Advanced Life Support / Pre-hospital Courses

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

The BLS course is designed to train pre-hospital and in-hospital healthcare workers in the lifesaving skills of both CPR, and relief of choking. Please note that this course is run by CardioCare.

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Aeromedical Evacuation and Transport

The AM course provides a practical approach to patient care in the aeromedical environment.

The course is concerned primarily with the transport of patients via a properly managed aeromedical system. It provides students with an overview of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to ensure successful and safe patient management in the aeromedical environment.

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Emergency Management of Severe Burns

The EMSB course teaches the initial management and stabilization of the severely burned patient including burn pathophysiology and anatomy, resuscitation of the burn victim, management of the burned airway, treatment of burns in children, transfer criteria, management of different types of burn injuries and skills like escharotomy.

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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

The ACLS Provider Course is designed to teach the lifesaving skills required to be both a team member and a team leader in either an in-hospital or out-of-hospital acute cardiovascular adult emergency setting. Please note that this course is run by CardioCare.

For more information & to book your seat, please visit CardioCare.co.za.

Advanced Neonatal Life Support

The ANLS Provider Course is designed to teach the lifesaving skills required to be both a team member and a team leader in either an in-hospital or out-of-hospital acute Neonatal resuscitation setting. Please note that this course is run by CardioCare.

For more information & to book your seat, please visit CardioCare.co.za.

Paediatric Advanced Life Support

The PALS Course focuses on acute paediatric resuscitation & stabilization. Please note that this course is run by CardioCare.

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Advanced Airway Management

The AAM course covers all aspects of airway management, from basic facemask ventilation to tracheal intubation, difficult and failed airway management, as well as the use of rescue airway devices. It revisits many core concepts, dispels myths, highlights pitfalls and offers many useful tips to smooth airway interventions.

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Fundamentals of Emergency Care

The FEC course revises some of the important fundamental topics and principles in Emergency Medicine including ventilation, advanced airway management including RSI, cardiac arrest algorhythms and venous access. Emergency conditions and skills learned during the workshops will be practiced in various patient simulations or scenario-based teaching.

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Advanced Paediatric Life Support

The course focuses on the recognizing, immediate emergency treatment and decision-making pathways of managing the sick, injured and child in cardiac arrest.

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Pre-hospital Emergency Paediatrics Course

The PEP course aims to teach the candidate to assess unstable paediatric patients and to manage the acutely unwell child. The course also covers differences between paediatrics and adults, dealing with pain management in a child and skills related to paediatric acute illness management. It teaches this through lectures, skills workshops and simulations.

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ECG

The course will cover the recognition and management of dysrhythmias as well as the use of the defibrillator.

Students attending the course will learn about dysrhythm recognition and pharmacological management, 12 lead ECG interpretation of ACS, STEMI, NSTEMI, Transcutaneous pacing, use of the AED, defibrillation and cardioversion.

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Diving Medical Examiner Course

Distance learning course with a 4-day contact session teaching the medical practitioner how to examine divers and consider diving related injuries. Apart from being able to expand one’s practice, successful candidates may be able to register with the South African Department of Labour as a Designated Medical Practitioner (an examiner of South African commercial divers).

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Emergency Care Institue of South Africa
UCT Faculty of Health Sciences
Cape Town, South Africa,  7925
+27 (21) 406 6167
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