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Upcoming BASICS Scotland Courses
Sep 17 - Sep 19, 2010 |
Immediate Medical Care Refresher Course |
Oct 01 - Oct 03, 2010 |
Immediate Medical Care Course - Part 1 |
Nov 05 - Nov 07, 2010 |
Immediate Medical Care Course - Part 1 |
Nov 08 - Nov 09, 2010 |
Major Incident Medical Management & Support: The practical approach in the hospital |
Nov 19 - Nov 21, 2010 |
Immediate Medical Care Refresher Course |
Dec 03 - Dec 05, 2010 |
Immediate Medical Care Refresher Course |
Jan 14 - Jan 16, 2011 |
Immediate Medical Care Course - Part 1 |
Jan 28 - Jan 30, 2011 |
Pre Hospital Emergency Care Course |
Feb 11 - Feb 13, 2011 |
Immediate Medical Care Course - Part 1 |
Feb 25 - Feb 27, 2011 |
Pre Hospital Emergency Care Course |
Mar 11 - Mar 13, 2011 |
Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support |
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BASICS Education Scotland – Pre-Hospital Care Courses
350 course places are currently provided per year. Places for NHS practitioners
are now provided free of charge due to our central funding from NES;
an administration fee may be charged for certain courses.
At the present time our pre-hospital teaching is provided by five
different courses.
BASICS Education Scotland – Emergency Medicine Courses
This course is aimed at healthcare professionals who are likely to be
presented with medical emergencies outwith the hospital setting. The course
is taught over 2½ days and covers aspects such meningitis, epistaxis, children with fever, asthma, head injury and pre-hospital thrombolysis.
Course Overviews
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This is an introduction to Immediate Medical Care and is probably the most popular of our courses. It concentrates mostly on introducing the practitioner to Cardiac and Trauma resuscitation in the Pre-Hospital setting. Scene and personal safety are emphasized.
IMC Part 1 Programme - open template.pdf
This is a course which reinforces the material taught on the Part 1 course and introduces other relevant material for Pre-Hospital Care including, triage, pain relief, kinetic mechanisms of injury, paediatric and neonatal resuscitation and multiple casualty management.
It is recommended that all teaching of this type be refreshed on a regular basis. This course updates candidates on much of the content of the part I and part 2 courses. This course devotes a major proportion of its time to scenario-based teaching.
IMC Refresher Programme DRAFT.pdf
This is a paediatric resuscitation course run under licence from the Advanced Life Support Group in Manchester and is accompanied by a manual, which is published by British Medical Journal Publications.
Please refer to the ALSG website for an overview programme www.alsg.org
This is an examined and certified course from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. The material covered and assessed is based on the RCS Edinburgh, Level 2 material of the core manual in Pre-Hospital Care. This course can be used as a progression towards the Diploma in Immediate Care (DIMC)
This course is open to Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics who work, or may have an interest in working in the pre-hospital field.
The PHEC Course is facilitated over 3 full days to allow a half day for the course examination.
PHECC Master Copy (open Template)_1.pdf
This course is aimed at healthcare professionals who are likely to be presented with medical emergencies outwith the hospital setting. The course is taught over 2½ days and covers aspects such meningitis, epistaxis, children with fever, asthma, head injury and pre-hospital thrombolysis.
Draft programme EMC.pdf
This 2 day course, run under license from ALSG, is aimed at anyone who would be involved in managing a major incident in the hospital. The course covers aspects such as the structured approach of the hospital response, approach at the scene and its impact on the hospital, public health incidents, large geographical incidents and recovery. The course material is taught through a series of lecture, workshops and table-top exercises.
This 3-day course, run under license from ALSG, is concerned with the clinical management of a major incident at the scene and is aimed at candidates from a medical, nursing or paramedic background. The course covers aspects such as preparation, communications/radio procedures, command and control and triage through a series of lectures, skill stations, workshops, table-top exercises and practical exercises without casualties (PEWCS).
This 1-day course Recaps the Major Incident Medical Management & Support Course
The focus of the STaR course is the management of the transfer itself and not on clinical management.
The course consists of a series of:- Theoretical Lectures, Practical Demonstrations, Skills Stations, Workshops and Trolley Top Simulations.
Further information on the course to follow.
General Course Enquiry
For further details on any of the course please fill out the form below.
Further details
For further details contact BASICS Scotland at
01764 664014 or via e-mail: courses@basics-scotland.org.uk