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Fundamentals of Emergency Care (FEC)

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.

Course Date(s):	4 – 5 Mar 2010 & 28 – 29 Oct 2010
Course Duration:	2 days – 8am to 5pm
Course Venue:	College of Emergency Care
Clinical Director(s):	Pauline Louw & Niel van Hoving
Logistics Coordinator:	Fatima Saban
Course Price in ZAR:	R 1 950
Certification Received:	JDEM UCT & SUN

Brief Course Overview

During the 2-day practical course students will be exposed to lectures and practical sessions to refresh knowledge and skills necessary in the management of emergency conditions.

These include various workshops including ventilation, advanced airway management and 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.

Who should attend this course?

The course is aimed at doctors, nursing sisters and paramedics involved in providing emergency care to patients.

Why should someone attend this course?

The aim of the course is to improve knowledge and refresh procedures and skills necessary in the management of emergency conditions especially life-threatening conditions.

Detailed Course Outline

In the course various topics in medical emergencies, trauma and paediatric emergencies will be covered. This include lectures, workshops and scenario-based simulations.

Before the course students will receive a manual to study before the course. Chapters in the manual include:

• Assessment of  critically ill or injured patients
• Triage
• Resuscitation
• Various chapters on the assessment and management of problems related to airway, breathing, circulation and disability
• Immobilization
• Special resuscitation on trauma and paediatrics
• Management of specific conditions
• Analgesia and sedation in the Emergency Centre
• Drugs

Clinical Director Profile

Pauline is an Emergency Specialist currently employed by Emergency Medical Services. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pretoria in 2000 and completed her MMED in Emergency Medicine in 2009 at the University of Cape Town. She lives in Cape Town with her husband Walter and their daughter, Lisa-Marie.