Overview
World over, due to a variety of factors like road accidents, natural disasters, terrorism, law and order issues, etc. the fatality rates are increasing. In many of these situations there is always an urgent need to provide emergency medical services to accident and other trauma victims. Emergency physicians and nurses have to most of the time deal with life-threatening events and surgical emergencies. Accident and emergency care, even though a new field, is growing at a fast pace throughout the world because of the changing world scenario, in which skirmishes and wars are getting common with each passing day. There is already a huge demand for emergency physicians in the country. Most emergency care units are in need of professionally trained emergency healthcare providers.
Eligibility and course duration
All medical and nursing graduates including BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, GNM and ANM are eligible for the course.
The duration of this course is 1 year.
More about the course
The postgraduate diploma programs on emergency medicine are specific programs to train you in the specialist field of emergency care. The program targets to enhance the professional acumen of the personnel working in the emergency services. The need for professional training in accident and emergency care has been recognized by the government and steps are being taken to popularize it in universities across the country. A one year course, the first 6 months focuses on theory and hands-on training on mannequins. In the final 6 months, students get to do supervised internship training in emergency departments, ICUs, and operation theatres. To prepare them for this complex and challenging field they are exposed to lectures, practicals, seminars, clinical teaching and real life simulations. From roles and responsibilities of emergency medical services to injury prevention, trauma systems, rescue awareness, ambulance operations, crime scene awareness, etc. are taught in this course.
Job opportunities
Needless to say there’s a dire need of emergency physicians and professionals in the country and beyond. With more and more hospitals and healthcare units coming up in the country, the number of emergency physicians needed is on the rise too. In this respect, a number of private and government hospitals provide for a rewarding career. The defence services and other corporate hospitals too provide for excellent career opportunities. A sea of opportunity exists in this field in overseas countries, especially in the Gulf. One has the opportunity to specialize further in the field.
Post Graduate Diploma Health Science in Accident and Emergency Care Admissions for 2019 - 2020 Academic Year
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