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Introduction

Basic Emergency Care Course


Approach to the acutely ill and injured patient
Introductions

• Your full name


• Where you work
• What you do
• What does emergency care mean for
you
House Rules
• Please sanitise your hands frequently and after using equipment.
• Please follow any necessary local procedures for infection
prevention and control.

• Please do not talk when the presenters are talking.


• Please do not use your cell phones during class.
• Please be on time.
• Please keep the room tidy.
House Rules
• In order to have a safe and effective teaching environment, you must
follow appropriate standards of professional and ethical behaviour.

• Make sure you review WHO Code of Conduct and follow it.

• Please do not hesitate to share any concerns with a facilitator.


Goals of the BEC

• Designed for first contact prehospital or facility-based health


workers who manage acute life-threatening conditions with limited
resources
• Designed to provide a systematic initial approach to managing
acute, potentially life-threatening conditions even before a
diagnosis is known
Aims
• To ensure participants use an ABCDE approach to assess the
emergency patient
• To ensure participants are able to identify and provide interventions
for life-threatening conditions
• To ensure participants understand when to call for help and when to
refer a patient for higher level care
BEC Resources
Your workbook includes:
• Introduction
• ABCDE and SAMPLE history approach
• Approach to trauma
• Approach to difficulty in breathing
• Approach to shock
• Approach to altered mental status
• Skills modules
• Quick cards
Suggested Schedule
Requirements
To be awarded a Certificate of Achievement participants must:
• Complete the pretest
• Attend all sessions each day
• Complete the key terms and workbook questions by the end of the four
days
• Pass ALL skills station assessments
• Successfully lead a case scenario
• Score greater than 75% on the final written exam
Questions?

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