Table 3 Key contents "Trauma and Emergency Course"
From: A new approach and first steps to strengthen trauma management and road safety in North Vietnam
Day | Key topic | Course content |
|---|---|---|
1 | Epidemiology, | RTA: mechanism, injury pattern |
| Â | Traffic accident research | Research: methods, scores, scales |
| Â | Â | Prevention: methods, measures |
2 | Emergency diagnostics and treatment | Diagnostics: X-ray, ultrasound |
| Â | Â | ER-algorithms |
| Â | Â | Damage-control-principles |
3 | Severe head trauma | Clinical diagnostics and control, |
| Â | Â | CT-diagnostics |
| Â | Â | Indication for surgical intervention |
4 | Practical skills | Clinical examination |
| Â | Â | Application cervical spine collar |
| Â | Â | Motorcycle helmet removal |
| Â | Â | Fracture stabilisation, bleeding control |