BattleMedQB has been established primarly to help clinicians pass the Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) course in the UK Armed Forces.
- The PHEM course teaches clinicians about Battlefield Trauma and Emergency Medicine.
- It's course instructors are all experienced members of the UK Armed Forces. They are from all cadres - CMTs, nurses, paramedics and doctors.
- All medical personnel must pass these PHEM courses before they are allowed to deploy.
- The course competency is valid for 2 years and then it needs to be repeated.
- Traditionally, pre-reading has been set for all course candidates and it takes roughly 1 working day to read it all.
- Reading all of the pre-reading does not necessarily mean the knowledge is absorbed and ready to be put into practice!
- The course normally takes 2 days to complete. This involves lectures on all of the main topics, workshops, practical sessions, simulation moulages and discussion.
- The final part of the course is the MCQ and practical assessment.
- The MCQ involves 40 single best answer questions - similar to this question bank. The pass mark varies but you want to be aiming for over 70%.
- The practical assessment involves a full moulage with all of the kit, a "real patient", possibly 1 helper and an examiner. You will be expected to demonstrated a comprehensive primary survey and normally, at least 1 skill.
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