Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Accident and Emergency Care Technology

Overview

The Accident and Emergency Care Technology course is a four year course which trains candidates in Emergency Medical techniques to become the first responders to all kind of medical emergencies. They are taught knowledge and skills to save the patients with various medical emergencies, within and outside the hospital. Training experience is predominantly in the department of Accident and Emergency Medicine. The Accident and Emergency care trained technicians’ responsibility is to save many precious lives along with medical team with any kind of emergency conditions. On completion of the course, emergency care technicians have good opportunities in multi-specialty hospitals in India and abroad.

Career Prospects

Candidates who complete this exciting and challenging programme will be able to handle all kinds of emergency patients in the Trauma / Emergency Departments. Accident & Emergency is an evolving important specialty in India and already established specialty abroad. A dynamic specialty involved in various acute medical and surgical emergencies, this course offers plenty of opportunities for graduates to be employed in emergency services in the following areas.

• Government / Private Trauma Centers .
• Emergency Departments in the Multispecialty Hospitals
• Ortho Specialty Centers
• Surgical Emergency Area
• Pediatric Trauma Centers
• Trauma Ambulance Services

There is a huge demand for trained personnel in Accident and Emergency abroad as well. Sky is the limit for those passionate about emergency care

Eligibility

Candidates belonging to all categories for admission to the Allied Health Sciences should have passed the qualifying examinations after period of 12 years of study with English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology / Botany & Zoology with minimum 35% marks in each subjects (Academic / Vocational Stream).

Eligibility for Lateral Entry

• The lateral entry is applicable for all the UG Degree Course of Allied Health Science wherever corresponding Diploma Course is available in the concerned specialty. The duration of one year Internship applicable for all the Lateral Entry Candidates.
• Candidates belongs to all categories for admission to the Allied Health Sciences should have passed the qualifying examination after period of 12years of study with English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Botany and Zoology with minimum 35% marks in each subjects (Academic/Vocational Stream)

Minimum Education