This course is for clinicians that will be or are caring for patients with respiratory diphtheria during outbreaks in vulnerable settings, such as in Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. It is also applicable to clinicians working in settings that share similar challenges due to limited laboratory capacity, limited availability of treatment facilities, limited number of trained staff, and limitations in medications, medical supplies and supportive care.
语言: English
Diphtheria
课程信息
Overview: This course is for clinicians that will be or are caring for patients with respiratory diphtheria during outbreaks in vulnerable settings, such as in Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. It is also applicable to clinicians working in settings that share similar challenges due to limited laboratory capacity, limited availability of treatment facilities, limited number of trained staff, and limitations in medications, medical supplies and supportive care.
Learning objective: By the end of this training course, participants will:
- Recognize patients with respiratory diphtheria
- Give antitoxin and antibiotics safely to appropriate patients
- Implement safe infection prevention measures
- Recognize patients with emergency signs and start supportive therapies
Course duration: Approximately 4 hours.
Certificates: No certificate available at this time.
课程内容
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Clinical Recognition
Module 3: Triage
Module 4: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
Module 5: Antitoxin therapy (DAT)
Module 6: Antibiotics
Module 7: Monitoring and Supportive Therapy
Module 8: Public Health Measures
Module 9: Monitoring, Reporting & QA
Module 10: Ethical considerations
Module 11: Community engagement