Charité Summer Academy 2012 Disaster Medicine Disaster Medicine Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst German Academic Exchange Service In the case of disaster... ... you will know what to do. This two-week course is designed to teach medical students the theoretical and practical basics of disaster management: Step 1: Theoretical introduction to the special aspects of disaster medicine (e-learning pre-course) Step 2: Practical exercises in emergency medicine including simulation based training Step 3: Disaster medicine and mass casualty scenarios (Triage, resource management and medical leadership) Step 4: Training with experts in managing mass casualty incidents Course programme: Day 1: Welcome, campus tour and get together party Days 2-6: Full-time training sessions: Basic and advanced life support, prehospital care, emergency trauma care, emergency ECG interpretation, special emergency situations (polytrauma, thermal trauma, obstetric and pediatric emergencies) Days 7-13: Full-time study trips: Fire department, police department, German red cross (DRK SEG), underground fire-fighting practice facility, decontamination simulation, and sailing trip. Day 14: Final lecture and farewell party Course period August 19th - September 1st, 2012 Application deadline March 1st, 2012 Notification of participants March 16th, 2012 Maximum number of participants 30 Course language English Certification 6 ECTS credit points Costs € 350.00 for course fees, social and cultural activities, and lunch € 850.00 for all fees plus accomodation (travel costs not included) Target group Medical students in advanced clinical se- mesters/ young doctors with an interest in emergency medicine Requirements Good knowledge of English Contact and application https://tmcc-projekte.charite.de/ summerschool/ Dr. med. Torsten Schröder Klinik für Anästhesiologie m.S. operative Intensivmedizin, CVK/ CCM [email protected] Ä Äq qu ui iv va al le en nz zb be es sc ch he ei in ni ig gu un ng g N No ot tf fa al ll lp pr r a ak kt ti ik ku um m I II I