• Have practised the technique of flap laceration repair
• Have practised 3 skin biopsy techniques: shave; punch; elliptical/fusiform excision
• Be able to describe the techniques involved in lip & tongue laceration repair (includes Québec)
• Be able to provide wound closure aftercare advice

NEW Objectives:

• Have a knowledge of the different subtypes of perianal/perirectal abscesses & be able to describe their management
• Be able to describe the management of 4 common finger & nail injuries and infections: paronychias; felons; partial amputations; sub-ungual haematomas

Additional Topics:

• Radical nail excision
• Layered wound repair
• Wound undermining
• Abscess incision & drainage