Written by INDUS MED NEWS 5 April, 2025 10:32 pm .
The Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation Module (PTRM) was developed as a part of the Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR project to promote the use of evidence-based practice in the early identification of life-threatening events and timely management of pediatric trauma patients.
The Fifth National Training of Trainers (TOT) Program and the first in Eastern India was conducted at the Centre for Experiential Learning and Simulation, AIIMS Guwahati from 28th to 29th March, 2025. 40 ace instructors were trained over 2 days by INDUSEM Leader Dr. Neha Thakur who was also the Program Director. PTRM was the first course conducted in the newly inaugurated Centre for Experiential Learning and Simulation at AIIMS Guwahati.
The Course was inaugurated by the Executive Director Professor Colonel Dr Ashok Puranik, Dean Dr Manasi Bhattacharjee, Sim Chairperson Dr Purabi Phukan and Organising Secretary Dr Nisha Toteja. The course was conducted by international faculty (Dr Jabeen Fayyaz, Medical Director – SimKids Simulation Program, Toronto, Dr Muhammed EM Elgasim, Ireland) and national faculty (Dr Neha Thakur Rai, Prof. Samir Misra, Dr Chetan Ginigeri, Dr Aravind A, Dr Anita Tarigopula, Dr Vaibhav Jaiswal, Dr Nisha Toteja, Dr Midhun Mohan N, Dr Jyothiswaroop and Dr Soumya Singh.
Amongst others prominently PTRM was supported by ICMR, NIHFW, WHO-SEARO, University of MICHIGHAN, Dr RMLIMS, KGMU, INDUSEM, EMA – ACEE, & IAP –PEM.
The maiden event was attended by over 60 participants and faculty.
The course included interactive lectures and skills stations on life saving skills such as basic and advanced airway management including video laryngoscopy and surgical airway, breathing with ventilation including needle decompression and ICD insertion, circulation with hemorrhage control, log roll, C-spine stabilisation, fracture immobilisation, point of care ultrasonography, trauma imaging and simulation based learning using high fidelity manikins.
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About Dr. Neha Thakur Rai
Dr. Thakur is the Joint Secretary for Pediatric Emergency Medicine at The Emergency Medicine Association. She serves as the Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (Dr. RMLIMS. After completing her MBBS from Calcutta University, Kolkata she went on to get her MD in Pediatrics from the prestigious Benaras Hindu University in Varanasi.
“Dr. Thakur has done a phenomenal exercise in setting up PTRM based on fundamentals of my principles of Collaborative Creativity. Pediatric Injury care is very different from adult injury care and a specific training module is needed when the children with trauma need resuscitation. Combining simulation and sonography into the modular mix enhances the learnability quotient of PTRM. I am confident PTRM will save many lives of children with trauma who are the future of BHARAT.” Said INDUSEM CEO Dr. Sagar Galwankar.
About INDUSEM
The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information, visit www.indusem.org
About IAP
The Indian Academy of Pediatrics was established in 1963, at Mumbai with a little more than 150 pediatricians as its members. In its Golden Jubilee year, 2013, there are over 23,000 members across the country. It has 26 State, and 303 District, and City level branches. The Academy has promoted different specialties in the field of Pediatrics through it various Chapters. IAP is the largest and most representative association of Pediatricians in India as compared with other organizations of medical specialties that are often fragmented and segmented. This indicates the unity that the association has been able to maintain among its members over the past 50 years. For More Information www.iapindia.org
About ACEE
The Academic College of Emergency Experts was established by Leaders of INDUSEM to create a guild of expert clinicians who are have a mastery at providing safe patient care with high quality therapeutics based on latest evidence based medicine. The only Unique College in Asia ACEE only bestows affiliation after a rigorous coaching and testing process hereby maintaining its high standards of commitment to education and excellence. It surpasses the erstwhile ideology of existing academic colleges where affiliation is based on recommendation. The College offers its Fellowship in various areas of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Pediatrics. Toxicology, Emergency Nursing etc. For More Information. Visit www.acee-india.org
About King George Medical University
On 16th September 2002 an Act was passed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh resulting in a major milestone in change in the history of the institution in converting and upgrading it as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University. On the demand of the general public and more than 40,000 Georgians the world over, teachers and students of the University, the Government of Uttar Pradesh in the last week of October 2003 decided to revert the name of the medical university from C.S.M. Medical University to K.G. Medical University. K.G. Medical College has contributed immensely in the education and training of thousands of graduate and post-graduates who have brought glory and laurels to their Alma mater by the academic and professional excellence. For More Information: http://kgmu.org/
About University of Michigan Health:
The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) is the wholly owned academic medical center of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. UMHS includes the U-M Medical School, with its Faculty Group Practice and many research laboratories; the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers, which includes University Hospital, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, 120 outpatient clinics and approximately 40 health centers; the clinical programs of the U-M School of Nursing; and the activities of the Michigan Health Corporation, through which UMHS partners with other medical centers and hospitals to provide specialized care throughout Michigan. (Wikepedia Source) For More Information: http://www.uofmhealth.org/
About ICMR
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. ICMR’s 26 National Institutes address themselves to research on specific health topics like tuberculosis, leprosy, cholera and diarrhoeal diseases, viral diseases including AIDS, malaria, kala-azar, vector control, nutrition, food & drug toxicology, reproduction, immuno-haematology, oncology, medical statistics, etc. Its 6 Regional Medical Research Centres address themselves to regional health problems, and also aim to strengthen or generate research capabilities in different geographic areas of the country. For More Information: www.icmr.nic.in
About ACEE
The Academic College of Emergency Experts was established by Leaders of INDUSEM to create a guild of expert clinicians who are have a mastery at providing safe patient care with high quality therapeutics based on latest evidence based medicine. The only Unique College in Asia ACEE only bestows affiliation after a rigorous coaching and testing process hereby maintaining its high standards of commitment to education and excellence. It surpasses the erstwhile ideology of existing academic colleges where affiliation is based on recommendation. There are multiple pathways to be a Fellow of the College namely Emergency Medicine, Emergency Pediatrics. Toxicology, Emergency Nursing Pathway etc. For More Information Visit www.acee-india.org
About EMA
The Emergency Medicine Association was founded in 2015 during the INDUSEM2015 World Congress of Academic Emergency Medicine in New Delhi. EMA is the Official voice of competent Emergency Experts. Working towards provision of quality emergency care The EMA is an organized Guild of Emergency Leaders in Health and Medicine. Focused on Developing, Practicing and Progressing Emergency Medicine. EMA has a strong relation with partner organizations, individuals and institutions across the world. The EMA boasts of a strong DNA with its relationships which are geared towards potentiating growth. EMA has the support of the INDO-US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative, the Academic College of Emergency Experts in India and the Academic for Clinical Emergency Nursing in India. For More Information: www.emaindia.net
About RMLIMS
The Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (Dr.RMLIMS), is a medical Institute under State Legislature Act located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The institute offers MBBS, BSc, Nursing, DM, MCh, MD and Ph.D. degrees. It was established in 2006 and was affiliated with King George’s Medical University till 2018. On 12 September 2018, it was notified an Institute under State Legislature Act with degree-granting status and privileges. As an autonomous institute of Uttar Pradesh Government it was established along the lines of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow and was given an independent status . For More Information: https://drrmlims.ac.in/
About AIIMS GUWAHATI
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati (AIIMS Guwahati) is a public medical institute and hospital based in Guwahati, Assam under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government Of India ,and one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMSs). On 26 May 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Institute. The institute was inaugurated on 14 April 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The institute has an annual intake of 100 MBBS students. The academic activity for the first batch of 50 MBBS students started in January 2021. . For More Information: https://aiimsguwahati.ac.in/
