David Nott Foundation

The David Nott Foundation is a foundation aimed at assisting with training of surgeons for areas of conflict.[1] The charity was set up by Welsh surgeon David Nott.[2]

Founding
David Nott

On a mission to Libya, surgeon David Nott began to realise that a lot of the medical staff there were not trained for the kinds of injuries they were encountering. He began running a Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills workshop for his colleagues in the hospital.[3] This experience, in part, led to Nott setting up the David Nott Foundation in 2015, along with his wife Elly, who led the charity as Chief Executive until 2019.[4]

Training

The David Nott Foundation provides surgical training for doctors and nurses who work in war and disaster zones. The training courses focus on life saving surgical procedures that are crucial in austere environments, with doctors given the opportunity to practice on real bodies, supported by other resources, including videos and anatomical models.[5] The courses are run with the Royal College of Surgeons for five days every six months and are fully funded by the foundation through a scholarship scheme for surgeons working in hostile conditions.[6]

These courses are also delivered on the front line, where doctors are unable to leave their posts, and have already been held in Yemen, Libya and Iraq, among others.[7] The front line Hostile Environment Surgical Training courses (HEST) last for four days. They focus on a wide range of skills, including treating gun shot wounds and carrying out vascular surgery, with the help of a full-body simulator.[8] The simulator is a perfectly accurate model of the human body and can be used to demonstrate various procedures.[9]

More recently, the foundation has provided surgical training for areas of conflict in Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10][11]

References
  1. "David Nott Foundation". Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  2. Evans, Jason (2022-06-18). "Welsh war surgeon helping to save lives on the frontline in Ukraine". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  3. Beckerman, Hannah (22 February 2019). "War surgeon David Nott: 'To skirt death and survive is euphoric'". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "Elly Nott". David Nott Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. Nott, Elly (10 February 2019). "David Nott Foundation STAE scholarship course". The Hippocratic Post. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. Pyke, Chris (14 March 2019). "War surgeon David Nott, the man who won't be cowed by Islamic State or the world's most dangerous places". Wales Online. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. "Our Work". David Nott Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  8. Milligan, Ivar. "Kenya HEST April 2019". David Nott Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. Milligan, Ivar. "February 2019 Newsletter". David Nott Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  10. Them, Better-Equipping the Doctors Who Care for (2022-03-10). "Frontline online surgical course for Ukraine". The Hippocratic Post. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  11. "The British surgeons training Ukrainian doctors to treat war injuries via Zoom". ITV News. 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
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