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Regional Pan Arab Working
Group of the International Committee of Military Medicine Courses
organized in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2009
COURSE UNDER THE AEGIS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF MILITARY MEDICINE
Director of the Courses:
Brig. Gen. Saleh Hamad Al Shayea'
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COURSE
ON THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS (LOAC).
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Duration: 6 days, 40 hours total. Date: 5 to 10 December
2009.
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Registration
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Coordinator of the
course: Lt. Col. Abdullah Ali Allhaidan
Target Group: Young medical officers and
doctors, senior officers, lawyers, administrators of medical formations,
persons of Armed Forces interested in LOAC and medical subjects.
Course Location:
Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences & Aeromedicine
Center (KAAB), Dhahran, KSA.
Course Time: Lectures and case studies
will start at 7:30 am.
Aims of the Course:
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to demonstrate the relationship between the LOAC and the specific mission
of the medical services
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to show you the opportunities and limits of the LOAC
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to help you to recognize and analyze actual problems and challenges
related to LOAC, Humanitarian Law and medical ethics
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to motivate you to recognize your responsibility to teach LOAC in your
own country
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to give you the opportunity to meet officers from all over the world.
Course Description: lectures in plenary case
studies and exercises in classes, with debriefing in plenary.
Language of Study: English.
COURSES RECOMMENDED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF MILITARY MEDICINE
1)
Aviation Medicine Introductory
Training Course for Military Physicians,
Duration:
10 days, 43:10 hours total.
Course
Location: Prince Sultan Military College of Health
Sciences & Aeromedicine Center (KAAB), Dhahran, KSA.
Course
Time: Lectures will start at 7:30 am.
Introduction: The
importance of aviation medicine is to ensure the practical efficiency.
Aims
of the Course: To introduce medical officers
to the unique problems faced by those in Aviation.
Course
Plan: 32 lectures that last from 30-60 minutes each,
including Practical\Clinical\Exam sessions, Helmet\Mask Fitting, Pressure
breathing.
Course
Description:
A.
Squadron visit: on day 8 of the course, course members
will be taken to visit one of the squadrons at the KAAB. The visit will
include a brief by one of the Flight surgeons. Final details of this will
be confirmed when arrangements have been made. The visit will last for
about 5 hours.
B.
Hypobaric Chamber: simulated altitudes are used to
teach the effects of the low-pressure environment on the gas containing
cavities of the body and how hypoxia can be easily identified and
corrected.
C.
SDFD: A demonstration of vestibular illusions.
D.
Transport the casualties by the different means of
evacuations.
E.
Aviation accidents.
Medical Requirements: All personnel entering the
Hypobaric Chamber must have a valid medical permit.
Record of attendance: Attendance records should
be maintained, and all course members will be asked to sign in on arrival
at the AFAMC daily.
Examination: Multiple-choice exam. 50
questions. Duration 90 mins. Certificates will be awarded at the end of
the course.
Language of Study: English
2) Course of Managing the Injuries of NBC Weapons among
Militaries.
Duration: 6 days, 26 hours total.
Target Group: The Medical Officers
Course Requirements:
The candidate must:
1.)
Be a medical officer.
2.)
Have a level: 1st lieutenant to major.
Course Location: Prince Sultan Military
College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, K.S.A.
Language of Study: English.
Introduction:
The great development that
our forces have made requires a development in the management of the
injuries of NBC weapons. Therefore, Medical Services Division has decided
to hold such a course to achieve this goal.
Aims of the Course:
To train the medical
officers how to diagnose and treat the injuries of NBC weapons.
Course Description:
Students will have a
practical and theoretical training in the management of the injuries of
NBC weapons.
3) Course on Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine for
Military Physicians.
Duration: 10 days, 60 hours total.
Target Group: The Medical Officers
Course Requirements:
The candidate must
1.)
Be a Medical Officer
2.)
Have a level: 1st lieutenant to lieutenant
colonel in KSA, whereas, the Arab Group will be for all militaries.
Course Location: Prince Sultan Military
College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, K.S.A.
Language of Study: English.
Introduction:
The great development that
our forces have made requires a development in Diving Medicine.
Therefore, Medical Services Division has decided to hold such course to
achieve this goal.
Aims of the course:
To train the physician
officers how to diagnose and treat the injuries of Diving Medicine.
Course Description:
Students will have a
practical and theoretical training in diving medicine.
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