THE PROGRAM This program caters to those personnel in a medical environment or in areas where trauma and emergencies are the order of the day.

ENTRY ELIGIBILITY Three (3) SPM credits or one (1) year working experience or other equivalent qualifications.

TEACHING METHODOLOGY The course will be conducted on a distance learning mode. It combines compulsory practical training with tutorial support. The practical training will be conducted either in a teaching hospital or in a general hospital. All the lecturers are medical practitioners.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
	To manage patients under emergency conditions
	To treat trauma patients
	To manage heart patients
	To perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
	To treat unconscious patients
	To perform procedures such as intravenous infusions, catheter insertion and injections
	To understand the underlying principles of working of ECG machine, Radiology equipments, Laboratory Tests and Defibrillators.