Department of Minor Surgery, First Aid and Emergency Medicine
The course is designed to introduce students to the principles of acute care medicine, basic principles of surgery, emergency medicine and first aid. Students will learn to conduct thorough and detailed case history taking and physical examination in conjunction with procedural skills. The students are trained to carry out basic life support, assess life threatening situations, prioritize casualties and safely evacuate casualties. The students are exposed to general medical practice, both in the community and in hospital during the course curriculum.
- Course objectives
- Perform, record, present and discuss in detail skills of history taking of common surgical diseases.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the symptoms and signs of common surgical conditions.
- Demonstrate appropriate skills to conduct comprehensive clinical examination of post-surgical patients.
- Demonstrate the appropriate ways to identify physical signs of common surgical conditions.
- Formulate a reasonable differential diagnosis of surgical disorders based on history and physical examination.
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of common and emergency surgical conditions.
- Learn the basic approach to patients who present with chest pain, respiratory distress, etc.
- Learn the principles of basic wound management and evaluation of orthopaedic injuries
- Learn the basic principles of management of trauma care patients.
- Learn the basic principles of environmental injury (heat related illness and hypothermia).
- Learn the basic principles of management of poisoning cases and overdoses of the particular poisons.
- Know the limits of basic first aid.
- Salient Features
- The college is well equipped with state-of-the-art facilities including Multimedia teaching facilities, Spacious Classrooms, Yoga Halls, Library and Laboratories.
- Treatment facilities with OPD & IPD backed by the vast clinical exposure at Atthi Hospital.
- Highly qualified & experienced faculty in Atthi Naturopathy & Yoga Medical College
- Regular Camps, Workshops, Seminars & Guest lectures are conducted for up-to-date information & exposure to students
- The BNYS course is unique due to the Subjects being studied as part of its curriculum which combines the knowledge of Basic sciences of Modern medicine with Scientific Ancient, Traditional, Drugless & Holistic healing methods