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Advanced
Trauma Management (ATM)
Course length: 3 Days
Course Cost: R 3 900.00
Entry requirements
Current registration as a Medical or Dental Practitioner, Intern,
Professional Nurse or Paramedic.
Successful completion of the Entry Test.
Accreditation
Accredited by the HPCSA for 27 CPD points
Course Programme Guideline
| DAY 1 |
08h00 - Registration, Morning tea, Collection
of Pre-course Ethics assignment |
| 08h15 - Welcome and Introduction |
| 08h45 - MCQ Pre-Test |
MCQ Written Test |
09h45 - Mechanisms of Motion Injuries - Scene Size-up -
Triage |
|
10h00 - Rapid Trauma Survey |
Demonstration on how to |
10h30 - TEA |
|
10h45 - Initial Assessment & Management |
Demonstration on how to |
11h30 - Airway management |
|
12h30 - LUNCH |
13h15 - Advanced airway demonstration and practical |
Simulation practice |
15h15 - TEA |
|
15h30 - Thoracic Trauma |
Workshop |
16h15 - Demonstration and practical – NCD, ICD, X-Rays |
|
17h15 - Thoracic simulations |
Simulation practice |
19h00 - Day summary |
|
| DAY 2 |
08h00 - Tea / Coffee / Review previous days
content |
|
08h15 - Shock |
Simulation practice |
09h30 - Venous access |
Demonstration & Practical |
10h30 - TEA |
|
10h45 - Abdominal trauma |
Scenario-based Practicals |
1130 - DPL, Ultra sound, CT scan, FAST |
Workshop |
12h15 - LUNCH |
|
13h00 - Head Trauma |
PPT Presentation |
13h45 - Spinal Trauma (Spine X-Ray session) |
PPT Presentation |
14h30 - Extremity Trauma |
Demonstration on how to |
15h15 - TEA |
|
15h30 - Immobilisation techniques |
Simulation practice |
16h30 - Case scenarios |
Simulation practice |
18h30 - Day summary |
|
| DAY
3 |
| 08h00 -Tea / Coffee
/ Review previous days content |
|
08h15 - Injuries due to Heat &
Cold |
PPT Presentation |
08h45 - Trauma in Children |
PPT Presentation |
09h30 - Trauma in the Elderly |
Simulation practice |
10h15 - TEA |
|
10h30 - Trauma in Pregnancy |
Simulation practice |
11h15 - Ocular trauma |
Simulation practice |
12h00 - LUNCH |
|
13h00 - Substance Abuse |
PPT Presentation |
13h30 - Resuscitation perspective
and ethical considerations |
PPT Presentation |
14h30 - Transfer to Definitive Care |
Interactive discussion |
15h00- TEA |
|
15h15 - Putting it all together –
Skills |
Practice simulations |
Patient Assessment
Scenarios – Practical Examinations |
16h45 - Scenario based Practical
Examinations
Individual rotation stations of simulated trauma
scenarios in clinical settings |
Testing Stations |
18h45 - Results, Questions &
Comments |
|
19h00 - Student Course evaluation |
|
19h30 - Course Summary & Closure |
|
Daily programme ends when all candidates satisfy the requirements,
including remediation.
The Advanced Trauma Management Course is designed to give candidates
the knowledge and skills to mange seriously injured patients, of
all ages, and to provide them with a methodology in the initial
assessment of the patient.
Each session comprises of :
- A lecture presentation
- A demonstration of the necessary skill
- A scenario based practical where a candidate or two are given
a simulation and are to manage the patient in a specific time,
and their approach and skills are evaluated and remedied.
- A critique session follows
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