Table 1.

Course content

Topic	Delivery method	Time allocated
Access to essential surgical care	L	40 min
Trauma care: epidemiology and principles of management	L	40 min
Resuscitation and stabilisation: airway	L, C, M	1 hour 30 min
Resuscitation and stabilisation: breathing and circulation, including vascular access	L, C	3 hours 30 min
Wound and burn management	L, C	2 hours
Managing abdominal trauma	L, C	2 hours
Essential abdominal surgery and emergencies	L, C	3 hours 30 min
Principles of fracture management	L, C	2 hours
Managing limb trauma	L, C	2 hours
Managing head trauma	L, C	3 hours 30 min
Managing complications of pregnancy	L, C, M	2 hours
Postpartum haemorrhage and emergency obstetrics/gynaecology	L, C	3 hours

Topics covered in the course including method of delivery and time allocated.

C, practical Cadaveric procedural demonstrations; L, lecture; M, practical manikin demonstrations.