Department of Emergency Medicine
Round-the-clock emergency care for every medical and surgical condition — training students to act decisively when every minute counts.
Emergency Medicine runs the department every other department eventually relies on — the 24×7 point of first contact for any patient in crisis, and the training ground for the resuscitation skills every doctor needs regardless of specialty.
Vision
Excellent emergency physicians
To improve health-care outcomes for the patient, and to create excellent emergency physicians for society.
Mission
How we get there
To be the preeminent department of Emergency Medicine in the country by delivering health care to patients needing emergency services, conducting groundbreaking research that enhances public health, and developing innovative educational programs at all levels of health care.
Department Goals
What the department aims to deliver for patients, staff and trainees — under the motto "We Dare to Care."
- Provide 24×7 emergency services to all patients brought to the ER in agony, sustaining life and relieving suffering through adequate and timely resuscitation.
- Train faculty and the ER team to meet the demands of mass-casualty and disaster management.
- Train UG students, interns, EM technicians and PG students with better exposure to emergencies, treating even the critically ill with genuine care.
Teaching Objectives
What students are expected to master at each stage of training in this department.
- Identify all clinical emergencies and initiate timely management.
- Learn and practice all basic resuscitative practices — BLS, ACLS, ATLS — and other basic life-saving procedures.
- Manage all types of clinical emergencies, including toxicology, trauma, OBG and burns.
- Update and practice evidence-based medicine, following protocols for timely patient care.
- Spread knowledge and train faculty in BLS, ACLS and ATLS.
Other Clinical Departments
Emergency Medicine is one of thirteen departments in the final Clinical stage of the MBBS program.
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