Component : DFR Health
Domain: Health
Nature : Diploma course.
Output level : BAC + 6
Location: Cayenne
Deposit of pre-registration applications from 01/07/24 to 15/09/24
Selection of candidates: from 16/09/24 to 27/09/24
Administrative registration and payment: from 30/09/24 to 31/10/24
Course starts: 04/11/24
End of course 04/05/25
Objectives
- To teach the basics of emergency medicine needed to deal with all types of out-of-hospital emergencies. These include all medical, surgical, obstetric and paediatric emergencies.
- This University Diploma aims to provide the theoretical and technical foundations required for the initial management of life-threatening emergencies (basic level).
Target skills
- Acquiring the basics of diagnostic reasoning in emergency situations.
- Mastering the therapeutic arsenal needed to manage life-threatening emergencies outside hospital structures.
- Learn the basic technical procedures involved in practising emergency medicine
- Develop skills in ultrasound and the use of telemedicine tools
Admission
Access to the DU
This course is aimed at doctors in all specialities except emergency and intensive care medicine, and state-qualified nurses.
Admission requirements
Admission is based on an application including a CV, qualifications and a covering letter explaining the applicant's career plan. A selection committee will decide on all applications, with equal numbers of medical and non-medical candidates. The number of places per academic year is set at 30 for students following the course in French Guyana, unless an exemption is granted. The number of places per academic year is set at 30 for students following the delocalised course at the University of Medicine in Jakarta, Indonesia, unless an exemption is granted.
Registration
Instructions concerning the application procedure are posted on the Université de Guyane website during the annual admissions campaign. Applications and administrative registration are made online.
Programme
EU 1 - Emergency health organisation (12h)
- Pre-hospital organisation
- In-hospital organisation
- Principles of disaster management
- Management of mass poisoning
- Organisation of a shock room
- Equipping a mobile emergency and resuscitation unit
- The contribution of telemedicine to emergency medicine
TU 2 - Management of shock and cardiac arrest (9h)
- Pathophysiology of shock
- Initial management of shock
- Shock monitoring
- Management of myocardial infarction and its complications in the acute phase
- Cardiac rhythm disorders: Diagnosis and management strategy
- Initial management of cardiac arrest
EU 3 - Management of acute respiratory failure (9h)
- Pathophysiology of respiratory failure
- Initial management of respiratory failure
- Mechanical ventilation: operation and adaptation strategies
EU 4 - Level 3 analgesia, local anaesthesia and sedation techniques (10h)
- Level 3 analgesia
- Main locoregional anaesthetics
- How to use KETOFOL
- The benefits of the intranasal route in emergency medicine
- Rapid sequence induction and continuous sedation
TU 5 - Management of the seriously injured patient in the initial phase (12h)
- General principles of Damage Control
- Transfusion strategy
- Control of haemostasis
- Management of head injuries
- Management of spinal cord injury
EU 6 - Emergency care (21h)
- Technique for placing a chest tube
- Venous and arterial catheterisation with or without ultrasound
- Placement of a suprapubic catheter
- Intubation techniques and variations
- The contribution of ultrasound to emergency medicine
EU 7 - Management of ophidian bites (4h)
- Effects of elapid venom
- Effects of viperid venom
- Use of anti-venoms
- Management strategy for envenomations
UE 8 - Obstetric and neonatal emergencies (15h)
- Normal vaginal delivery and variations
- Management of delivery haemorrhage
- Management of a threatened premature birth
- Resuscitation of the newborn at birth
TU 9 - Paediatric emergencies (17h)
- Assessment of a child in critical condition
- Management of respiratory distress
- Management of circulatory distress
- Special features of childhood trauma
- Cardiac arrest in children
TU 10 - Infectious emergencies (13h)
- Malaria prevention and treatment
- Probabilistic management of neuromeningeal infections
- Probabilistic antibiotic therapy for severe sepsis
- Anti-infectives in non-life-threatening emergencies
- Focus on leptospirosis, dengue fever and other haemorrhagic fevers
TU 11 - Surgical emergencies (15h)
- Suturing and restraint techniques
- Penetration management
- Traumatology of the limbs and thorax
- Ophthalmic trauma
- ENT Traumatology
UE 12 - Management of specific pathologies (7h)
- Management of severe acute poisoning
- Dealing with drowning
- Management of a serious burn victim
- Treating heatstroke
Job opportunities
Sectors of activity
- Emergency department activity
- Offshore industrial practice
- Humanitarian aid
- Practice in isolated areas
- Health cover for exceptional events
Health
Health UFR
Management
Prof. Pierre COUPPIE
Director
Prof. Mathieu NACHER
Deputy Director
Ms Sandrine ADONIS
Administrative and Financial Manager
Guillaume ICHER
MCF Associate Professor - Tutoring Manager
Scholarship
Mrs Romy BAAL-OTHILY
Schooling Manager
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Ms Véronique KONOE
Schooling Manager
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Ms Victorine MAZONOE
Schooling Manager
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Ms Raymonde ONOZO
Schooling Manager
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Endrow PHIBEL
Apparitor
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Reception
Troubiran Campus
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