Resuscitation
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 187-191, February 2002

Pre-hospital care—the evolution of a course for undergraduates

  • K.P. Allison

      Affiliations

    • Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery and Immediate Care Doctor, 271 Blossomfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B911TA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
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  • T. Kilner

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer in Emergency Nursing, Immediate Care Practitioner, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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  • K.M. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Consultant Trauma Surgeon, Immediate Care Practitioner and Medical Director of the West Midlands CARE team, University NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
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  • A. Thurgood

      Affiliations

    • Independent Consultant Nurse and Immediate Care Practitioner, Birmingham, UK

Received 1 August 2001; received in revised form 1 August 2001; accepted 31 August 2001.

Abstract 

Newly qualified doctors are ill equipped to deal with pre-hospital trauma emergencies. There is a public perception that medical education provides both experience and knowledge in this field. In Birmingham, United Kingdom (UK), committed doctors and nurses trained in pre-hospital care have evolved a specific course designed to equip the medical undergraduate to deal with pre-hospital trauma scenario. The pre-hospital trauma course for medical students has run annually from 1993 to 2000. The course caters for 200 students with a faculty of 30 instructors. Successful completion of the course which is rigorously assessed grants a certificate awarded by the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Most importantly it equips the undergraduate with essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills to handle a pre-hospital trauma emergency.

Keywords:  Education, Trauma, Resuscitation, Basic life support

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PII: S0300-9572(01)00460-9

Resuscitation
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 187-191, February 2002

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