Institute of Life Science 2 Internal Atrium

Professor Ian Pallister

Honorary Professor

Faculty of Medicine Health and Life Science

i.pallister@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Professor Pallister has worked as a clinical academic trauma surgeon since joining Swansea University and Morriston Hospital in 2002. He is actively engaged in medical student teaching in clinical anatomy, trauma and orthopaedics and also clinical skills. He also regularly supervises student projects in medicine and also applied medical sciences.

His research interests cover a wide range of civilian and military spheres and he has worked closely with colleagues in the UK Defence Medical Services

Areas Of Expertise

Major trauma: damage control resuscitation and the response to injury
Complex fractures
Pelvic and acetabular trauma
Open fractures
Skills education and evaluation

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Pallister contributes to Medical School teaching in clinical anatomy sessions, apprenticeships. LOCs and specialty attachments.

In addition, he is Director of the MSc Trauma Surgery Programme and has a major interest in the teaching of technical skills and in the clinical and simulated environment, along with immersive simulation for time critical emergency training.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Morris, R., Jones, N., & Pallister, I. (2018). The use of personalised patient information leaflets to improve patients’ perceived understanding following open fractures. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-018-2332-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45944
Francis, W., Ireland, R., Spear, A., Jenner, D., Watts, S., Kirkman, E., & Pallister, I. (2019). Flow Cytometric Analysis of Hematopoietic Populations in Rat Bone Marrow. Impact of Trauma and Hemorrhagic Shock. Cytometry Part A, 95(11), 1167-1177.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.a.23903, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51993
Jones, J., Evans, B., Fegan, G., Ford, S., Guy, K., Jones, S., Keen, L., Khanom, A., Longo, M., Pallister, I., Rees, N., Russell, I., Seagrove, A., Watkins, A., & Snooks, H. (2019). Rapid Analgesia for Prehospital hip Disruption (RAPID): findings from a randomised feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0454-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52084
Trickett, R., Mudge, E., Price, P., Pallister, I., & Price, T. (2020). The development of a novel patient-derived recovery scale for open tibial fractures. The Bone & Joint Journal, 102-B(1), 17-25.
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.102b1.bjj-2019-0303.r2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53249
Pallister, I., Handley, G., Maggs, S., Davies, A., Kyle, A., Bodger, O., & Dafydd, H. (2021). Measuring recovery after open lower limb fractures: combined objective functional tests and global perceived recovery outperform narrower metrics and a standard generic patient reported outcome measure. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04356-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60399
Hay-David, A., Herron, J., Thurgood, A., Whittle, C., Mahmood, A., Bodger, O., Hodgetts, T., & Pallister, I. (2020). A Comparison of Improvised and Commercially Available Point-of-Wounding Tourniquets in Simulated Traumatic Amputation with Catastrophic Hemorrhage. Military Medicine, 185(9-10), e1536-e1541.
https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa085, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61626
Pallister, I., Handley, G., Maggs, S., Davies, A., Kyle, A., Bodger, O., & Dafydd, H. (2020). Objective Measures of Functional Outcome in Recovery from Open Lower Limb Fractures – A Report from an Ortho-Plastic Research Clinic. Research Square
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-24944/v1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61627
Parker, P., Bodger, O., & Pallister, I. (2023). The Royal College of Surgeons of England Damage Control Orthopaedic Trauma Skills course (DCOTS): resuscitative knowledge and confidence in surgical skills are reliably maintained at six months post course. The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 105(6), 548-553.
https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2023.0030, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2023.0030

All Research

Journal Articles

Parker, P., Bodger, O., & Pallister, I. (2023). The Royal College of Surgeons of England Damage Control Orthopaedic Trauma Skills course (DCOTS): resuscitative knowledge and confidence in surgical skills are reliably maintained at six months post course. The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 105(6), 548-553.
https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2023.0030, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2023.0030
Pallister, I., Handley, G., Maggs, S., Davies, A., Kyle, A., Bodger, O., & Dafydd, H. (2021). Measuring recovery after open lower limb fractures: combined objective functional tests and global perceived recovery outperform narrower metrics and a standard generic patient reported outcome measure. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04356-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60399
Hay-David, A., Herron, J., Thurgood, A., Whittle, C., Mahmood, A., Bodger, O., Hodgetts, T., & Pallister, I. (2020). A Comparison of Improvised and Commercially Available Point-of-Wounding Tourniquets in Simulated Traumatic Amputation with Catastrophic Hemorrhage. Military Medicine, 185(9-10), e1536-e1541.
https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa085, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61626
Pallister, I., Handley, G., Maggs, S., Davies, A., Kyle, A., Bodger, O., & Dafydd, H. (2020). Objective Measures of Functional Outcome in Recovery from Open Lower Limb Fractures – A Report from an Ortho-Plastic Research Clinic. Research Square
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-24944/v1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61627
Trickett, R., Mudge, E., Price, P., Pallister, I., & Price, T. (2020). The development of a novel patient-derived recovery scale for open tibial fractures. The Bone & Joint Journal, 102-B(1), 17-25.
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.102b1.bjj-2019-0303.r2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53249
Jones, J., Evans, B., Fegan, G., Ford, S., Guy, K., Jones, S., Keen, L., Khanom, A., Longo, M., Pallister, I., Rees, N., Russell, I., Seagrove, A., Watkins, A., & Snooks, H. (2019). Rapid Analgesia for Prehospital hip Disruption (RAPID): findings from a randomised feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0454-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52084
Francis, W., Ireland, R., Spear, A., Jenner, D., Watts, S., Kirkman, E., & Pallister, I. (2019). Flow Cytometric Analysis of Hematopoietic Populations in Rat Bone Marrow. Impact of Trauma and Hemorrhagic Shock. Cytometry Part A, 95(11), 1167-1177.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.a.23903, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51993
Morris, R., Jones, N., & Pallister, I. (2018). The use of personalised patient information leaflets to improve patients’ perceived understanding following open fractures. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-018-2332-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45944

Taught Modules

PM-M70 Transferred in Credits
PMTM00 Military Operational Surgical Training

This module will enable students to understand the unique injury pattern, the specific constraints and the optimum management strategies for the casualties of war (military and civilian)
PMTM01 TRAUMA: THE DISEASE The Attack

Injury is a disease which has characteristic patterns, and provokes responses both at the site of injury, and in the body as a whole. This is particularly the case after severe multiple injuries. Patterns of injury, along with their origins will be studied, together with the biological response to trauma, in the context of life threatening injuries. Immediately life-threatening problems will be studied in detail, along with their management and common complications. Emergency surgical intervention aims to control haemorrhage, enable tissue reperfusion and restoration of oxygen delivery. By doing so the physiological consequences of major injury are modified, and the benefits of haemostatic resuscitation both upon coagulopathy and immune dysfunction may become apparent. The development of trauma care hinges upon research driving changes in clinical treatment.
PMTM02 Trauma: The Turning Point The Parry

In this module the students will learn to apply the principles of damage control resuscitation, understanding its limitations, and the role of early total care where applicable. When damage control surgery is undertaken in an extended resuscitation phase, the goal is to minimise the complications seen following major trauma, whilst also having an indirect beneficial effect upon the patient¿s immune system. The students will learn the details of key surgical skills including:- 1: diamond configuration spanning external fixation of the femur, knee and tibia 2: lower limb fasciotomy 3: haemorrhage control both above and below the diaphragm
PMTM03 Trauma: Healing and Rehabilitation The Repost

The very first steps the body takes when injured not only limits the consequences of injury but also lays the foundations of healing. This module enables the students to understand healing from the level the injured tissues, to restoration of function, and ultimately the return to normal life. The students will be introduced to the surgical principles of wound management, and advanced surgical reconstruction. Key Surgical Skills: ¿ Compression fixation with absolute stability ¿ Bridging fixation with relative stability ¿ Local flaps & Z-plasty
PMTM04 Regional Trauma

Injuries to the brain and trunk are the commonest life-threatening injuries encountered. This module will enable the students to assess such injuries rapidly and accurately, recognise and manage the immediate life-threatening nature of the problems encountered and then investigate as appropriate before planning on-going surgical/intensive care management.
PMTM05 Definitive Reconstructive Trauma Surgery

This module will enable the students draw together the principals and skills acquired in the preceding modules in order to plan and execute more complex forms of surgical reconstruction. In this, the final clinical module of the taught component of the MSc, the emphasis will be placed upon consolidating knowledge acquired to assure a sound grasp of the clinical application of this knowledge. Multiple case scenarios will provide the framework, allowing the planning and execution of surgical management from the resuscitation to the definitive care phases. The impact of biotechnology, both in its current rudimentary form and in future developments will also be explored.
PMTM06 Combat Surgery: Clinical and Logistics

This module will enable students to understand the unique injury pattern, the specific constraints & the optimum management strategies for the casualties of war (military & civilian).

Other Roles

Founder & Director, Trauma Simulation Ltd (University Spinout company)

2014 - Present
Faculty member and simulation lead , Major Incident Surgical & Trauma Teams (MISTT) Course – UHB

2018 - Present
Scientific Advisory Group Member, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre

2018 - Present
President, AOUK & Ireland

2019 - Present
Co-founder and Director: DCOTS Course, Royal College of Surgeons of England

2014 - Present
External Examiner for the Warwick MSc Programme, Warwick University

2007 - 2010
Scientific Advisory Group Member, Institute for Translational Medicine Research & Development

2018 - Present

Public Engagements

CitizenAID:Wales Ambassador

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Taught Modules

PM-M70 Transferred in Credits

PMTM00 Military Operational Surgical Training

PMTM01 TRAUMA: THE DISEASE The Attack

PMTM02 Trauma: The Turning Point The Parry

PMTM03 Trauma: Healing and Rehabilitation The Repost

PMTM04 Regional Trauma

PMTM05 Definitive Reconstructive Trauma Surgery

PMTM06 Combat Surgery: Clinical and Logistics

Other Roles

Founder & Director, Trauma Simulation Ltd (University Spinout company)

Faculty member and simulation lead , Major Incident Surgical & Trauma Teams (MISTT) Course – UHB

Scientific Advisory Group Member, NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre

President, AOUK & Ireland

Co-founder and Director: DCOTS Course, Royal College of Surgeons of England

External Examiner for the Warwick MSc Programme, Warwick University

Scientific Advisory Group Member, Institute for Translational Medicine Research & Development

Public Engagements