Emergency Care · Advanced
Emergency & Trauma Care for Medical Practitioners
TMC-aligned course for doctors: systematic assessment of the acutely ill patient, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, sepsis, trauma, toxicology and critical care skills for Tanzanian hospitals.
- CPD credits
- 10
- Lessons
- 36
- Study time
- 17 h
- Level
- Advanced
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- Intended for
- Doctors
- Taught by
- Dr. Brian Komba
- Accreditation
- Tanzania Medical Council (TMC)
- Delivery
- Online, in the MOFATE OneHealth app · works offline
- Assessment
- Practice questions and a final assessment with instant feedback
- Certificate
- Issued on completion, verifiable online
Course syllabus
6 sessions, 36 lessons. Lesson content is delivered inside the platform after you sign in.
01 Systematic assessment of the acutely ill patient (ABCDE)
6 lessons · 2.5 hours
- Why ABCDE: a structured approach that saves time20 min
- Airway assessment and management30 min
- Breathing assessment: look, listen, feel30 min
- Circulation assessment and shock recognition30 min
- Disability: consciousness, glucose and pupils20 min
- Exposure and the full head-to-toe examination20 min
02 Cardiac and respiratory emergencies
6 lessons · 2.8 hours
- Acute coronary syndrome: recognition and initial care30 min
- Cardiac arrest: high-quality CPR and defibrillation30 min
- Acute pulmonary oedema and heart failure30 min
- Acute severe asthma25 min
- Pneumonia, empyema and respiratory failure25 min
- Pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism and the "can't miss" diagnoses30 min
03 Sepsis and infectious disease emergencies
6 lessons · 2.8 hours
- Recognising sepsis and septic shock early30 min
- The Sepsis Six bundle: antibiotics, fluids, lactate, cultures30 min
- Malaria, typhoid and common tropical infections30 min
- Meningitis, encephalitis and CNS infections25 min
- Diarrhoeal disease and severe dehydration25 min
- Rabies, tetanus and bite management25 min
04 Trauma and surgical emergencies
6 lessons · 3 hours
- ATLS principles: primary and secondary survey30 min
- Haemorrhagic shock and fluid resuscitation in trauma30 min
- Head injury and raised intracranial pressure30 min
- Chest trauma: pneumothorax, haemothorax, flail30 min
- Abdominal trauma and the acute abdomen30 min
- Burns: assessment, fluids and airway30 min
05 Poisoning, toxicology and environmental emergencies
6 lessons · 2.8 hours
- Approach to the poisoned patient30 min
- Common antidotes and the role of decontamination30 min
- Organophosphate poisoning (agricultural chemicals)30 min
- Snakebite, scorpion and spider envenoming30 min
- Heatstroke, hypothermia and dehydration25 min
- Carbon monoxide and inhalational poisoning25 min
06 Resuscitation, airway and critical care skills
6 lessons · 2.8 hours
- Advanced airway management: from adjuncts to intubation30 min
- Ventilation: bag-mask, CPAP and mechanical ventilation basics30 min
- Arterial lines, central lines and the critically ill patient30 min
- Shock: cardiogenic, obstructive, distributive, hypovolaemic30 min
- Post-resuscitation care and prognostication25 min
- Team leadership and communication in resuscitation20 min
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