Department of Emergency Medicine

Overview

Emergency Medicine (EM) gained recognition as a medical specialty in the United States in 1979 and in India in 2009 by the Medical Council of India (MCI). By 2014, 28 medical colleges in India had established academic departments of EM as permitted by the MCI.

EM is a distinctive specialty that equips physicians with surgical and medical skills to manage urgent, emergent, and acute conditions across all demographics and physiological states.

At Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, the Department of Emergency Medicine trains two postgraduates annually in MD Emergency Medicine, adhering to Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) and MCI guidelines. With 40 beds, the department serves 48,000 patients annually, admitting an average of 130 patients daily.

OTHER COURSES HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT

  • AUTLS- AIIMS ULTRASOUND TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT

    Care of multiply injured victim is challenging in pre-hospital, emergency department and intensive care settings. Ultrasound acts as a visual stethoscope providing the examiner with anatomical and physiological information that aid in patient care

    AIIMS Ultrasound Trauma Life Support Course (AUTLS) course takes place in conjunction with AIIMS where candidates are given hands on training in point of care emergency ultrasound.

    The faculty comprises of eminent instructors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Jubilee Mission Medical College.

    Jubilee Mission Medical College equipped with a dedicated ultrasound training lab acts as the satellite hub of AIIMS, New Delhi in association with International Council for Critical Emergency Sonography (ICCES) for the training of post graduate students, residents, consultants, practitioners of Surgery, Medicine, Anaesthesia, Orthopaedics, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care in point of care sonology.

  • BASIC – BASIC ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT IN INTENSIVE CARE

    BASIC is a two day course that comprises of lectures and small group skills stations. It is a concept originally developed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong , and since has been endorsed byESICM and ISCCM. It is an introduction course, intended for those interested in Intensive Care Medicine. The course has been developed to include a written course book, and utilizes a standardized course method with short tutorials and skill stations

  • BLS AND ACLS- BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT COURSES

    Every two months department conducts the American Heart Association accredited Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support courses.

    The target population includes the MBBS students, postgraduates, nursing staff, residents and practitioners. The programme is conducted by American Heart Association. certified instructors over a period of three days. There will be theory and practical examinations and successful candidates will be awarded a pass certificate by the American Heart Association.

  • BECC-BASIC EMERGENCY CARE COURSE

    This training is aimed at improving the basic emergency and trauma care knowledge and skills of the healthcare workers as well as non-health care providers.

    The course module focuses on basic emergency care of the common emergencies encountered such as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, acute coronary syndrome, stroke, drowning, electric current injury, foreign body obstruction, trauma and poisoning. It is one of the outreach programmes conducted by the department in collaboration with AIIMS, New Delhi that caters to the lay public and equip them with skills required for basic emergency care.

  • FIRST RESPONDER COURSE

    This programme is aimed at teaching first responder groups like the police personnel, fire and rescue personnel, ambulance drivers, scouts and guides, red cross volunteers to respond to acute care situation like trauma.

Emergency Medicine Department