Research Publications - College of Medicine and Health Science

1- ATLS Provider and Instructor Courses:
It was deemed essential to train UAE doctors us-
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of trauma patients. More than 1200 doctors have
taken the Provider Course to date countrywide
in UAE. The first “back to back” Provider and
Instructor Courses in the UAE were held at the
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE
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in the UAE and the region. In 2011 Professor
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the early management of severe trauma is more
evident in our setting.
2- Point-of-Care Ultrasound Courses. Twenty
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doctors have received “hands on” training on
Point-of-Care ultrasound. We have noticed
increasing support and popularity for “Pointof-Care”
Ultrasound in clinical practice in our
setting. The demand from participants, local and
overseas, is increasing (Fig 2). These activities run
under the umbrella of The Clinical Skills Training
Centre at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
UAE University.
C) Organization of the Second International
Conference on Trauma Management, Critical
Care and Prevention
The Trauma Group has organized the Second
International Conference on Trauma Management,
Critical Care and Prevention. The above
conference took place at the Danat Hotel and
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The Conference was an initiative of the Trauma
Group at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
(FMHS), United Arab Emirates University.
Five organizations were involved in the preparation
of this conference:
1. Critical Care Department, Tawam Hospital in
affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine.
2. Trauma Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences, UAE University.
3. Al-Ain Hospital managed by University of
Vienna/Va Med.
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5. Sheikh Hamdan Awards for Medical Sciences.
Fig 1: The Trauma Group has helped to develop the recommendations
and standards for establishing a trauma
Registry for Abu Dhabi Emirate.
Fig 2: Professor Abu-Zidan was invited to be the Course
Director for the Hands-On Course of Ultrasound Extended
Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma, 12th
European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery,
Milan, Italy, in April 2011.
Fig 3: The Trauma Group has organized the Second International
Conference on Trauma Management, Critical Care
and Prevention at the Danat Hotel and Resort in Al-Ain on
21-24 February 2011.
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