The Emergency Care Course - Day 1 - Adult Resuscitation
Starting on:
Feb 7, 2024
Ending on:
Feb 7, 2024
Moderator(s):
Dr. Trufosa Mochache
Emergency Care Doctor
Dr. Rahim Meghji
Emergency Care Doctor
Venue:
Samburu County Referral Hospital
Max Credits:
10 Points

Provider:
Daktari Online
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The Emergency Care Course - Day 1 - Adult Resuscitation

Starting on:
Feb 7, 2024
Ending on:
Feb 7, 2024
Venue:
Samburu County Referral Hospital

Description

The Emergency Care Course (TECC) is designed to enable Nurses, Clinical Officers and Doctors working in the Emergency Department/Casualty/OPD to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to respond with confidence to emergency situations and to deliver safe, evidence-based quality emergency care in any setting. TECC encourages candidates to apply the knowledge and skills learnt within the context of the policies of the employing health service and within each individual's own scope of practice. TECC is designed to meet the learning needs of the health workforce (Nurses, Clinical Officers and Medical Officers) working together in an emergency care setting (Emergency Department/Casualty/OPD) who may be required to provide emergency care to the critically ill or injured patient. The course is taught specifically to teams of healthcare providers from the same facility. Course Delivery TECC consists of the following components: Pre-test multiple-choice quiz (MCQ). Attendance at five (5) day face-to-face workshop consisting of skill stations and practical-based scenarios. A Basic Life Support (BLS) clinical skills assessment. An individual scenario-based clinical skills assessment. Multiple-choice TECC test (MCQ)

Objectives

1) Team approach 2) Universal approach to the critically ill/injured patient 3) Team debriefing 4) Skill stations (1-hour each) a) Airway management (Basic, Advanced and Difficult Airway) b) CPR & Defibrillation 5) Practice-based scenarios a) Approach to the unconscious patient i) Adult cardiac arrest (Hs & Ts) ii) Post-cardiac arrest care b) Approach to the patient with difficulty in breathing i) Choking ii) Anaphylaxis iii) Acute asthma

Presenters

  1. Dr. Lourien Kakuko
    Emergency Care Doctor

  2. Dr. Maureen Gicheha
    Emergency Care Doctor

  3. Dr. Salome Njambi
    Emergency Care Doctor

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