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Basics of Anesthesia
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Haydom, Tanzania
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Haydom Lutheran Hospital
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Haydom, Tanzania
Basics of Anesthesia Course
A practical course that teaches universal treatment principles of anesthesia care
Anesthesia is a critical component of most essential surgical procedures. To ensure its safe and effective administration, this course has been designed specifically for anesthesia providers.
This course serves as a valuable guide for mastering and refreshing skills in anesthesia and perioperative care, with practical insights applicable across a variety of settings, including those with limited resources or local expertise.
With in-person training offered in local settings, participants gain hands-on experience while enhancing their knowledge of anesthesia principles.
Developed by a global collaboration of MD anesthesiologists, this course delivers practical, evidence-based insights to support providers in delivering safe anesthesia care anywhere in the world.
''Without accessible and safe anesthesia, the potential of surgical care to save lives is greatly diminished.''
For who
An anesthesia course for anesthesia providers
This course is for all anesthesia providers. It is designed to strengthen your skills in giving anesthesia and perioperative care to the different patient groups with their comorbidities. You will also recognize and learn to stabilize the critically ill patient. Whether you are working in a bigger hospital or in a smaller healthcare facility, you are welcome to join the course.
What you will learn
Learn the basics of anesthesia
This course looks at anesthesia care from a global perspective – the principles of giving anesthesia are the same, wherever you are. The course provides alternative options for providing high-quality care even if resources are limited, to ensure these global standards can be applied around the world.
Preoperative assessment
Airway management
Advanced airway management
Monitoring
Drugs: dosing, new ways of using it, safe use, treating pain
Basic Life Support
Advanced Life Support
Crew Resource management
Resuscitation and emergency cases
Additional modules: local anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia
This interactive course features varied interactive learning methods, including This includes short lectures, big and small group discussions, case discussions, skills trainings, videos, demonstrations. We believe that you best remember what you have learned after practicing.
Your teachers
Learn from MD anesthesiologists and anesthesia experts
Anesthesiologists from around the world – from high-income settings and resource-limited settings – contributed to developing this course, so you’ll learn proven techniques that work in your context.
All instructors are selected by local authorities or organizations.
Practical information
Course details
The course is held locally and includes workshops, discussion groups, quizzes, exams and evaluations. In the future we plan to support online materials.
For hospitals and their anesthesia workers who want provide safe and up to
date anesthesia care
A 2-day program
In English (please contact us for translations)
Best suited for a group of 12-16 participants
We can customize the course to fit your local setting and resources
Costs
The cost of the course will be adapted to different settings in collaboration with the local course providers. Please contact us at info@basicsofburncare.org for more information.
A sustainable and customizable training model
We collaborate with organizations, such as Interplast, Doctors of the World, Friendship, and CapaCare to move from the short-term surgical mission model to a more sustainable model focused on knowledge exchange. This saves money, human resources, and reduces the carbon footprint.
Local organizations such as Haydom Lutheran Hospotal, Kiruddu Hospital, and Masanga Hospital can be empowered to take ownership in providing high quality trainings for healthcare workers in their cachement areas.
National surgical societies worldwide can embed the course in new and existing training programs and provide an effective and inexpensive element for Continuous Medical Education (the ATLS course is an example of this).
Local organizations such as Haydom Lutheran Hospotal, Kiruddu Hospital, and Masanga Hospital can be empowered to take ownership in providing high quality trainings for healthcare workers in their cachement areas.
National surgical societies worldwide can embed the course in new and existing training programs and provide an effective and inexpensive element for Continuous Medical Education (the ATLS course is an example of this).
One world one standard of care
Our courses provide a standardized way to teach health care workers the basics of surgical care, applicable in every setting.
We focus on the basics because the more experienced you become in your career, the better you will understand that those who correctly apply the basic treatment principles are the best surgeons.
If you are interested to collaborate with us and to explore options to organise a course in you own setting, please contact us at:
info@basicsofglobalsurgery.orgWe focus on the basics because the more experienced you become in your career, the better you will understand that those who correctly apply the basic treatment principles are the best surgeons.
If you are interested to collaborate with us and to explore options to organise a course in you own setting, please contact us at: