Disaster Management and Emergency Preparedness Course (DMEP), JDH

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The Postgraduate Education & Academic Affairs in collaboration with King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah (KAMC-J) is pleased to announce 2017 schedule of the Disaster Management and Emergency Preparedness (DMEP).

Course Description:
The American College of Surgeons' (ACS) DMEP course is a one-day course that is both didactic and interactive. It addresses core competencies as outlined by The American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, Disaster and Mass Casualty Subcommittee.

Objectives:

Understand the surgical problems and injury patterns that may result from disasters
Discuss the role that surgeons in planning for and responding to mass casualty incidents and disasters
Become familiar with the incident command
Understand disaster triage
Become familiar with treatment principles, related to blast injury, chemical attacks and radiological dispersal devices
Know the civilian and military assets available for support.

Core Competencies:

Epidemiology and History of Disasters
Disaster Planning
Disaster Response Organization and Execution
Medical Management of Mass Casualties
Path physiology and Patterns of Injury
Post disaster Assessment and Recovery
Pitfalls and Barriers in Disaster Planning and Response
Understanding the needs of Understanding the needs of special populations (pediatric, geriatric, disabled)

Target Audience:

The intended audience includes acute care providers (surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine phThe intended audience includes acute care providers (surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians, ER, OR, ICU, Trauma nurses, House officers and prehospital professionals).
Other health care providers, administrators, public health personnel, and emergency managers are also encouraged to attend.

Accreditation:
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

CME Hours:
The course is accredited with:

8.25 CME Hours by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), under the American College of Surgeons in US.
10 CME Hours by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS).

Target audience:

Acute care providers: (surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians, ER, OR, ICU, Trauma nurses, house officers and pre-hospital professionals).
Medical students and other health care providers, administrators, public health personnel, military and emergency managers.

2017 Course Dates:

July: 18
September: 26
November: 7
December: 19

For further information kindly find attached Poster and contact:

Ms. Nina S. Biala
DMEP National Coordinator
National Guard Health Affairs
King Abdulaziz Medical City – Jeddah
Postgraduate Education Academic Affairs
Phone: +966-12-2245056 ext. 21225
Ms. Belchie Culanag
Admin Assistant
Postgraduate Education Academic Affairs
Phone: +966-12-22245057

Academic Event

Deanship Building, KSAU-HS, Jeddah and Dammam

Location

7/18/2017 8:00 AM

Start Date

7/18/2017 5:00 PM

End Date

Attachments

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