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

2. Introductions Your full name Where you work What you do
What we should call you
Your expectations
Introductions
Your full names
Where you work
What you do
What we should call you
Your expectations

3. House Rules Title: Small house remix Creator: rejon
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4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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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Questions