Basic Life Support (BLS)
Course Description
The BLS Healthcare Provider Course teaches CPR skills for helping victims of all ages (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It's intended for participants who provide health care to patients in a wide variety of settings, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital.
Intended Audience
This program is meant for Healthcare providers, such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, physician's assistants, residents or fellows, or medical or nursing students in training, aides, medical or nursing assistants, police officers, and other allied health personnel.
Course Length - 6-8 hours
For Basic Life support Provider course
Student Materials - BLS for Healthcare Providers Manual
AHA Card - On course completion valid globally.
Written / Skills Exam - Required for completion card
Advanced Cardiac Life Support(ACLS)
Course Description
The ACLS Provider two day workshops provide medical personnel the advanced resuscitation techniques in cardiac arrest. Providers are expected to learn the following
- Airway management techniques
- Use of drugs like Adrenaline
- Use of defibrillators and trans-cutaneous pacing and Cardioversion
- Identification of cardiac rhythms and their management and Skill stations
- Scenario based teaching
- Four types of prearrest emergencies (bradycardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia and acute coronary syndromes) Skill stations
- Stroke
Intended Audience
This module is aimed at Personnel staffing emergency, Intensive Care or Critical Care Departments; emergency Medical Providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists and other professionals who may respond to a cardiovascular emergency.
Course Length - 16 hours
Student Materials
ACLS Provider Manual, Required or ACLS Text, Reference
AHA Card - On course completion valid globally.
Written / Skills Exam - Required for completion card.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course – PALS
Course Description
Intended Audience
Pediatricians, house staff, emergency physicians, family physicians, nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare providers who are responsible for the well-being of infants and children.
The goal of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course is to provide the learner with
- Information needed to recognize infants and children at risk for cardiopulmonary arrest
- Information and strategies needed to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children
- The cognitive and psychomotor skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize infants and children in respiratory failure, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest
Course Length 16 hours
Student Materials
PALS
AHA Card - On course completion valid globally.
Written / Skills Exam - Required for completion card.
Heartsaver First Aid with CPR & AED
The Heartsaver First Aid Course provides the skills to effectively assess and maintain life during the critical minutes immediately following an emergency until the arrival of emergency medical services personnel. The course also provides corporate, NGOs and Government agencies with a complete health and safety training solution for First Aid, CPR and AED.
The Heartsaver First Aid Course has been developed using the same evidence-based process as all American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care courses.
Course Description
The Heartsaver First Aid Course teaches rescuers to effectively recognize and treat adult emergencies in the critical first minutes until emergency medical services personnel arrive. The course also provides a complete health and safety training solution for First Aid, adult CPR and AED.
Intended Audience
Persons assigned to respond to emergencies in the workplace or community as well as those who want to learn first aid, CPR and AED skills. Some rescuers are required to take this course as part of their employer’s efforts to comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, e.g., corporate employees, security guards, airline personnel, lifeguards and other individuals who want or need first aid training.
Course Length 8 hours
Student Materials
Heartsaver First Aid or Heartsaver First Aid With CPR and AED, Required
Written / Skills Exam - Required for completion card.
Heartsaver CPR
Course Description
The Heartsaver CPR Course is a modular course that teaches lay rescuers how to recognize and treat life-threatening emergencies, including cardiac arrest and choking for adult, child and infant victims. Students also learn to recognize the warning signs of heart attack and stroke in adults and breathing difficulties in children. The program is divided into three different courses, providing choices.
Course Length 4 hours
Student Materials
Heartsaver First Aid or Heartsaver First Aid With CPR and AED, Required
AHA Card - On course completion valid globally.
Written / Skills Exam - Required for completion card.
International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
Course Description
ITLS is accepted internationally as the standard training course for Pre Hospital trauma care. ITLS courses combine classroom learning and hands-on skill stations to give almost real experience. They also challenge the participant with scenario assessment stations where learning is with the simulated trauma situations. ITLS courses are designed, managed, and delivered by Course Directors, coordinators, and instructors experienced in EMS, Pre Hospital care, and the ITLS approach.
Intended Audience
The program is aimed at Personnel staffing emergency, intensive care or critical care departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists and other professionals who may respond to a traumatic emergency
Course Length - 16 hours
Hands-on stations include
- Patient assessment and management
- Basic and advanced airway management
- Needle chest decompression and fluid resuscitation
- Spinal motion restriction including rapid extrication, helmet removal, log-roll, and long/backboard/scoop stretcher utilization
- Extremity immobilization and traction splint application
Student Materials
ITLS Card - On course completion valid globally.
Written / Skills Exam - Required for completion card.
Post Graduate Diploma in Emergency Medical Services (PGDEMS)
Eligibility Criteria
MBBS / BAMS / BHMS / BUMS / B.Sc. Nursing / GNM /ANM
Admission Procedure
The PGDEMS is a one-year course offered in two batches twice a year. Admissions are open for PGDEMS for the course starting in the month of December and June. Candidate should submit the prescribed application form duly completed along with 3 passport sized photographs and an attested copy of the Degree / Registration Certificate on or before the prescribed last date.
Teaching Pattern of the Course
The course consist of 12 academic months, out of which initial 6 months is theoretical with hands on training on the mannequins. In the next 6 months, students are kept for supervised internship training in the Emergency Department, ICU and OT of P. D. Hinduja Hospital and MRC and in an Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance. Being a weekend course, teaching will be conducted for 8 hours every weekend. i.e. Saturdays (1:30pm – 6:00pm) and on Sunday’s (9am – 1:30 pm) for the first 6 months.
To complete this course successfully, minimum attendance required is 75%
Course Syllabus
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| EMS System - Roles and Responsibilities |
History taking |
| The Well - being of the EMP |
Techniques of Physical Examination |
| Injury Prevention |
Patient Assessment |
| Medical / Legal and Ethical Issues |
Clinical Decision Making |
| Overview of Human systems |
Communication & Documentation |
| General Principles of Pathophysiology |
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| Pharmacology |
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Venous Access and Medication
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| Therapeutic communications |
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| Airway Management and Ventilation |
Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury |
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Hemorrhage and Shock |
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Soft tissue trauma |
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Head and facial trauma |
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Spinal, Thoracic and Abdominal trauma |
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Musculoskeletal trauma |
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| Pulmonary, Cardiology, Neurology and Gastroentrology |
Neonatology & Pediatrics |
| Endocrinology, Urology/ Renal |
Geriatrics, Abuse & Neglect |
| Allergies and Anaphylaxis & Hematology |
Patients with Special Challenges |
| Toxicology and Environmental Conditions |
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| Gynecology & Obstetrics |
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| Infectious and Communicable Diseases |
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| Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders |
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| Assessment – Based Management |
Ambulance operations |
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Medical Incident Command |
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Rescue Awareness and Operations |
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Hazardous Materials Incidents |
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Crime Scene Awareness |
Hospital Emergency Disaster Management
The two day course is designed to enhance health care personnel, both administrative and medical, to prepare for health care facilities and develop capacities of personnel to a state of preparedness and respond effectively to internal or community emergencies that involve large numbers of casualties. This will enable hospitals and health facilities in general to develop a well designed major incident plan and its testing methodology.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for administrators handling Disaster Management, Hospital Administrators, Health Care Facility Managers, Emergency Department Physicians & Nurses, Public Health Officials, who are responsible for hospital emergency planning, or and any emergencies involving mass casualties that require involvement of the major resources of the Hospital.
Course Length - 16 hours
Written / Skills Exam - Required for completion Certificate.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor & Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor
This nationally recognized program is meant for Physicians, Nurses, and allied Health Professionals who are interested in teaching CPR. The Instructor Course is designed to prepare AHA instructors to teach AHA courses.
Each applicant must include a copy of their current BLS Healthcare Provider card and a letter of recommendation from an AHA BLS and ACLS Instructor. Only complete applications will be considered for the course. Incomplete applications and those without tuition fees, will be not be eligible for the course
Course Length - BLS instructor – One day, ACLS instructor – One day
Instructor Material
AHA Card - On course completion valid globally.
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