Course Description

A medical emergency is an acute injury or illness that poses an immediate risk to a person’s life or long-term health, sometimes referred to as a situation risking “life or limb”. These emergencies may require assistance from another, qualified person, as some of these emergencies, such as cardiovascular (heart), respiratory, and gastrointestinal cannot be dealt with by the victim themselves.

Course Objectives:

• To understand the organization and procedure of the emergency medical services
• To gather knowledge and skills to provide comprehensive care for patients of all age groups.
• To get the confidence to handle critical situations with quick and effective decisions for patients.
• To be familiar with the drugs used in emergencies and relevant equipment.
• To be able to the differential diagnosis of common illness.
• To access & select the appropriate investigations required and their accurate interpretation keeping the patient’s safety in prime consideration.
• To enhance the skills in useful techniques to be used in emergency situations.
• To understand and follow the right communication with the patients in the emergency department.

Acute Medicine – ACUMEN eLearning Program by Royal College of Physicians 

ACUMEN, which covers all aspects of acute medical care, allows you to practise your skills in diagnosing and managing a whole host of conditions. It is aimed at clinical trainees specialising in acute medicine. The themes are relevant to trainees across the world.

Interactive training on emergency medicine 

The knowledge sessions, which have been written by practising clinicians from the UK, include many interactive features, such as videos and self-assessment exercises, to reinforce learning.

Relevant to clinical trainees globally

Using scenario-based exercises, you can practise your skills in managing various emergency medical situations in the safety of a virtual ward, with ‘patients’ experiencing symptoms from cardio-respiratory arrest through to breathlessness and chest pain. You can learn how to:

• review a medical history
• perform a virtual examination
• create a management plan
• review the patient outcomes

You can compare your performance with that of an expert clinician, helping you to identify any knowledge gaps.

Convenient, easy online access

ACUMEN is available online so you can study in the workplace, at home or even on the move. This acute medicine training course has been developed by the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in collaboration with Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare.

• We provide study material in hard copies and the E-Books to let the student study on-the-go as per the convenience and the time availability.
• Period Interactive Sessions are conducted with the highly experienced faculties where the students get a chance to interact and get their queries answered.
• Content is covered through engaging Multimedia content to make the learning interesting and descriptive.
• High fidelity workshops which lets a student learn by doing on their own, making mistakes, correcting it and consequently let one understand of bringing that into practice in the right way.
• Live Interactive Sessions are conducted from the expert faculties where a student gets to learn actual cases, observe the procedures to gain knowledge by their experience.