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Department of Emergency Medicine

Goals and Objectives:

GOALS & OBJECTIVES OF PREHOSPITAL CARE

  1. To learn common organizational structures of Emergency Medical Services.
  2. To learn the principles of EMS operations, disaster management, prehospital triage’ and EMS research.
  3. To learn medico legal principles relating to EMS.
  4. To be familiarize with the local EMS
  5. Where available, actively participate in EMS.
  6. To demonstrate familiarity with research methodologies relating to EMS and disaster management.
  7. To discuss the medico legal issues relating to EMS.
  8. To discuss the development of EMS prehospital care protocols.
  9. To discuss basic concepts of mass casualties and disaster management.
  10. To describe common environmental, toxicological, and biological hazards.
  11. Encountered in the prehospital care setting.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES OF HOSPITAL CARE

  1. To assimilate general concepts of emergency medicine, focused history taking, and physical examination skills to develop a systemic evaluation for patients presenting to the emergency department.
  2. To demonstrate the ability, based on the history acquired, to do an immediate assessment and initial stabilization, followed by a complete directed examination.
  3. To combine the knowledge with the history and physical examination, to develop an appropriate differential diagnosis for all presentations.
  4. To demonstrate knowledge of the causes, presentation, and management of commonly presenting emergencies.
  5. To perform primary and secondary survey with management of polytrauma patients effectively.
  6. To demonstrate the ability to perform essential emergency procedures.
  7. To be able to differentiate and place patients on care pathways which lead to appropriate discharge with follow up when needed, admission to an ED based observation unit or admission into hospital.
  8. To work in the difficult and challenging environment of the Emergency Department and to be able to re – prioritize and respond to new and urgent situations.
  9. To be a part of a multi – disciplinary team where good communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
  10. To be able to work both within and lead a team to ensure the patient‘s needs.
  11. To be able to work closely with a wide variety of in-patient teams and with primary care and pre-hospital clinicians.
  12. To be committed to the highest standards of care and of ethical and professional behavior within the specialty of Emergency Medicine and within the medical profession as a whole.
  13. The Emergency Physician should be caring, empathetic, conscientious and practices medicine without prejudice.
  14. To continually seek to improve care by utilizing up to date evidence, being committed to lifelong learning and being innovative.

FACULTY MEMBERS

NameQualificationDesignation
Dr. Pradeep B. GuptaMBBS, MDProfessor & H.O.D.

Facilities in the Department:

Infrastructure

  1. Building – Modified multipurpose building Available
  2. Reception area
  3. Case registration desk
  4. Helper desk
  5. Triage area ( EMO room ) and Resuscitation area – Ground Floor
  6. Surgical Resuscitation area – Trauma Bay 1 and 2
  7. Casualty – 22 beds
  8. Central Oxygen and Suction facility
  9. Doctor’s Room
  10. Nursing Station
  11. Plaster Room
  12. Waiting area for relatives with patients
  13. Refreshment Stall
  1. ECG
  2. X- Ray
  3. Ultrasonography ( Portable )
  4. CT-Scan, MRI ( nearby )
  5. Various biochemical investigations as per Annexure 17
  1. Ambulance Service
  2. Police Station
  3. CCTV Supervision
  4. PRO
  5. Phone Call facility
  6. Disaster Preparedness and control room
  7. Fire Safety
  8. Volunteer Service
  9. Generator facility
  10. Cold Storage and Postmortem room
  1. Well Equipped Operation theater – 2
  2. IITV
  1. Bed side multipara monitors
  2. Ventilators
  3. Continuous vital sign monitoring
  4. Beds in ICU – 6
  5. Liaison with organ donation bank
  1. Blood and various blood components available

Human Resource

  1. Physician
  2. Anesthetist
  3. Surgeon
  4. On call orthopedics, neurosurgeon, plastic surgeon, ENT surgeon
  1. Senior residents
  2. Postgraduate junior residents
  3. Interns
  1. EMO as first responder at triage area
  1. Nurses on shift duty / EMT trained
  2. Technicians ( X –Ray, ECG, OT, Sample Collection ), ( Clerk, Computer Operator,Servent, Sweeper )
  3. Physiotherapist

Work Style

A.Patient Management

  1. First Responder and their duties
  1. Various emergency procedures are done in the department by faculty members and residents for better management of patients.
  2. Extended and specialized emergency medical care is provided during special festivities
  3. Special Equipments are available and used for better emergency management of patients.
  4. Special emergency medical care provided for VVIP coverage whenever required.

B.Academic activities for

  1. Emergency Medicine resident during their 3 years of residency in the form of bedside teaching, grand rounds, regular case presentations, didactic lectures, discussions and simulated learning sessions on manikins. Record is maintained in log book
  2. Second year residents of various clinical and non- clinical branches, Interns, UG students and paramedical staff are also trained regarding various medical and surgical emergencies
  3. Disaster preparedness training and Mock drills are conducted at regular interval.
  4. CME and seminars are held regularly.

List of Didactic lectures for PG students