Mick’s Mini-Medic School

 

Mick’s Mini-Medic School - A free and online training curriculum in first aid, healthcare, and medicine - is a list of online courses, videos, and webinars from groups like the CDC, WHO, IFRC, University of California, University of Utah, and others to help you build the knowledge to help the sick and injured. While it is obviously impossible for the layperson to safely and competently deal with every medical problem and there remain many complicated diagnoses requiring equally complicated or technically advanced treatments, for 80% - 90% of the health problems afflicting humanity, simple things done well are all that is required to preserve life and limb and to help alleviate suffering. 

 

Mick’s Mini-Medic School

A free and online training curriculum in first aid, healthcare, and medicine.

>>> PHASE 1 <<<

Mick’s Mini-Medic School (M3S) begins with introductory courses covering basic anatomy, calculations, and medical terminology.

-- Introductory Classes --

·         Basic Anatomy and Terminology 8 hrs
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1063585/compilation

·         Pharmacy Technician: Introduction to Calculations 2 hrs
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1101912/

·         Medical Terminology Course 4 hrs
https://www.dmu.edu/medterms/

Next students move to the pharmacy technician course on CDC TRAIN where they complete a course in therapeutics in order to gain a greater understanding of body systems and their functions  

-- Therapeutics -- CDC Train https://www.train.org/cdctrain/welcome        Total: 23 hours  

·         Pharmacy Technician: Introduction to Therapeutics                          2.5 hrs            

·         Pharmacy Technician: Pharmaceutical Therapeutics Toxicology        1 hr

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Cardiovascular System              1.5 hrs

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Dermatologic System                1 hr

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Endocrine System                      3 hrs

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Gastrointestinal System             1 hr     

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Musculoskeletal System            2 hrs

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Renal System                             2 hrs

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Respiratory System                   2 hrs

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Central Nervous System            2 hrs

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Nervous System Overview        2 hrs

·         Pharmacy Technician: Therapeutics Peripheral Nervous System       3 hrs

Hygiene and Safety is essential for every healthcare provider. M3S students complete a series of courses to learn about standard precautions and basic infection prevention.

-- Hygiene & Safety --

·         Standard precautions: Injection safety and needle-stick injury management 2 hrs 
(World Health Organization) https://whoacademy.org/

·         Standard precautions: Waste management 1 hr  
(World Health Organization) https://whoacademy.org/

·         Standard precautions: The role of personal protective equipment 1 hr
(World Health Organization) https://whoacademy.org/

·         Standard precautions: Hand hygiene 1 hr  
(World Health Organization) https://whoacademy.org/

·         The Basics of Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Settings 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1084875/

·         Basic Infection Prevention in the Ambulatory Care Setting: Foundations 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1070551/

·         Basic Infection Prevention in the Ambulatory Care Setting: Hand Hygiene 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1070552/

·         Basic Infection Prevention in the Ambulatory Care Setting: Safe Cough Practices 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1070553/

·         Basics of the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard for the Healthcare Setting 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1084878/

·         Basic Infection Prevention Transmission-Based Precautions 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1070555/

·         Basic Infection Prevention in the Ambulatory Care Setting: Personal Protective Equipment and Safe Surfaces 0.5 hr  https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1070554/

·         PPE Use in Healthcare Settings: How to Choose and Safely Don, Use and Remove 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1084877/

·         Safe Injection Practices for Healthcare Settings 0.5 hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1084876/

M3S students next begin basic first aid training. This consists of approximately 25 hours of classes to develop the knowledge to help a sick or injured person during an emergency. While online training has been shown to be an effective means of gaining first aid knowledge, hands-on practice is essential. Students should practice tourniquet application, wound packing, bandaging, splinting, and patient care during labs and field training exercises.  

-- First Aid Curriculum --                                                       

·         CPR/AED (Hands-On) 1.5 hrs (Medic One)
https://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/departments/medic-one/thurston-county-medic-one-cpr-class-registration

·         First Aid Resuscitation – Choking, CPR, and AED 103-03 50 min (Disaster Ready)
https://ready.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/course/4e637288-0410-4c94-a717-b1ac7a3c819e

·         TECC Familiarization 40 min (FEMA)
https://emilms.fema.gov/training/microlearning/tecc_familiarization/

·         Stop the Bleed 1.5 hrs (Local / STB)
https://www.stopthebleed.org/get-trained/online-course/

·         First Aid 103-01 70 min (Disaster Ready)
https://ready.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/course/5a948467-abc0-4be0-bacd-086b04ca7ee2

·         Emergency Trauma Response 2 hrs (MM Medical)
https://www.mountainmanmedical.com/trauma-medicine-training/

·         Temperature Related Stress and Illnesses 103-04 50 min (Disaster Ready)
https://ready.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/course/5d5707d2-9547-4e44-b9b8-1a825feaa49d

·         Heat-Related Illness - Risk Factors, Types & Prevention 1 hr (CDC)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1095636/

·         Standard First Aid for Adults 4 hrs (IFRC)
https://ifrc.csod.com/client/ifrc/default.aspx           

·         First Aid for Babies and Children 4 hrs (IFRC)
https://ifrc.csod.com/client/ifrc/default.aspx                                               

·         Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification 1.5 hrs (Epilepsy Foundation)
https://learn.epilepsy.com/

·         Keep the Brain Alive in 45 (Stroke Recognition) 1 hr (VAH)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1113768/                                                   

·         Naloxone Overdose Training 1 hr (BCCDC)
https://www.naloxonetraining.com/

·         Bloodborne Pathogens 1 hr (WA L&I)
https://wisha-training.lni.wa.gov/Training/articulate/BBPathogens/story.html

·         Bloodborne Pathogens 103-02 50 min (Disaster Ready)
https://ready.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/course/f1e4f978-1062-49c6-aa4a-8039f3ae995b 

·         Psychological First Aid for All: An Introduction 1.5 hrs (IFRC)
https://ifrc.csod.com/client/ifrc/default.aspx

·         First Aid Stress & Trauma – FAST 30 min (Disaster Ready)
https://ready.csod.com/ui/lms-learning-details/app/course/a7e9737e-34c6-4bac-a839-9d7b29546ca7

·         Community First Aid Response Course https://openwho.org/channel/Community+First+Aid+Response+Course/631540 presented by the World Health Organization is an approximately 2-hour video course, intended to present basic first aid concepts to community members. The Community First Aid Response course equips lay responders and community health workers to recognize emergency conditions, provide safe and simple lifesaving actions, and support patients until they reach formal care—particularly in areas with limited emergency services. To be considered complete, the Community First Aid Response course requires participants to attend in-person sessions and demonstrate practical clinical skills. Hands-on practice is essential to ensure confidence and competence in providing emergency first aid.

Note: There is intentional redundancy and overlap of courses in the first aid curriculum. The intent is to reinforce your first aid knowledge as well as provide you with resources to use when providing training to your supported community.

 

>>> PHASE 2 <<<

M3S phase two begins with more advanced first aid training and field care, and includes a series of videos / webinars taught by physicians as part of the University of California’s Mini-Medical School.

·         SAR Subject First Encounter 2 hrs (Base Medical)
https://base-medical.thinkific.com/courses/subject-first-encounter

·         Grady Grand Rounds: Trauma Resuscitation 1hr (Grady)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1130536/details

·         Basic Emergency Care (BEC) 7 hrs (World Health Organization)
https://whoacademy.org/

·         Basic Emergency Care: Conflict-Related Injury module 2 hrs (World Health Organization)
https://whoacademy.org/

·         Initial Management of the Trauma Patient 0.5 hr (CDC)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1129393/

·         Wound Management in Resource-Limited Settings 2 hrs (World Health Organization)
https://whoacademy.org/

·         Wound Management in General Practice 1 hr
https://practicenursecentral.com.au/courses/wound-management-in-general-practice/

·         Naloxone for Opioid Overdose 101 0.5 hrs (CDC)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1085643/

·         Burns- Grady Grand Rounds 0.5 hrs (CDC)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1124151/

·         Burns: Wound Care and Pain Management 1.5 hrs (SurgHub)
https://www.surghub.org/course/wound-care

·         Acute Burn Care 1 hr (SurgHub) https://www.surghub.org/course/acute-burn-care

·         Management of Burns in a Disaster Setting 0.5 hrs (CDC)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1129466/

·         Seizure Recognition and First Aid Training for School Personnel 1hr
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1101506/

·         Bleeding After Birth – Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage 4 hrs (World Health Organization) https://whoacademy.org/ 

·         Wilderness First Aid Specialization (4 courses) 32 hrs (University of Colorado on Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/wilderness-first-aid

·         Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us 10 hrs (University of Pennsylvania on Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/vital-signs

·         Backcountry Trauma and Improvisation 1 hr (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkBhNEU3RfQ

·         Rural EMS Education Series | Pre-Hospital Trauma Care 1 hr 18 min (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpYjLttptqQ

·         Dive Medicine 1 hr (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWdGw7DrBEQ 

·         Marine Envenomations: How to Recognize and Treat Venomous Injuries 45 min (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19EPbtJyRds

·         Toxic Creatures 1 hr (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNZ5a3hSm6k

·         Splinting and Evacuation 17 min (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKVFGBYCozE

·         High Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment 28 min (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9imhh0KKhg

·         Hypothermia and Cold Emergencies: Understanding Signs and Symptoms 1hr (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQpPsvFS2XU

·         Infectious Diseases in Low Resource Settings 1.5 hrs (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPu6V2crOYU

·         Toxic Plants, Fungi and Herbal Supplements  1 hr (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ofp6TNC_5c

·         Introduction to Trauma 1.5 hrs (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu4cic9XJD0

 

·         University of Utah Associate in Wilderness Medicine https://www.awls.online/associate-in-wilderness-medicine  - The University of Utah's Associate in Wilderness Medicine program is a self-paced online certification program that does not have a fixed number of hours. It consists of completing four online courses -- One of the following courses: AWLS - Advanced Wilderness Life Support or WFR - Wilderness First Responder or BWLS - Basic Wilderness Life Support - AND all three of these additional courses: Backpacking Medicine, SAR - Search and Rescue, Wilderness Travel and Tropical Medicine. The program does not specify a total hour count, but it is designed for individuals who have already completed a Wilderness First Aid Certificate, Wilderness First Responder, or Wilderness EMT course.

·         UNH Extension - Online Tick Training XX hrs 
https://extension.unh.edu/resource/unh-extension-online-tick-training

·         Viral Tickborne Disease Training 1 hrs (CDC) https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1121038/

·         Combat Life Saver Course 40 hrs https://tccc.org.ua/en/collection/tccc-cls  

[Register for an account with Deployed Medicine https://deployedmedicine.com/]

·         SALT Mass Casualty Triage On-line Training 0.5 hrs (CDC)
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1048308/

·         Mass Casualty Management XX hrs (World Health Organization) https://whoacademy.org/  - This course uses gamification to make your learning experience engaging and memorable. You will navigate interactive activities and video content throughout. There are seven self-paced, online modules.

·         Vectors of Disease in Disasters 4 hrs (CDC) https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1013353/

·         Easy Auscultation https://www.easyauscultation.com/ Learn basic to advanced heart sound auscultation at your own pace using our courses, reference guides and quizzes. Over 65 abnormalities are covered. Improve your ability to easily recognize lung sounds using the two courses and our reference guide. The interactive quizzes will help you evaluate your auscultation skills.

·         Psychological First Aid (PFA) Online 5 hrs (NCTSN)
https://learn.nctsn.org/enrol/index.php?id=596

 

>>> PHASE 3 <<<

M3S students who have completed the phase one and phase two courses will have a strong foundation is first aid and field medicine. Students should now understand how the human body functions and how to help when something goes wrong – when a person is injured or ill.

Phase three provides students with more advanced knowledge of emergency medicine. This goes well beyond first aid and field care and looks at what physicians and surgeons do. Phase three will NOT make you a physician but it will provide you with a better understanding of emergency medicine and surgery in low-resource and conflict areas.

·         Emergency Medicine 12 hrs (Kanopy / Great Courses)
https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/197344

·         Basics of Trauma Surgery 10 hrs https://www.coursera.org/learn/trauma-surgery-basics

·         Fundamentals of War Surgery 21 hrs (SurgHub) https://www.surghub.org/

·         Nursing Care in War 16 hrs (SurgHub) https://www.surghub.org/

·         Whole Blood Field Transfusion Course
https://thor.podia.com/thor-whole-blood-transfusion-course

·         Trauma Emergencies and Care 10 hrs
https://www.coursera.org/learn/trauma-emergencies-and-care

·         Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum  - https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/education/programs/military-clinical-readiness-curriculum/  -- The Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum is designed for a general surgeon deployed to a relatively far forward battlefield base who must be capable of providing initial trauma resuscitation and life- and limb-saving surgical procedures for those injured in combat. It is also relevant to all deployed surgeons no matter their location as well as all trauma/general surgeons caring for the injured no matter their location. The curriculum can be utilized to correct an identified knowledge deficit or for just-in-time learning.

The curriculum is broken down into seven domains of knowledge, including:

o   Airway and Breathing

o   Critical Care and Prevention

o   Expeditionary Unique

o   Head and Spine Injury

o   Torso Trauma

o   Transfusion and Resuscitation

o   Wounds, Amputations, and Fractures

·         Parasites Without Borders - A comprehensive, advanced and free educational resource on all aspects of parasitic diseases and their impact on humanity around the globe. https://parasiteswithoutborders.com/

·         Medical Handbook for Limited Resource Settings (Video Edition) https://parasiteswithoutborders.com/medical-handbook-for-limited-resource-settings/

·         Tropical Medicine Curriculum https://parasiteswithoutborders.com/all-courses/

 

Congratulations on completing M3S!

If you completed all of the courses in this program you should now have a strong foundation in first aid, healthcare, and emergency medicine as well as access to multiple resources for additional training and to maintain your medical skills. With the knowledge you have gained in M3S you will be an asset to your community during an emergency or disaster.

Of course, M3S does not make you a physician, nurse, or paramedic. If you are interested in working in the medical field, and you have the time and money to do so you should absolutely enroll in an accredited college or university and begin formal training.

What M3S does is provide the layperson with the knowledge and skills needed to help others when physicians, nurses, and paramedics are not available, when you are in an austere, remote, and limited-resource environment, when others are in need of help and you are the only help available.

While it is obviously impossible for the layperson to safely and competently deal with every medical problem and there remain many complicated diagnoses requiring equally complicated or technically advanced treatments, for 80% - 90% of the health problems afflicting humanity, simple things done well are all that is required to preserve life and limb and to help alleviate suffering.

  

I swear by Apollo the Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.

First, I will do no harm.

I will respect those physicians in whose steps I walk, and freely share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures that are required, avoiding overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know.

I will remember that I treat a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.