Clinical Emergency Management Program - CPR Train the Trainer Workshop

Due to the ever-increasing number of cardiac arrests outside of specialist care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a necessity – not only in the healthcare industry. Learn how to train others in this life saving skill with this Train the Trainer Workshop.

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Overview

Many deaths from heart disease occur outside the hospital and present as sudden cardiac arrest. Resuscitation is possible and all general practices should be capable of providing this level of care.

To increase the number of GPs capable of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the Clinical Emergency Management Program has developed a train the trainer workshop with the aim of producing CPR trainers who are:

• confident and competent in performing CPR
• confident and competent in teaching and assessing CPR in others
• confident and competent in facilitating CPR training.

This course has been developed in accordance with the Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines and will be facilitated by certified intensive care paramedic and a team of paramedic medical educators. All educators have at least 10 years experience in emergency medical situations and Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace training.

Workshops will be held annually at the RACGP’s annual Conference for General Practice. See upcoming workshops listed below for further details.

The CPR Train the Trainer 2012 Workshop is suitable for Medical Educators who are teachers, supervisors or mentors.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the Train the Trainer workshop, participants will need to be either

• Medical Practitioners participating in the RACGP QI&CPD program who intend to assess CPR skills for other Medical Practitioners, medical students and/or practice nurses, OR
• Medical Educators that are employed within the RTP network who intend to assess CPR skills for other Medical Practitioners, medical students and/or practice nurses

They will also need to undergo a CPR Train the Trainer course every three years and seek formal CPR re-accreditation on an annual basis.

Content

The course includes a:

• brief exercise to prepare for the workshop
• face-to-face, interactive workshop (4 hours)
• comprehensive participant booklet and resources for assessing others
• CPR practice and assessment plus complementary CPR 123 kits for all participants.

By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Describe the legal requirements of providing CPR including duty of care, consent and negligence issues.
• Explain the chain of survival.
• Identify and describe the management of an unconscious patient.
• Describe Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) resuscitation guidelines including compression ventilation ratio and rescue breathing.
• Confidently use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
• Apply and practice CPR skills in real time.
• Successfully complete CPR assessment.
• List learners’ requirements for CPR training.
• Teach others how to confidently and competently perform CPR.
• Assess whether others have performed CPR correctly.
• Outline quality assurance processes to assure that the CPR training is appropriate.
• Describe how to manage problematic situations during CPR training.

Training and accreditation is only valid for one year from the date of the workshop.

Upcoming workshops

Cost

The cost of the CPR Train the Trainer workshop is $349. Place are limited so please register early.

QI&CPD

The CEMP CPR Train the Trainer Workshop has been approved by the RACGP QI&CPD Program for 5 Category 2 points and meets CPR requirements in the 2011–2013 triennium.

Further Information

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