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The course is intended for physicians, nurses
and paramedics.
Course objectives
- Comprehending the continuity of treatment of trauma
patients in a trauma system
- Studying the structures involved in the various phases of
treatment
- Developing a model of a trauma system appropriate for the
student's country of origin
- Mass casualty preparedness
PROGRAM
1. Structure of a national trauma system
2. Structure of a local trauma system
3. Injury prevention and control: importance and protocols
4. Pre-hospital system: treatment, triage, transport, communication, quality
assurance
5. Treatment in the trauma center
a. Acute phase: admitting area, operating room
b. Sub-acute phase: intensive care units: general,
neurosurgery, pediatrics
c. Long-term phase: surgical departments: general,
maxillofacial,orthopedic, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, etc.
6. Rehabilitation
7. Steps in developing a specific national trauma system
8. Inter-connections in trauma system, pre-hospital-hospital; intra-hospital;
inter-hospital; government
9. Mass casualty situations
10. Guidelines and protocol: initial assessment and treatment of a single
patient
11. Quality assurance
12. Research
13. The place of the Medical Corps of the Israel Defence Forces in the trauma
system in Israel
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THE TEACHING CENTER
