TCAR

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Trauma Care After Resuscitation

TCAR Programme Description

Unlike trauma programmes targeted at prehospital or emergency care providers, the Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR) course was explicitly designed for bedside professionals who care for injured patients in critical care, theatre, ward, and rehabilitation settings.

TCAR gives inpatient staff members the essential knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to address NMTNG competencies and provide excellent care to this challenging patient population.

Trauma Trained & Trauma Ready

With TCAR’s online format, education is available on demand, anytime, anywhere, in a self-contained, interactive format.

  • Start training employees immediately
  • Purchase 'seats' then assign them to learners for up to 2 years
  • Reduce overall training costs, as compared to onsite courses
  • Take advantage of substantial bulk discounts
  • Eliminate classroom and contracting hassles
  • Accommodate employees on all shifts
  • Set deadlines, track progress, see test scores, and download certificates from your computer
  • Automatically send progress reminders to your learners

Course enrollment includes an extensive full-color downloadable pdf manual. Learners have 1-year access to all course materials. TCAR verification is current for 4 years.

TCAR

For group registration and volume discounts, please contact us at
info@tcarprograms.org or +1.503.608.4900

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Unlike trauma education programmes targeted at prehospital and emergency care providers, the Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR) course is specifically designed for acute care, critical care, perioperative, and rehab nurses.

Now, for the first time ever, you don’t need to be at a major trauma center (or in a classroom) to experience the world’s highest quality trauma nursing programme. With TCAR, you can receive elite trauma training wherever you are, whenever you are ready to begin.

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Course Outline

Part 1: Foundational Concepts

  • Module 1: The trauma care spectrum
  • Module 2: The biomechanics of trauma
  • Module 3: The body's response to injury

Part 2: Case-based Scenarios

  • Module 4: The patient with thoracic injury
  • Module 5: The patient with abdominal injury
  • Module 6: The patient with musculoskeletal injury
  • Module 7: The patient with head injury
  • Module 8: The patient with spine & spinal cord injury

Technical Specifications

  • Any Windows, Mac, iPad, or Android device with a screen that's at least 10" diagonal
  • A standard pair of headphones or earbuds is recommended
  • A strong WiFi connection (4-5 bar cellular will work, but might be a bit slow loading each new screen)
  • A quiet space with a comfortable chair so you can concentrate
  • A recent web browser version (e.g., Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge); Internet Explorer is NOT supported
  • Latest version of device's operating system (e.g., Mac OS, IOS, Android, Windows). Some older devices (over 5-years old) may not be able to display content correctly