A passing out parade was yesterday held for 69 trained Military Emergency Medical Technicians (MEMTs) at the Quarter Master Yard of the 37 Military Hospital in Accra.
They include 43 soldiers, 20 Defence Civilian Staff, and six civilians, who had completed a one-year training programme in pre-hospital emergency care to enable them provide medical emergency care for both military personnel and the general public.
The one-year training programme was divided into four sessions, namely, classroom, lectures, clinical attachments to hospitals, ambulance station attachments, and then back to the classroom.
It also covered course areas such as anatomy and physiology, various medical emergencies and their management, mass casualty incidence and basic life support, psychology, patient assessment medical and trauma, customer care, and medico-legal related issues.
