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Clinical Emergency Management™ Program - Intermediate workshop

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

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 2008–2010 triennium basic CPR course requirement. It also meets the basic life support (BLS) and Advanced life support (ALS) training requirement for general practice registrars. Assessment of BLS and ALS skills can be arranged on request. These workshops are facilitated by a national team of highly trained intensive care paramedics.

Content

CPR practice and assessment
New Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines – resuscitation and pharmacology
Basic life support and advanced life support
Airway management skills
Anaphylaxis and acute asthma
Automatic defibrillation
Cardiac arrests
Intubation and laryngeal mask airway
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

Recognise and manage medical emergencies in general practice, including acute coronary syndrome, acute asthma and anaphylaxis
Demonstrate skills in organisational leadership, including effective communication and team management
Demonstrate effective skills in management of scene safety
Demonstrate competence in airway management and effective ventilation technique
Demonstrate skills in effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Designed for

Designed for registered medical practitioners, practice managers, practice nurses, general practice registrars and ^international medical graduates (IMGs).

Skills exposure

Review of basic airway management
Guedel’s airway
Nasal pharyngeal airway
Bag valve mask
Laryngeal mask airway
Triple airway manoeuvre
Endotracheal intubation
Laryngoscopy – how to manage a choking patient.

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’.

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.

QA&CPD

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

Please note:

If participants have participated in a CEMP Intermediate (formerly emergency life support skills) workshop in a previous triennium and would like to participate again to update their skills, they will be eligible to obtain 40 Category 1 QA&CPD points for the 2008–2010 triennium
General practitioners who repeat the same Category 1 activity in the current triennium will only be awarded Category 1 QA&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 wanting to have their BLS and ALS skills assessed 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
ˆIn 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
Workshop participants who successfully complete the CPR assessment will be provided with a Certificate of Completion at the conclusion of the workshop. 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.

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.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners