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WHO Basic Emergency Care (BEC)

11–15
november
2019
Lead Instructor
Sean Kivlehan
MD, MPH

The class lasts 5 days and it is open to 40 participants. Recognizer trainers with medical backgrounds from established schools or institutions have priority placement.

Recommended for: Volunteer First Responders, First Aid Instructors, First Responders, Nursing Students.

The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM), developed the Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course for frontline providers who manage acute life-threatening conditions with limited resources. These may include students, nurses, prehospital technicians, clinical officers and doctors who are working in the field (pre-hospital) or hospital settings. Emergency care providers must respond to ‘undifferentiated’ patients, those with acute symptoms for which the cause may not be known.

This course introduces a systematic approach to managing acute, potentially life-threatening conditions even before a diagnosis is known. BEC is based on the clinical recommendations of the WHO IMAI District Clinician Manual, WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children, WHO Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) and WHO Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth. It includes modules on the ABCDE and SAMPLE history approach, trauma, difficulty in breathing, shock, and altered mental status. The practical skills section covers the essential time-sensitive interventions for these key acute presentations.

The manual download for free in english
The modules teach a practical and systematic approach to four acute and potentially life-threatening presentations
  • Trauma
  • Difficulty in breathing
  • Shock
  • Altered mental status

Most life-threatening conditions, whether the original cause was medical or surgical, infection or injury, will present with one of these. In some cases, the diagnosis may be known, while in others, intervention may be required before a diagnosis can be made, perhaps because of limited diagnostic resources, but often because of the acuity of the condition. These modules introduce a systematic approach to assessment and management that can be used whether or not a diagnosis has been made.

Frontline health-care providers will face many more presentations than are covered in this course. This material is not meant to cover every acute condition, but to help providers address time-sensitive conditions where early intervention has the potential to save lives. The course is designed to lay a foundation for broader emergency assessment and management. Many participants may already, or will later be trained to provide care beyond what is described here.

Recommendations for handover to an “advanced provider” are meant to signal the need for care beyond the scope of this course. In some cases, participants themselves may already be trained to provide this additional care.

Additional class recommended: Basic CPR, but not provided at this venue
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