About the Remote Emergency Care Course

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.

The REC course is an exciting fast paced practical tips-n-tricks course, designed to improve emergency skills and knowledge. This requires participants to complete the pre course preparation, which will enhance the learning experience.

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.

Course Times:
Please also note the course start and finish times. It is essential that you are present for the entire course. Please avoid making any personal appointments during this time.

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.

Testimonials:

"We searched for an appropriate course for our work needs (offshore) and this met our needs entirely....we will highly recomend"

These are great courses. This is the 3rd one I've attended and they just keep getting better. This is the perfect course for remote practice."

Course costs:

Non-CRANAplus Member: $670.00 per person to apply for CRANAplus Membership

CRANAplus Members: $520.00 per person

Register for the REC Online

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

About the Remote Emergency Care Course