Clinical Emergency Management Program - Intermediate workshop

Management of life threatening emergencies within the first 30 minutes of an emergency

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Overview

The Clinical Emergency Management Program (CEMP) Intermediate workshops have been designed to build participants’ knowledge, skills and confidence when responding to medical emergencies. This workshop includes CPR practice and assessment, which meets the 2011–2013 triennium basic CPR course requirement. It also meets the basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) training requirements for general practice registrars and RACGP Fellowship. These workshops are facilitated by a national team of highly trained intensive care paramedics. The course is developed by GPs in collaboration with qualified paramedic professionals who have many years experience teaching emergency medicine.

The program consists of the following components:

Each of the course components must be completed to receive 40 Category 1 points in the RACGP QI&CPD Program and to meet the 2011-2013 triennium basic CPR course requirement.

CPR certification is valid for 2011-2013 RACGP QI&CPD Program triennium, However the Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines recommend that those trained in CPR should refresh their skills at least annually.

Content

• CPR practice and assessment, including defibrillation
• New Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines – resuscitation and pharmacology
• Basic life support and advanced life support
• Airway management skills
• Anaphylaxis and acute asthma
• Cardiac arrests
• Ventricular fibrillation, primary asystole and asystole
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Psychiatric episodes
• Early management of trauma
• Acute pain management and analgesia
• Collapse and loss of consciousness
• Patient assessment and management
• Emergency crisis scene safety and management.

Learning outcomes

At the completion of this workshop you will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the current Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines.
• Demonstrate airway management skills including competent use of bag valve mask.
• Recognise when PBS emergency drug (Doctor’s bag) items may be used.
• Apply cardiopulmonary assessment and resuscitation skills, including defibrillation.
• Understand the importance of effective decision making skills in an emergency situation including team management and delegation of tasks.
• Recognise the need for rapid defibrillation in witnessed cardiac arrest
• Identify potential neck injury and use a stiff collar to stabilise a patient's neck.

Designed for

Designed for, general practice registrars and registered medical practitioners including, international medical graduates (IMGs) . There is also a specialized Intermediate course for practice nurses and practice managers. Please call 1800 284 732 for further information.

Skills exposure

• Review of basic airway management
• Triple airway manoeuvre
• Bag valve mask
• Guedel’s airway
• Nasal pharyngeal airway
• Automated external defibrillator
• Cervical collar.

Highlights from past participants

‘I have attended many emergency workshops but the content of this one is the best’.

‘The whole day was valuable – the interactive sessions highlight strengths and weaknesses that didactic sessions don’t’.

‘This is the best course I have ever done. I have been away working as a 24 hour doctor on call and in the last 17 days I have used every skill I learned in the workshop!’.

‘The workshop teaches a logical systematic approach to managing general and complicated emergencies including coordinated teamwork’.

‘Back to basics and hands on practice to improve confidence in clinical situations. Update in changes in CPR management and explanation as to why it is better’.

Training grants

The Rural Procedural Grants Program provides financial support to maintain and enhance the clinical skills of GPs and locums who deliver:

1. unsupervised anaesthetics, obstetrics and / or surgery in ACGC-RA 1*-5 locations (1* dependent on additional approval)
2. unsupervised emergency medicine in 24-hour triaging Accident and Emergency facilities located in ASGC-RA 2-5 locations.

This financial support is offered as a grant of $2000 per day for up to 10 days of training per financial year for procedural GPs and for up to 3 days of training per financial year for GPs providing hospital based emergency services.

GPs who attend a CEMP workshop may be eligible for a training grant but they must be registered in the grants program prior to attending the workshop. For further information please contact Pauline Curtis on 08 8267 8351 or Pauline.curtis@racgp.org.au

QI&CPD

This active learning module has been approved by the RACGP QI&CPD Program for a total of 40 Category 1 QI&CPD points. Category 1 QI&CPD points will be allocated following completion of the online predisposing and Online Basic CPR activities, participation in the workshop and completion of the online reinforcing activity.

Please note:

• If participants have participated in a CEMP Intermediate workshop in a previous triennium and would like to participate again to update their skills, they will be eligible to obtain 40 Category 1 QI&CPD points for the 2011–2013 triennium
• General practitioners who repeat the same Category 1 activity in the current triennium will only be awarded Category 1 QI&CPD points for their first attendance at a particular activity.

Complimentary CPR 123

As a special bonus, all CEMP Intermediate workshop participants will receive their own complimentary CPR 123 personal learning program which will enable you to practice and reinforce the life saving skill of CPR in the comfort and convenience of your own practice.

Important notes

• General practice registrars requiring a certificate in competency in the management of trauma and Advanced Life Support, must tick the appropriate box on this registration form. Participants who meet the required standard will be provided with a Certificate of Completion at the conclusion of the workshop
• In order to be eligible to participate in this workshop, IMGs will need to have applied for, or completed assessment of, their overseas GP experience by RACGP censors, and one of the following:
  • have passed the AMC examination (written and clinical) or equivalent
  • be enrolled in the RACGP specialist pathway
  • be undertaking general practice/or general practice training
• If you have any special needs in relation to the CPR practice and assessment component, contact 1800 284 732 before the workshop
• Complimentary CPR 123 personal learning programs will be distributed to participants on the day of the workshop
• Participants will be provided with workshop venue information following registration. Venues and times of the workshops are published on the college website at www.racgp.org.au/cem/dates
• Workshops may be cancelled where insufficient registrations are received
• Cancellation policy applies; refer to terms and conditions at www.racgp.org.au/cem/terms.
• Participants can only access one of the following special offers: Past CEMP participant Advanced workshop special offer or the CEMP combined special offer.

Group bookings

If you are interested in the RACGP delivering CEMP Intermediate workshops for your organisation, please freecall 1800 284 732 to discuss your organisation’s training needs.

Further Information:

For further information about the workshops, please email gpeducation@racgp.org.au or contact 1800 284 732.

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