Pitch Side Immediate Trauma Care Course PSITCC to print
Background
While catastrophic injuries are not common in sports events, it is essential when they do occur, that medical teams are appropriately prepared and trained for such an incident. In the UK, this requirement and the lack of advanced courses to specifically address these needs led to the development of the PSITCC by the England Rugby Football Union (RFU) in 2005. Since then, many courses have been successfully run in UK. To raise the standards of pitch side medical care in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine (HKCEM) and RFU brought the first course to Asia in March 2010.
Course Overview
Who should take this course? The two-day course is a sports-specific course that addresses the Immediate Care training needs of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and on-site medics working within sports. The course will draw on existing hospital immediate care courses, i.e. BLS, ACLS. PHTLS and ATLS, but have additional sports-specific modules such as on-field assessment of concussion, wound care and wound closure. Candidates need to have some knowledge of Basic Spinal Care and Resuscitation when they apply for the course. For applicants without prior knowledge, a pre-course workshop is required.
Who teaches the course?
Each course will be led by Dr. Andy Smith (Course Director of the original PSITCC from RFU), assisted by a teaching faculty (from the UK and HK) with extensive experience of pre-hospital immediate care and sports medicine education.
How is the course taught?
Before the course: A CD-ROM of the course material will be sent out to you before the course starts, followed by an MCQ test to be submitted before the course starts.
During the course; Teaching is by lectures, practical skill stations and moulage practice.
Course Exam
During the course. there will be continuous assessment, a test moulage and a written MCQ paper at the end of the course. The pass mark of the written paper will be 80%.
Failures & Retests
If a candidate is unsuccessful in the continuous assessment, exam or moulages, they will not qualify for accreditation. Such candidates will be discussed by the faculty and a decision made as to what they need to do to gain accreditation. If a candidate is unsuccessful in one component they will most likely be invited to attend the next course, to re-take that part of the assessment. If a candidate is unsuccessful in more than one component they will most likely be asked to undertake the whole course again.
Where is the course held?
Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
This is a preparation course for those who have no prior experience in trauma care and resuscitation or basic pitch-side medical support. No exam is required for this.
