Education

In October 2022 our staff passed a 6-day course (48 hrs) in ESSENTIALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE led by an emergency physician assoc. prof. Jan Bydžovský, MD, MSc, EMT-P, PhD. with his assistant, a nurse Johana Zikmundová, BSc, from Czechia, with passing the final examination consisting of a test and practical skills.

The covered topics were:

Legal Background for Treating Emergencies in Kenya
ABCDE Approach to Emergencies
Triage
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Consciousness Disorders
Circulatory Shock
Acute Respiratory Distress
Acute Chest Pain
Arrhythmias
Paediatric Emergencies
Primary Management of Trauma
Burns
Poisoning
Principles of Palliative (End-of-Life) Care
Referral and Transport to Another Hospital

For more details you can read an article on the course in Clinical Social Work 3/2023 HERE.