Basic Emergency Care Course Approach to the acutely ill and injured patient

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Goals Designed for frontline pre-hospital or facility-based health care providers who manage acute life-threatening conditions with limited resources Designed to provide a systematic initial approach to managing acute, potentially life-threatening conditions even before a diagnosis is known

Aims To ensure participants use an ABCDE approach to assess the Emergency patient To ensure participants are able to identify and provide interventions for life-threatening conditions To ensure participants understand when to call for help and when to refer a patient for higher level care

Resources Your workbook includes: Introduction ABCDE and SAMPLE history approach Approach to trauma Approach to difficulty in breathing Approach to shock Approach to altered mental status Skills modules Quick cards

Suggested Schedule DAY 1 08:30 Faculty meeting 08.45   DAY 1 08:30 Faculty meeting 08.45 Welcome & introductions 09:20 Ice breaker 09:30 Principles of the course 10:00 Official opening of the course 10:20 TEA 10:40 ABCDE talk 11:45 ABCDE small group session 12:45 LUNCH 13:45 Trauma talk 15:30 Secondary survey demo plus GCS 16:00 Trauma small groups 16:40 Wrap up and closure   DAY 2 08:15 Faculty meeting 08:30 Review of ABCDE and trauma with quick cards 08:50 Icebreaker 09:00 DIB talk 10:30 TEA 11:00 DIB small groups 12:00 Handover transfer discussion 12:30 LUNCH 13:15 Shock talk 14:45 15:00 Shock small group 16:30 Wrap up and closure   DAY 3 08:30 Faculty meeting 08:45 Ice breaker 09:00 Skills 1 10:20 TEA 11:00 Skills 2 12:30 LUNCH 13:15 Skills 3 14:45 15:00 Skills 4 16:30 Skills feedback 16:45 Wrap up and closure   DAY 4 08:15 Faculty meeting 08:30 Review of DIB and shock with quick cards 09:00 Icebreaker 09:20 AMS talk 10:30 TEA 11:00 AMS small groups 12:00 Posttest MCQ 13:00 LUNCH 14:00 Medication small groups 14:45 Wrap up and Results 15:30 TEA and farewell Suggested schedule. Coordinator to adapt as needed

Requirements To be awarded a Certificate of Achievement participants must: Complete the pretest Attend all sessions each day Complete the key terms and workbook questions by the end of the four days Pass ALL skills station assessments Successfully lead a case scenario Score greater than 75% on the final written exam

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