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EMERGENCY & TRAUMA CARE TRAINING COURSE

Basic Trauma, Anesthesia and Surgical Skills for Frontline Health Providers

Including management of injuries in women, children, elderly and humanitarian emergencies

Emergency & Essential Surgical Care
Clinical Procedures Unit
Department of Health Systems Policies & Workforce
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

INTRODUCTION

Objectives:

This course is about managing trauma, from minor injury to humanitarian emergencies, including injuries in women, children and the elderly, with the principal goal of improving quality of care and patient safety.

Introduction of instructors and participants

Presentation of WHO Integrated Management for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (IMEESC) toolkit www.who.int/surgery

This is a compilation of all WHO documents relevant to Emergency and Trauma Care Training Course Resources [www.who.int/surgery]

Integrated Management for
Emergency and Essential
Surgical Care (IMEESC) toolkit

Surgical Care at the District Hospital

Pratique Chirurgicale de Base

Additional links to WHO Resources: www.who.int.publications/en

1.	Guidelines for Essential Care httt://www.who.init/violence_injury_prevention/servicces/traumacar/en/
2.	Hospital care for Children http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/9241546700/en/index.html
3.	Integrated Management of Adult illnesses, District Clinician Manual: Hospital Care for Adolescents and Adults http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/imai/imai2011/en/index.html a) Quick Check and emergency treatments for adolescents and adults http://who.int/influenza/patient_care/clinical/IMAO_wall_chart.pdf
4.	Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/9241546875/en/
5.	Guidelince on Emergency Health Care http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/tools/manuals/en/
6.	Integrated Management of Childhood illnesses http://www.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/IMCI_chartbooklet/en/index.html
7.	Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth http://www.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/impac/en/ a) Managing Complication in Pregnancy and Childbirth: a guide for midwives and doctors http://www.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/9241545879/en/index.html b) Pregnanc, Childbirth, Postpartum and Newborn Care: a guide for essential practice http://www.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/924159084x/en/index.html
8.	Oxygen Therapy for Acute Respiratory Infections in Young Children in Developing Countres http://www.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/ari_93_28/en/
9.	Mass Casualty Management Systems www.who.int/hac/techguidance/MCM_guidelines_inside_final.pdf
10.	Prevention and Management of Wound infections http://www.int/hac/tecguidance/tools/guidelines_prevention_and_management_wound_infection.pdf
11.	Safe Surgery http://www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/en/
12.	Patients Safety Pulse Oximentry Project http://www.who.int/pratientsafty/safesugery/pulse_oximetry/en/
13.	Tetanus Vaccination http://www.who.int/immunization/topics/tetanus/en/index2.html
14.	Clinical Management of Survivors http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/emerencies/9889241598576/en/index.html
15.	Guidelines for Medico-legel Care for Victims Sexual Violence http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/violence/med_leg_guidelines/en/index.html