EMERGENCY CARE at EMTSS Namibia

What is EMERGENCY CARE?

Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians continuously learn to care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages.

Overview

The goal of the BLS for Healthcare Providers Course is to train participants to save lives of victims of cardiac arrest through high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The AHA designed the course to prepare healthcare professionals to know how to perform CPR in- and out-of-hospital settings. This course comprises of 36 modules and teaches the skills of CPR and Choking for victims of all ages, including ventilation with barrier devices, pocket masks, bag-valve-mask devices with supplemental oxygen, and the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED).

Frequently Asked Questions

What do you understand by the emergency care?

‘Emergency Care’ means inpatient and outpatient hospital services necessary to prevent the death or serious impairment of the health of the recipient.

What is urgent and emergency care?

Emergency: Life threatening illnesses or accidents which require immediate, intensive treatment. Services that should be accessed in an emergency include ambulance (via 999) and emergency departments. Urgent: An illness or injury that requires urgent attention but is not a life-threatening situation.

What is the difference between acute care and emergency care?

Acute care is often performed in a hospital setting or doctor’s office for quick, urgent treatment. Emergency rooms serve patients with acute needs. Often, these needs include accidents, injuries, or sudden medical needs. Emergency rooms are equipped to handle rapidly changing conditions for accurate care at all times.

What is the importance of emergency care?

Emergency Care is an essential part of the health system and serves as the first point of contact for many around the world. Especially when there are logistical or financial barriers to healthcare access, people may present for care only when symptomatic with acute illness or injury.

Why is basic emergency care important?

Emergency care is a vital part of our health care system. It serves many by providing the right treatment at the right time. People know that emergency care is not fully equipped with logistics, so the people are present only when in acute pain or illness.

What is an example of an acute care hospital?

The following are considered acute care facilities: Hospital (General Acute Care as well as Psychiatric, Specialized and Rehabiltation Hospitals; and Long Term Acute Care or LTAC) Ambulatory Care Facility. Home Health Agency.

Which condition would require emergency care?

Head or spine injury. Severe or persistent vomiting. Sudden injury due to a motor vehicle accident, burns or smoke inhalation, near drowning, deep or large wound, or other injuries. Sudden, severe pain anywhere in the body.

What is the role of a responder?

The role of a First Responder is to respond and provide assistance to those emergency situations. First responders can be employed as firefighters, police officers, paramedics, EMTs, or another specialty position.

What type of patients are in acute care?

Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery.

What do emergency responders do?

A first responder is a person with specialized training who is among the first to arrive and provide assistance at the scene of an emergency, such as an accident, natural disaster, or terrorism.

Is acute care serious?

Calm under pressure: Acute care professionals treat serious injuries or illnesses that require immediate medical attention, whereas critical care professionals treat life-threatening injuries or illnesses.

What is the aim of acute care?

Acute care’s purpose is to improve a patient’s health with rapid intervention and under time-sensitive conditions to prevent acute cases from becoming chronic ones.

What does acute care mean in a hospital?

Essentially, acute care is offered to patients who need intensive and immediate care from critical conditions like head injuries, respiratory diseases, serious trauma or bleeding, broken bones, or rapidly progressing labour.

What is emergency situation?

Emergency Situation means a situation in which there is a probable danger to life or property or immediate risk to the continuity or safety of supply or distribution of electricity or telecommunications and computer media.

What are the 3 steps for emergency situation?

Take these three simple steps to prepare for a range of emergencies: Know the risks. Make a plan. Get an emergency kit.