Emergency situations don't happen every day, and can therefore prove confronting to doctors and staff.

Advanced workshop

Clinical Emergency Management™ Program - Intermediate workshop

CEM Intermediate 2008 Registration form PDF (612KB)

Overview

The successful 1 day Clinical Emergency Management™ Program (CEMP) Intermediate workshops will help to build the knowledge, skills and confidence of those involved in the management of medical emergencies.

Course content

• New Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines - resuscitation and pharmacology
• Comprehensive primary care and resuscitation equipment
• Airway management skills
• Anaphylaxis and acute asthmatic
• Automatic defibrillation
• Cardiac arrests
• Intubation and laryngeal mask airway
• CPR practice and assessment
• Patient assessment and management
• Emergency crisis scene safety and management
• Ventricular fibrillation, primary asystole and asystole
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Online predisposing activity pre-workshop
• Online reinforcing activity post-workshop

Learning outcomes

Participants in the program will:

• strengthen knowledge, skills, confidence and decision making skills in emergency situations
• learn or reinforce practical skills such as intubation, defibrillation and CPR
• update knowledge on patient assessment and management
• have an opportunity to have their CPR skills assessed. If the required standard is met, participants will be provided with a certificate of completion at the workshop.*

QA&CPD

• The CEMP Intermediate full day workshop has been approved by the RACGP QA&CPD Program for 40 Category 1 points for the 2008–2010 triennium.
• General practitioners (GPs) who repeat the same Category 1 activity will only receive QA&CPD points for their first attendance at a particular activity

* All CEMP workshops now incorporate CPR practice and assessment which meets the basic life support requirement for sitting the college examination

Procedural skills grant eligibility

The Australian Government is offering rural and remote procedural and emergency medicine GPs assistance to access skills maintenance and upskilling training activities in their respective disciplines. General practitioners who attend a CEMP workshop may be eligible for a support grant of $2000 per day. The emergency medicine component of the program has been expanded to include emergency medicine GPs practising in RRMA 3 locations and the cap for emergency medicine grants has been increased from 2 to 3 days per financial year. For further information regarding the grants visit www.racgp.org.au/rural/traininggrants, or telephone Pauline Curtis, National Rural Faculty on 1800 636 764.

Group bookings

If you are interested in the RACGP delivering the CEMP workshops for your organisation or practice, please freecall 1800 284 732 to discuss your organisation’s training needs. Discounted registration fees apply for group bookings.

Workshop 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 wouldn’t.’

‘This was 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 have used every skill I learned in the workshop!’

‘I’ve now become more comfortable with use of AED and practical tips on skills and management.’

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

Special bonus

As a special bonus, participants in all workshops will receive their own copy of CPR 123 – a personal learning program which enables you to learn and practice the life saving skill of CPR in the comfort and convenience of your own practice.

Important notes

• Registered medical practitioners, practice managers, practice nurses/staff, general practice registrars and international medical graduates are eligible to apply for all workshops
• CPR 123 personal learning program kits will be distributed to participants on the day of the workshop
• Venues and times for the workshops are published at www.racgp.org.au/cem.
• Participants will be provided with workshop venue information following registration
• Workshops may be cancelled where insufficient registrations are received
• Cancellation policy applies. Refer to terms and conditions.

**Please freecall 1800 284 732 as some conditions apply

Advanced workshop

	CEM Advanced 2008 Registration form PDF (248KB)

Overview

The new 2 day Clinical Emergency Management™ Program (CEMP) Advanced workshop has been designed in direct response to feedback from general practitioners (GPs) wanting to participate in an intensive workshop focusing on adult trauma and paediatric emergencies.

Course content

• Advanced airway management: airway management review, managing the difficult airway
• The trauma patient: trauma systems; time critical guidelines; systematic approach
• Patient assessment and monitoring: primary and secondary survey, manual defibrillation
• Common paediatric emergencies
• The paediatric patient: basic life support, airway management
• Paediatric cardiac arrests
• Online predisposing activity pre-workshop
• Online reinforcing activity workshop.

Eligibility

• This training is suitable for GPs, general practice registrars, international medical graduates* (IMGs) and for nursing staff with high level responsibility in emergency and trauma care
• The prerequisite for registering to attend a CEMP Advanced workshop is prior participation in a CEMP Intermediate workshop (formerly known as emergency life support skills workshop), or participation in an APLS, ALS, EMST, ELS or REST course within the past 4 years
• Participants who have attended non-RACGP prerequisite courses are required to provide a certificate of attendance when submitting their registration form to confirm that participation has occurred within the past 4 years.

QA&CPD

• The 2 day Advanced workshop has been approved by the RACGP QA&CPD Program for 80 Category 1 points for the 2008–2010 triennium.
• Participants who plan to apply for Category 1 points will be required to complete the online predisposing and reinforcing activities.

Procedural skills grant eligibility

The Australian Government is offering rural and remote procedural and emergency medicine GPs assistance to access skills maintenance and upskilling training activities in their respective disciplines. General practitioners who attend CEMP workshops may be eligible for a support grant of up to $2000 per day. For further information regarding the grant, visit www.racgp.org.au/rural/traininggrants or freecall Pauline Curtis on 1800 636 764.

Group bookings

If you are interested in the RACGP delivering the CEMP workshops for your organisation or practice please freecall 1800 284 732 to discuss your organisation’s training needs. Discounted registration fees apply for group bookings.

Highlights from past participants

‘This was a very smooth weekend, and worked very well, this seemed to be the consensus among the participants.Even by late on the second day my enthusiasm was still high, (and I am not beyond being very critical at workshops which I feel have wasted my weekends in the past!).’

‘We have been fortunate to have such experienced and competent educators.’

‘This workshop offers a systematic approach to treating the sick child – many thanks; much more confident now’.

‘All medical educators were very supportive; allowed us to learn actively in a nonthreatening relaxed environment – Great!’

Important notes

• Workshops may be cancelled where insufficient registrations are received
• Venues and times for the workshops are published at www.racgp.org.au/cem. Participants will be provided with workshop venue information following registration
• Cancellation policy applies. Refer to terms and conditions.

Latest news

• The RACGP will continue to deliver the successful Clinical Emergency Management™ (CEM) Program intermediate workshops in 2008. In addition, the college is introducing half day CEM basic and two day CEM advanced workshops. These highly interactive workshops have been designed to build the knowledge, skills and confidence of general practitioners, general practice registrars, international medical graduates and nursing and practice staff in managing emergencies.

Procedural Skills Grant

Through its Strengthening Medicare initiatives, the Commonwealth Government is offering rural and remote procedural and emergency medicine general practitioners financial assistance to access skills maintenance and upskilling activities in their respective disciplines. GPs providing services in rural and remote areas but residing primarily in urban areas (eg locums, RFDS doctors) may be eligible for the Program.

Grants are being offered to general practitioners and locums who practice obstetrics, anaesthetics, surgery and / or emergency medicine in rural and remote locations.

The financial support is offered as a grant of $2000 per day for up to 10 days a year for procedural GPs in RRMA 3-7 and for up to 3 days a year for emergency medicine GPs in RRMA 3-7.

The program has recently been expanded to include RRMA 2 proceduralists, practising in surgery, anaesthetics and / or obstetrics and whose work is rural in nature even though they are based in regional centres such as Townsville, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Wollongong, Geelong, and Queanbeyan. Strict eligibility criteria apply.

For further information regarding the grants visit www.racgp.org.au/rural/traininggrants, or telephone Pauline Curtis, National Rural Faculty on 1800 636 764.

Workshop Schedule

	CEM Intermediate calendar (211KB)
	CEM Advanced calendar (191KB)

Display events for: ACT | New South Wales | Northern Territory | South Australia
Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia | Queensland | All states

To register download the registration form here and fax to 03 8699 0400

	CEM Intermediate 2008 Registration form PDF (133KB)
	CEM Advanced 2008 Registration form PDF (108KB)

View the training calendar and register online.

Group bookings

• Please note that group bookings can be organised for various audiences i.e. GPs, practice staff, general practitioner registrars, international medical graduates depending on your organisation's needs.
• Please freecall 1800 284 732 to discuss your organisation's training needs with the National Program Manager
• Discounted registration fees apply for group bookings.

QA&CPD Information

• The CEMP Intermediate full day workshop has been approved by the RACGP QA&CPD Program for Category 1 points for the 2008–2010 triennium.
• General practitioners (GPs) who repeat the same Category 1 activity will only receive QA&CPD points for their first attendance at a particular activity
• GPs may submit an individual application form to the QA&CPD Program for points to be considered should they re-attend and wish to obtain points for that same activity

Please note

1. General practitioners who repeat the same Category 1 activity will only receive QA&CPD points for their first attendance at a particular activity.

Important notes - Cancellation policy

1. A full refund of the registration fee paid will be given provided that written notice is received by the College at least six (6) weeks prior to the workshop date.
2. If a Registrant cancels registration 30 days prior to the date of the workshop, the Registrant will become liable for 50% of the registration fee including GST.
3. The Registrant acknowledges that the cancellation fee is not a penalty but is a genuine pre-estimate of the loss and damage caused by late cancellation.
4. Should any Registrant wish to appeal the non refundable cancellation fee, the Registrant must do so within 14 days (inclusive of week ends and public holidays) of written advice of cancellation being received by the CEM Program Manager, RACGP, 1 Palmerston Crescent, South Melbourne, 3205. In the event of an appeal the Registration will be required to complete and submit a ‘Statutory Declaration’ to the RACGP CEM Program Manager, as referred to above, for consideration. The Statutory Declaration must include a) the name and address of the Registrant; and b) information which fully addresses the circumstances and case for appeal. The Statutory Declaration must also be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace, Proclaimed Policy Officer or Commissioner for taking affidavits. Visit the Attorney General's Statutory declaration signatory list web page for a full statutory declaration signatory list. Depending on the information or documentation provided with the appeal, the RACGP CEM Program may refund the Registrant’s payment in part or in full. The decision of whether to waive or to refund the fee, or in whole or in part, shall lie within the College’s sole and unfettered discretion.

For further information

Contact the RACGP via email at gpeducation@racgp.org.au or by calling 1800 284 732.

Managing clinical emergencies with the ADF

As published in GPReview November 2007 Volume 11 Number 5

Can you save a life?

* Taken from the November 2005 Issue of GPReview

Considering a return to clinical practice after an absence of several years, Dr Ronald McCoy decided to revisit a few skill areas - emergency medicine being top of the list. The perfect opportunity presented itself in the form of an emergency life support skills workshop run by gplearning

These diary entries relate Dr McCoy's personal experience of attending a recent workshop (clinical scenario 'spoilers' have been deliberately excluded in the interests of readers intending to do the course), where he found the emergency skills required to save a life to be well within the reach of every GP.

Station one - early morning

Totally terrified to see if I would remember which end of the patient was which, I calmly thumbed my way through the course handouts - management protocols for life threatening emergencies. Greatly relieved to see only a few things had changed since I last saw a patient. Feeling more of a dummy than the practice mannequin beside me, which I noticed some of my fellow GP attendees also seemed to be throwing hesitant sideway glances towards. The scenario started and we were all thrown into the thick of the action. Much to my surprise, I was learning quickly. I was even more impressed by the practise dummy's performance. You could actually hear breathing sounds and see the chest move if you bagged correctly - not to mention the bleeding during cannulation!

The mystique around defibrillators, masks and bagging and a plethora of emergency equipment quickly dissolved about us, to be replaced by a solid grounding and emerging confidence. Long forgotten skills were not only brought back, but reinvigorated by the new equipment.

Station two - mid morning

The heat was turned up as we now faced a more complicated scenario which added to and built upon our skills from the previous station. I thought being placed in the position of team leader after such a long absence from any emergency situation would be intimidating, but even in such a short time, we were all picking up skills and, perhaps more importantly, confidence in approaching such potentially scary cases. Different GPs had different skill levels and knowledge bases, and the group members' willingness and commitment to share experience rallied less confident peers, like myself, to quickly absorb key principles and proficiencies.

Station three - early afternoon

This was our biggest challenge yet. The third station approached a potentially overwhelming subject that I felt I had never learned properly as a student, nor after graduation, so I felt particularly challenged. I felt the skills involved in this situation could be especially important given today's ongoing risk of terrorist attacks, because as GPs we could be called upon at any place and any time to help.

However, our instructor took a sound approach and provided practical assistance as he put our amazing dummy victim through its performance hoops. Without giving away any trade secrets, I was amazed to hear the results of our successful treatment as we dealt with one problem after another. I especially welcomed the opportunity to ask questions as the difficulties arose, and being given clear, practical and useful answers that were readily taken on board.

Final review - late afternoon

The day finished with a review of other common emergency scenarios, full of practical tips, skills and information relating to a range of common but life threatening situations that can come upon a GP unexpectedly. Knowing how to equip an emergency bag and being introduced to latest developments in life support equipment made me realize this equipment fits realistically within the realm of everyday general practice, unlike even just a few years ago.

I have since discussed with many GPs how well taught and useful the course was. Many said they wouldn't feel confident in emergency support, or thought they didn't need it in their practice. After completing this course, not only do I now believe these skills are well within the reach of every GP, but with the latest developments in emergency equipment this level of care can be realistically provided in every general practice.

Many GPs who attended the course said the opportunity to revise cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) technique and learning to work as a team as opposed to a solo GP was invaluable, but also that they need to revise the level of support that their practice currently provides.

The course provided me with a basis for revising my expertise in this area, and I will now approach with more confidence when dealing with these vital issues.