B.Sc Accident & Emergency Care Technology
Undergraduate (B.Sc) programme · 3 years + 1 year internship · Department of Accident & Emergency Care
About the programme
This is an undergraduate specialised course in allied health science: a three-year full-time course with one year of compulsory rotatory internship.
The course is related to emergency medicine, one of the fastest-growing specialties in India. With an increasing number of hospitals opening emergency services, there is a demand for trained personnel to assist doctors in the management of acute emergencies and trauma cases.
Students are trained in the management of medical emergencies in hospitals, casualties and first-aid stations in schools and colleges. They are taught advanced life support, initial evaluation and triage in the emergency room, burns management, medico-legal management, resuscitation techniques and suturing of lacerations.
What you will study
First year
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Biochemistry
- Emergency medical services
Second year
- Pathology
- Microbiology
- Pharmacology
- Emergency medicine and emergency medical services II
Third year
- Emergency medicine and emergency medical services III
- Clinical procedures and instruments in emergency services
Non-examination subjects (all years)
- English
- Computer
Clinical internship
One year of compulsory rotatory internship after the three academic years.
Career opportunities
- Emergency care technologist in casualty and trauma units
- Ambulance and emergency medical services
- Intensive care support
- First-aid and safety roles
Higher studies
- M.Sc in emergency care / allied subjects
- Research
