๐Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
๐ Community Medicine
Accidents and Their Prevention
- Describe the types and mechanisms of accidents.
- Explain accident prevention using Haddonโs model.
- Describe road-traffic accidents.
- Classify the different types of road-traffic accidents and associated injuries.
- Compare the burden of road-traffic accidents in developed countries with that in developing countries such as Pakistan.
- List and explain the risk factors for road-traffic accidents.
- Explain effective public-health strategies used at individual and national levels to prevent road-traffic accidents.
โ๏ธ Forensic Medicine
Transportation Accidents
- Discuss injuries sustained by:
- Drivers
- Front-seat occupants
- Rear-seat occupants
- Discuss spinal injuries, including:
- Whiplash injury
- Railway spine
- Explain railway injuries and their medicolegal significance.
- Discuss air-crash accidents.
๐ช Orthopedics โ Emergency Limb and Spinal Care
- Explain the emergency treatment of an injured limb.
- Explain emergency immobilization of the neck, spinal column and limbs.
- Describe the basic principles of cast application.
- Discuss the complications of cast application.
- Discuss the principles of the three-point pressure system in a cast.
๐น Orthopedics โ Soft-Tissue and Spinal Injuries
- Describe common ligament and tendon injuries and advise appropriate management.
- Recognize common spinal fractures and describe their appropriate initial management.
