Master of Emergency and Critical Care

2 Years Master Degree Programme

Our Apporach

Global Education, Global Acceptance

  • Excellence in emergency Clinical Practice, Science, and Discovery.
  • Specialized faculties in emergency care management.
  • Multimodal teaching approaches include lectures, seminars, and simulation learning.
  • Creates Competent graduates with comprehensive, practical, and updated subject knowledge.
  • Enhances skills in demonstrating criticality, creativity, and problem-solving in the field of emergency medical services.

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Programme Details

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2 Years Programme

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The Master of Emergency and Critical Care programme aims to develop competent healthcare professionals, specifically in the area of intensive care, to guarantee high-quality medical assistance. From pre-hospital evaluation through release from critical and acute care contexts, critical care involves specialized and comprehensive treatment of patients whose conditions are life-threatening. There is an unprecedented demand for critical care services globally. The purpose of a postgraduate degree in Critical Care Technology is to meet the specialized physiologic and psychological needs of patients with acute, critical, or complex health conditions in various critical care settings.

  • To prepare the students with advanced knowledge in the field of emergency care in and out of the hospital.
  • To educate, inspire, and encourage the students for persistent learning along with inculcating human values, peace, and harmony with a sense of responsibility to self and the environment that they dwell in.
  • To maintain a safe, healthy, and secure working environment in and out of hospital settings.

  • Acquire knowledge of Human Anatomy and Physiology and apply it to patient assessment and other complex medical problems.
  • Analyze, Identify, and formulate complex medical problems reaching substantial conclusions using an evidence-based approach.
  • Design solutions with systemic approaches or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate patient care.
  • Conduct investigations of complex problems by using research-based knowledge and methods with the interpretation of data and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
  • Develop ability to select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and other modern medical equipment.

  • Develop strategies of advanced nursing care to manage the complex clinical needs of people that require hospitalization in an intensive care unit for both general or specialized care.
  • Ascertain and monitor the needs of patients while operating in a comprehensive fashion to guarantee physical, psychological, and social well-being.
  • Prevent, detect, and rapidly treat complications concerning a patient's vital signs using technologically advanced instruments to monitor a patient's vital signs as well as prescribe treatment or provide a diagnosis while fully respecting the limits of a caregiver competency.
  • Manage interpersonal relationships with the patient and family members; maintaining effective communication with members of the medical staff in high-stress conditions.
  • Promote continuous improvement of nursing care by way of organizational models based on the personalization of nursing care as well as the regular assessment of operative instruments such as procedures, protocols and guidelines in order to contribute to the continuous improvement of the quality of care.

Curriculum Details

Year wise Course Details

Even Semester

Courses for this semester

Course Overview

This course aims to orient the students on how to recognize, assess and manage any medical emergencies in the hospital as well as out of hospital settings.

Course Outcomes

  • Develop knowledge of the principles underlying psychiatric disorders, including their pathogenesis, assessment, and treatment.
  • Recognize the pathophysiology of various illnesses, disorders, and gyn ecological emergencies.
  • Understand the Basics of Obstetrics with some common pathophysiology related to the system

Course Overview

An introductory course to explain ICU Settings, Respiratory Review and Care of the Critically ill patients on Mechanical Ventilation

Course Outcomes

  • Discuss the principle terms of Mechanical ventilation and its implications.
  • Discuss the concepts of monitoring in mechanically ventilated patients and common parameters
  • Describe the various modes of ventilation and the device operation respectively

Course Overview

This course is about managing trauma from minor injuries to humanitarian emergencies including injuries in women children and elderly with the principle goal of improving quality of care and patient safety

Course Outcomes

  • Expertise in trauma system, their mechanism of injury including assessment and management of shock.
  • Prepare to assess and treat various soft tissue injuries, such as burns, crush injuries, blast injuries, etc.
  • Possess the knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system and is capable of accurately assessing a variety of musculoskeletal injuries, such as TBI, spinal cord damage, etc.

Course Overview

This subject will provide students with competent pharmacological knowledge that serves as a key to manage patients with complex health problems, including co-morbidities

Course Outcomes

  • It will also prepare students to understand the cellular mechanisms and physiological outcomes of drug actions and interactions
  • Describe the history and scope of pharmacology, general pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics
  • Explain neurotransmission and the pharmacology of drugs acting on ANS

Course Overview

A course focusing on some basic concepts of research and its methodologies

Course Outcomes

  • Identify appropriate research topics, select and define appropriate research problem and parameters, prepare a project proposal (to undertake a project)
  • Organize and conduct research (advanced project) in a more appropriate manner
  • Explain key research concepts and issues

Course Overview

An introductory practical course to orient the students on how to recognize, assess and manage many medical emergencies in the hospital as well as out of hospital settings

Course Outcomes

  • Knowledge of the principles underlying psychiatric disorders, including their pathogenesis, assessment, and treatment.
  • Being able to recognizing the pathophysiology of various illnesses, disorders, and gynaecological emergencies.
  • Understand the Basics of Obstetrics with some common pathophysiology related to the system

Course Overview

This course is about managing trauma in a practical sense from minor injuries to humanitarian emergencies including injuries in women children and elderly with the principle goal of improving quality of care and patient safety

Course Outcomes

  • Expertise in trauma system, their mechanism of injury including assessment and management of shock.
  • Prepared to assess and treat various soft tissue injuries, such as burns, crush injuries, blast injuries, etc.
  • Possesses knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system and is capable of accurately assessing a variety of musculoskeletal injuries, such as TBI, spinal cord damage, etc.

Course Overview

Medical field is vast and differential and having a holistic approach towards it is of prime importance, hence knowledge, skills and attributes towards critical care is of utmost priority

Course Outcomes

  • Making the student competent enough to cope up with different challenges faced in medical fields
  • Being upto date with modern day medical and health issues
  • Having a broader understanding of concepts essential to the requirement of the respective industry

Course Overview

This introductory practical course orient the students on how to recognize, assess and manage many medical emergencies in the hospital as well as out of hospital settings

Course Outcomes

  • Require concepts of the implications and interventions related to the respiratory care and procedures
  • Understand the indications for mechanical ventilation and collaborative care and management of patients needing mechanical ventilatory support
  • Understanding of the modes of mechanical ventilation and related relevant care, recognize the risks associated with positive pressure mechanical ventilation
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Odd Semester

Courses for this semester

Course Overview

This course aims to better equip health care professionals in managing common Medical emergencies in critical care settings with a detailed knowledge over common pathophysiology's, diagnosis and management with regards to practical interventions

Course Outcomes

  • Understand the basics of endocrinology and allergic emergencies including their pathophysiology, assessment and immediate management
  • Understand and develop the competencies of basics of gastrointestinal emergencies including their pathophysiology, assessment and immediate management
  • Understand and develop the competencies of basics of renal and urological emergencies including their pathophysiology, assessment and immediate management

Course Overview

This course aims to better equip health care professionals in managing common Medical emergencies in critical care settings with a detailed knowledge over common pathophysiology's, diagnosis and management

Course Outcomes

  • Learn and understand the basics of endocrinology and allergic emergencies including their pathophysiology, assessment and immediate management
  • Learn and understand the basics of gastrointestinal emergencies including their pathophysiology, assessment and immediate management
  • Learn and understand the basics of renal and urological emergencies including their pathophysiology, assessment and immediate management

Course Overview

An introductory practical intervention course to the basic principles and implications of Dialysis in healthcare

Course Outcomes

  • Understand and develop the complete understanding of the basics of urinary system and its anatomy and physiology
  • Develop the basic introduction to the fundamentals of Dialysis
  • Develop the in depth knowledge of types, mechanisms and practical implications of Hemodialysis

Course Overview

A detailed outlook and orientation towards basic and common Intensive care procedures and protocols taking in consideration the holistic care of a patient

Course Outcomes

  • Orientation towards ICU and different Specialities under it
  • Understanding of Admission and Discharge Criteria towards patient interventions
  • In depth knowledge towards various ICU monitoring parameters

Course Overview

This course aims at imparting a detailed practical outlook and orientation towards basic and common Intensive care procedures and protocols taking in consideration with the holistic care of a patient

Course Outcomes

  • Develop an orientation towards ICU and different Specialties under it
  • Understand the admission and Discharge Criteria towards patient interventions
  • Develop in depth knowledge towards various ICU monitoring parameters

Course Overview

Explanatory course relating the history of EMS dispatch and describe the basic configuration of EMS.

Course Outcomes

  • Develop basic understanding towards various components of an EMS dispatch program and discuss enhancements of communications such as automatic number/location/vehicle identification as well as the role of federal and state agencies within EMS systems.
  • Develop a practical understanding towards well being, its components and related implications
  • Develop a basic understanding of various injury and illness prevention strategies

Course Overview

An introductory course to the basic principles and implications of Dialysis in healthcare

Course Outcomes

  • Gain a complete understanding of the basics of urinary system and its anatomy and physiology
  • Develop basic introduction to the fundamentals of Dialysis
  • Develop a deep knowledge of types, mechanisms and practical implications of Hemodialysis
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Even Semester

Courses for this semester

Course Overview

An introductory course about the principles, implications and differentiations regarding critical transport decisions and care of patients in emergent and non emergent situation

Course Outcomes

  • Develop knowledge towards critical care transport and its different implications
  • Prepare experienced paramedics to have required knowledge towards Medical-Legal issues
  • Orient about Air medical transport and its implications during Critical care transport

Course Overview

This course at imparting the knowledge about the public health care system in India and its implications.

Course Outcomes

  • Learn the basic aspects of a Health care system.
  • Develop, implement and manage various public health programs in India
  • Critically analyze the various components of health care delivery system in India and apply various principles of planning and management in implementing health projects and programmes.

Course Overview

This course aims to develop the understanding regarding medical ethics, etiquette, duties, rights, and medico social and legal responsibilities of healthcare professionals towards patients, profession, State and society at large.

Course Outcomes

  • Understanding about aspects of forensic medicine
  • Identify medicolegal cases and define responsibilities of a basic EMT, both medicolegal and medicosocial.
  • Knowledge of the principles of analytical toxicology, diagnose, manage & document acute/chronic poisonings, perform and make observations in post mortems/make logical inferences

Course Overview

The course aims at giving clinical exposure including core concepts and understanding of the in hospital and out hospital interventions

Course Outcomes

  • Practice therapeutical knowledge
  • Use of empirical and evidence based interventions
  • Develop real time patient dealing under professional guidance

Course Overview

This course aims to orient students towards carrying out Research in the competent field of interest.

Course Outcomes

  • Develop the knowledge about research
  • Conduct a base research
  • Know the principles of research methodology
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Scholarship

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CST- Common scholarship test is a national and international level online MCQ based examination funded for intellectual empowerment by Assam down town University.

CST- Maximum enrolment each year is 120 seats and any 10+2 students can apply. Adtu is northeast India’s first placement driven university to provide 100% scholarship benefits worth 10 cr.

CST aims to inspire brilliant and competent students to pursue further education. Accredited with a prestigious grade by NAAC, UGC and AICTE.

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A 50% scholarship on total semester fees is provided to all specially abled students.

A 100% scholarship on the last semester fee is provided to all the alumni of Assam down town University.

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Some of our Facilities
  • Library
  • Swimming Pool
  • Play Ground
  • Amphitheatre
  • Basketball Court
  • Cinema Hall
  • Cafeteria
  • Canteen
  • Indoor stadium
  • Yoga Studio
  • Gym
  • ATM

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Rural Empowerment with SFURTI scheme

SFURTI scheme to support rural entrepreneurs and innovators, an initiative by the Ministry of MSME

TIDE 2.0 scheme for ICT-based startups

TIDE 2.0 scheme for ICT-based startups which provides a grant of Rs. 4L and Rs. 7L under EiR and Grant categories respectively, an initiative by the Ministry of MeitY.

dtVL Ideation interest-free loans up to Rs. 2 lakhs.

dtVL Ideation, an incubation program for early-stage entrepreneurs with a market-ready solution/product, offering interest-free loans up to Rs. 2 lakhs.

Innovation with Sprout UP program

Sprout UP, an incubation program for students, faculties, and researchers with innovative business ideas, prototypes, or technology solutions.

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