The focus on training in emergency medicine has been growing at a faster pace with the number of increasing disasters – road accidents, civil unrest and natural disasters in our country. Medical institutions and hospitals as well as government and defense organization like National Civil Defense Colleges has been offering training programmes on emergency medicine, search and rescue and courses related to disaster etc. for building up people from civilians as well as defense departments.

EHA's Disaster Management & Mitigation Unit has taken initiative to kick start its first medical emergency training program- Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) courses in its DEEM Training Centre, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh from 10th to 12th November 2007.

The training program has official American Heart Association (AHA) provided 'cards' to candidates who successfully demonstrate the knowledge and skills as per AHA norms.

These 'cards' are recognized and required in many countries abroad, for those who want to practice as Doctors and Nurses outside of India.

Briefly the contents of the courses as below-
BLS deals with initial assessment, identification and resuscitation of a patient in respiratory or cardiac arrest. This is an 8 hour workshop with AV demonstration and hand on practice on manikins (E.g. Use of bag valve mask, AED Defibrillators, CPR). Towards the end there is an assessment of every candidate on MCQ and skills stations.
ACLS deals with continued resuscitation of a patient in respiratory or cardiac arrest and entails use of advanced techniques like intubation, ventilation, defibrillation and medications. It is mandatory to have a BLS certification to be eligible to enroll for ACLS. It is a structured 2 day training programme which involves AV demos, skill stations, scenario based teaching. The training has pretest assessment, hands on training followed by post test MCQ and skills assessment.

The courses are for doctors and nurses, and taught in English, so participants should be strong in English, and experienced; working in OT, ICU or Emergency situations inside or outside the hospital, such as disasters. Non-medical and nursing candidates with strong English knowledge can participate in BLS training course.

For further details (fees structure, next training date etc.)
please contact us in the following e-mails –
peniel@eha-health.org | georgekutty@eha-health.org | jerwenco@securenym.net
or call us at: 011-30884045 or 098186 37612,