B.Sc ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY CARE TECHNOLOGY
The Accident and Emergency Care Technology course is a four-year course which trains candidates in Emergency Medical techniques to become the first responders to all kind of medical emergencies. They are taught knowledge and skills to save the patients with various medical emergencies, within and outside the hospital. Training experience is predominantly in the department of Accident and Emergency Medicine. The Accident and Emergency care trained technicians’ responsibility is to save many precious lives along with medical team with any kind of emergency conditions. On completion of the course, emergency care technicians have good opportunities in multi-specialty hospitals in India and abroad.
Candidates who complete this exciting and challenging programme will be able to handle all kinds of emergency patients in the Trauma / Emergency Departments. Accident & Emergency is an evolving important specialty in India and already established specialty abroad. A dynamic specialty involved in various acute medical and surgical emergencies; this course offers plenty of opportunities for graduates to be employed in emergency services in the following areas
o Government / Private Trauma Centers.
o Emergency Departments in the Multispecialty Hospitals
o Ortho Specialty Centers
o Surgical Emergency Area
o Pediatric Trauma Centers
o Trauma Ambulance Services
o There is a huge demand for trained personnel in Accident and Emergency abroad as well. Sky is the limit for those passionate about emergency care
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Candidates belonging to all categories for admission to the B.SC. Accident and emergency care technology should have passed the qualifying examinations after period of 12 years of study with the following subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology.
AGE LIMIT FOR ADMISSION
A candidate should have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission
DURATION 3 years + 1 year internship
FIRST YEAR
1.Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry
2. Introduction to Emergency medicine (EM) and EMS-1
3.Computer science
4.English
SECOND YEAR
1.Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology
2.Patient examination and Nursing
3.Emergency medicine (EM) and EMS II Practical exam on Patient Examination, Nursing, Triage, Life Support, Trauma care
THIRD YEAR
1.Emergency medicine (EM) and EMS III
2.Emergency surgery & Emergency Surgical Services
3.Clinical Procedures and Instrumentation in Emergency Services
INTERNSHIP POSTINGS
- 3 months – Medicine (MICU/ Triage/Lab)
- 3 months – Surgery (Operation Theatre/ CSSD/Laundry/Specialty ICU)
- 3 months – Emergency Medicine
- 3 months – Obstetrics 1 ½ months – Paediatric Emergency and ICU – 1 ½ months
