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UWI Conference tackles common emergency medical conditions

For Release Upon Receipt - June 21, 2013

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad & Tobago – The Emergency Medicine Unit of the Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, is hosting a free public conference on June 29, 2013.  Titled “Emergency Medicine and You,” participants will learn how to handle common emergency medical conditions.

At some point a medical emergency, be it minor or life-threatening, will occur in the home. While impossible to plan for every eventuality, the average person can still be prepared and take several management steps at home to significantly decrease medical complications and sometimes make the difference between life and death, or possibly a hefty medical bill.    

The one day conference begins at 8.00am until 4.00pm and includes instruction on basic life support, burns, stings, bites and more. There will also be two skills stations, each 30 minutes long, which will provide participants with practical experience in applying bandages correctly, assisting a choking person, and other basic emergency medical skills.

Conference directors are Dr Ian Sammy and Dr Joanne F. Paul, and registration begins at 7.30am. The conference is open to the general public. For more information, interested persons are asked to call 645-2640 extension 2864 or 2862.

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