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Focus on GVK Emergency Management Research Institute
Emergency Medicine Learning
Center (EMLC): GVK EMRI has a
specialized department of Emergency
Medicine learning Center (EMLC)
focusing on developing skills in emergency
management to individual emergencies,
Multi-casualty Incidents (MCI) and
Disasters.GVK EMRI has a state-of-art
Emergency Medicine Learning Center
(EMLC) and a dedicated team of highly
qualified Emergency medical professionals,
clinical educators who aim to cascade
contemporary principles and practices
of emergency medicine to all health care
professionals and community response
providers. The prodigious task of creating
skilled manpower, in the form of Emergency
Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Pilots
(Drivers), was efficiently and effectively
accomplished by EMLC throughout
expansion and stabilization of 108
operations.
Furthermore, with a vision to take quality
of emergency care to the next level to
ensure global standards, GVK EMRI has
collaborated with world opinion leaders in
emergency care such as Stanford School
of Medicine –USA, National Trauma
Research Institute, MONASH
University, Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, American Academy of
Family Physicians (AAFP), American
Heart Association (AHA), American
College of Emergency Physicians
(ACEP).
Training Institute
Special status of EMTs at GVK EMRI
EMTs at GVK EMRI are trained in
institutional, hospital and ambulance phases
for 52 days (nearly 450 Hours) including
BLS- AHA, ITLS and Basic Life Support in
Obstetrics global certifications. Every EMT
is given a specially-developed learning kit
containing pre-hospital text book, EMS
protocol manual, work book, medical
equipment maintenance manual, soft skills
booklets, drug book and EMRI values
booklet.
All the EMTs are provided with annual
refresher training. Objectively Structured
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Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) methodology
is used for evaluation of skills acquisition.
Ambulance Drivers at GVK EMRI are
referred to as ‘Pilots’ and are trained in safe
driving, ambulance maintenance, CPR, First
Responder certification, extrication etc.
Emergency Medical Services at GVK
EMRI are provided by EMTs with different
levels of competencies. They are broadly
grouped as Basic and Advanced EMTs. To
some extent, these will be determined by
country and setting, with each individual
country having its own ‘approach’ to how
EMS should be provided, and by whom.
In GVK EMRI the following categories of
EMTs are providing services: Basic Life
Support (BLS) Ambulance EMTs, Advanced
Life Support (ALS) Ambulance EMTs,
Neonatal Life Support (NLS) Ambulance
EMTs, Emergency Care Centers (ECC)
EMTs, Inter Facility Transfers (IFT) EMTs,
Boat Ambulance Services EMTs, Hospital
Based (HB) EMTs, Advanced Post Graduate
Diploma in Emergency Care (Advanced
EMTS).
Two-year trained Advanced EMTs obtain
an APGDEC certificate from Osmania
University, Hyderabad and a registration
number from Telangana State Paramedic
Board. Advanced EMT can carry out
interventions like endotracheal intubation,
interpret ECG and initiate ACLS protocols
using defibrillator. In addition, Advanced
EMTs will also have higher levels of
critical thinking and the ability to manage
pediatric, medical, and obstetric and trauma
emergencies. EMTs working in various
states who have shown commitment and
exceptionally high levels of knowledge are
nominated for a two-year Advanced EMT
course at GVK EMRI with the permission of
respective state governments.
Operations: GVK EMRI has come a
long way as the largest emergency service
provider in India. Transporting the patient
from the scene to the nearest suitable
hospital requires the operator to maintain
the rolling stock free from break downs.
The key objectives of reliability, comfort,
cleanliness, hygiene, timely arrival and
financial viability are to be met with utmost
precision. We endeavor to reach patients in
distress and provide pre hospital care and
admission to hospital within the Golden
Hour via a well-focused and healthy
transport system.
Average Response Times:
• Urban – 15 minutes
• Rural – 25 minutes
One Day at GVK EMRI
• 171,228 calls answered
• 26,631 emergencies responded
• Emergency Ambulances travel a distance
of 1,057,981 km per day with nearly 46,000
associates across the organization
• 907 lives are saved out of the critical
cases benefited (as per working definition of
GVK EMRI- validated under the guidance of
ERC Physicians)
• 142 deliveries are assisted by EMTs
CUMULATIVELY
• 4,7,260, 500 emergencies responded
• 18,27,474 lives saved since inception
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