Emergency Management of Battlefield Injuries (EMBI) Course (COE-MED-M4-001)

Aim:

To provide skills needed to effectively manage emergency diagnosis and treatment of battlefield injuries.

Target Population:

Medical doctors, specialists and registered nurses whose are planned to work in multinational medical environment in NATO/UN/EU missions.

Pre-requisites:

• Language proficiency: English according to STANAG 6001 3.2.3.2 (listening/speaking/reading/writing)

• Other pre-requisites: Medical background

Instructional Components:

• History of chest injury; Development of treatment of non-cardiac thoracic injuries - from Korea to Kabul- prof. Dr. Molnár F. Tamás (University of Pécs, Hungary)

• Thoracic Trauma - Col (R) prof. Olaf C. Penn (NLD - CIOMR)

• Current research in trauma from a military perspective - prof. Dr. Per Örtenwall (SWE)

• Lessons learned from the experience of visceral military surgeons in the French role 3 Medical Treatment Facility of Kabul (Afghanistan): An extended skill mix required. - COL Dr. Federico Gonzalez (FRA)

• Decision making in thermo-mechanical injuries - LTC Dr. Axel Franke (DEU)

• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) - Surg Cmd Alon Duby (UK)

• Diagnostic imaging of polytrauma patients with chest injury - Ágnes Stefán MD (HUN)

• Primary Blast Injuries: Special considerations - LTC Dr. Willi Schmidbauer

• Impairments of Blast Injuries - LTC Dr. Levente Várhelyi (HUN)

• A novel device, the ITClamp, controls severe bleeding - Cmd (R) Dennis Philips (CIOMR)

• Thoracic injuries/thoracotomy: pain relief; Traumatic shock - LTC Dr. Tibor Pataki (HUN)

• Intensive Care Therapy in Longhaul MedEvac - The German Approach - LTC Dr. Thomas Dietze (DEU)

• Crew resource management in deployed medical facilities: options and challenges - Col (R) Walter Henny (NLD)

Workshops, practical trainings:

• Simulation workshop - FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) ultrasound – CAE Healthcare

• Airway management workshop - University of Pécs (Dr. Szilárd Rendeki; Dr. Péter Heigl) / Karl Storz Endoscope (Mr. David Pickles)

• Surgical training in HDF Military Hospital - LTC Sándor Pellek MD (HUN): 

  • Surgical Invasive Clinical Techniques: Application of external fixation on limbs (upper, lower); Chest drainage–chest tube insertion; Anterolateral thoracotomy; Clamp shell thoracotomy; Pericardiocenthesis; Needle chest decompression; Vein preparation; Craniotomy 

  • Anaesthesiological Invasive Clinical Techniques: Central vein access (vena subclavia, vena femoralis); Intraosseal line access (sternal, malleoral, tibial); needle and scalpel cricothyroidotomy; percutaneous tracheostomy

Learning Objectives:

• LO1 be able to identify the nature and severity of injury

• LO2 be able to demonstrate the use of various airway and oxygen adjuncts

• LO3 be able to identify methods for airway control and ventilation

• LO4 be familiar with surgical intervention from operational area to rehabilitation

Date: please check the course calendar

For registration please contact NATO MILMED COE Training Branch Course Admin at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or in case of any further assistance please do not hesitate to call +36 883 0132.

MILMED COE courses are also available via the NATO ePRIME system; students from NATO partner nations can get reimbursed up to 100%.