January 2010

This news letter concentrates mainly on Emergency medicine and prepared from the course “AELS – Accident and Emergency Life Support” conducted by Dept. of Accident & Emergency Medicine,Vinakaya Mission Research Foundation,Salem. Tamilnadu, India.

The Dept.of Accident & Emergency Medicine,Vinakaya Mission Research Foundation, Salem, is conducting india’s first indigenously designed exellent workshop for doctors, residents of Emergency Department, interns, and paramedics.

It covers a various array of interesting topics and workstations with ‘hands on’ training and certification and is conducted by qualified Emergency Physicians who are American Heart Association certified – BLS/ACLS Instructors.

We are thankful to Dr. V. P. Chandrasekaran. Pro & HOD, Dept.of Accident & Emergency Medicine,Vinakaya Mission Research Foundation, Salem,for giving permission to utilise the AELS course materials in this news letter.

For further details about this workshops you log on the following websites

www.emergencymedicineindia.com,
www.emergencymedicineindia.org
www.emergencyphysicianindia.org

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