About the Remote Emergency Care Course

Remote Emergency Care Course, CRANAplus, remote health

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Remote Emergency Care course information:

The Remote Emergency Care course costs:

Non-CRANAplus Member:  $620.00 per person      to apply for  CRANAplus Membership 

  CRANAplus Members:  $470.00 per person

The Remote Emergency Care course minimum participant number is 18 and is a full course at 24.


for Sample Program / Course Content  (this is a sample only - actual times may vary between courses)

 

Health care in remote Australia poses particular problems to practitioners who provide the day to day and emergency health care service. Harsh climate, dispersed population, poor transport, geographical isolation and great distances, mean that the time delay, resources and support available are considerably different to rural and metropolitan Australia. This course aims to meet the specific needs of these practitioners.

Aim:

To enable health practitioners to develop knowledge and skills essential to provide emergency care and treatment in common emergency situations encountered in the remote setting. To provide the remote and rural practitioners with knowledge to promote confidence to deliver safe and quality care to the patient.

Eligibility:

This course is available to Registered nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers, Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, Ambulance Officers and isolated practice G.P's. Undergraduate students are not eligible for this course.

Graduates of the course will be able to :

  • Demonstrate the principles of management for the acutely ill and traumatic patients who may present in the remote health care setting.
  • Describe and implement a systematic patient assessment and subsequent secondary survey.
  • Incorporate advanced life support skills in the management of the critically ill patient.
  • Explain the different requirements of ill or injured patients through the life span including the unique differences in managing paediatric and obstetric patients
  • Demonstrate the application of the principles of managing an incident involving multiple casualties.
  • Participate in all skill stations and demonstrate competence in the specified clinical skills under the categories of the airway, breathing, circulation and spinal immobilisation.

The course material covers a variety of aspects of emergency care and has been collated from a variety of sources. It has been designed to assist health practitioners as a resource to complement practice. This course material has not been designed as a procedure manual and all procedures are recommendations only. Individual practitioners are still bound by their professional and organisational regulations.

We hope you find this course challenging, informative and relevant to your management of the critically ill or injured.

The Remote Emergency Care course is endorsed by CRANAplus Inc and the Royal College of Nursing, Australia and attracts 20 CNE points.
 

Sample Program / Course Content:

Friday Evening

1500 - 1545  Registration & Welcome, Introduction to the course
1545 - 1645  Patient assessment :
        - Primary & Secondary survey
    - Principals of Emergency Management
1645 - 1700  Demonstration prim/sec survey

1700 - 1745  The Short of Breath Patient
1745 - 1800  Break

1800 - 1830  The unconscious patient

1830 - 1915  Fluid Resuscitation 

1915      Close
     
Saturday
 
0800 - 0900  Maternity Emergencies & Unexpected Normal Births
0945 - 1015  Paediatric Emergencies
1015 - 1030  Morning Tea
1030 - 1230  Skill station: Airway and Breathing
    (2 rotations)
1230 - 1300  Lunch
1300 - 1500  Skill station: Airway and Breathing
    (2 rotations)
1500 - 1545  Envenomation/Thermal
1545 - 1600  Afternoon Tea
1600 - 1630  Spinal Injuries
1630 - 1700  Pain management
1700 - 1730  Patient transfer

                  Close

Sunday

0800 - 0845  Cardiac Emergencies
0845 - 0915  Multi Casualties
0915 - 0945  Psychiatric Emergencies
0945 - 1000  Morning Tea
1000 - 1200  Skill stations: Circulation
    (2 rotations)
1200 - 1230  Lunch
1230 - 1430  Skill stations: Circulation
    (2 rotations)
1430 - 1505  Remote Emergency Care overview
1505 - 1700  Multi Choice Quiz & Practical Assessment : 
Afternoon tea  - while awaiting for assessment
1700 - 1715  Evaluation and feedback
1715             Close