Course Content

This course will cover the following topics:

• Role & responsibilities of the DTM
• Medical ethics
• Health & safety in the work place
• Stress & stress full situations
• Anatomy & physiology
• The cavities of the human body
• The cause & spread of disease
• Infection & aseptic techniques
• Prevalent diseases & illnesses
• Health & hygiene in the field
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• The principles & priorities of first aid
• The respiration system
• The circulatory system
• The skeletal & muscular systems
• The nervous system
• The digestive system
• The urinary system
• The eye & eye injury
• The ear & ear injury
• The skin & common skin diseases
• Patient history & examination
• Respiration & asphyxia
• Basic life support – BLS
• The mechanism of injury
• Advanced airway management
• Wounds & the control of bleeding
• Dressings & bandages
• Head, chest & abdominal injury
• Extremity trauma
• Taking &recording of vital signs
• Management of fractures

• Use of traction &inflatable splints
• Sprains, strains & dislocations
• Trauma patient assessment
• Cervical spine injury
• Stretchers & patient handling
• Giving an injection
• Shock & fluid replacement
• Intravenous cannulation
• Management of burns
• Poisons, bites and stings
• Missile injury & effects of blast
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
• Pharmacology
• Management of pain
• Heat & cold weather injuries
• Gun shot wounds
• Triage in trauma
• Dealing with a road traffic accident
• The Glasgow Comma Scale - GCS
• Report writing & record keeping
• Long term care of the sick patient
• Vehicle conversion to an ambulance
• Treatment during transportation
• The management of landmine injuries
• Medical minefield responsibilities
• Equipment & casualty removal
• Introduction to radios & procedures
• Management of a minefield accident
• Oxygen therapy
• The Laryngeal mask
• Endotracheal intubation