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Title

Aeromedical Retrieval

CPD hours

6 Educational activity
 Addressing health inequities

Eligibility

FACRRM Recommended

Curriculum domains

Provide secondary medical care 
Respond to medical emergencies
Provide safe medical care while working in geographic and professional isolation
Provide expert medical care in all rural contexts 

Curriculum learning areas

Remote medicine (RM)
Communicator (COM)
Emergency (EM)

Aeromedical Retrieval

Enrol

The Australian College of Rural Medicine has developed this course to provide ACRRM members with an overview of Aeromedical Retrieval in Australia. This course is relevant to all Rural Practitioners who may need to use aeromedical retrieval services to transfer patients to another facility. Aeromedical retrieval adds a number of complexities to patient care, by completing these modules you will have the opportunity to explore providing patient care in the retrieval environment, retrieval medicine and patient transport considerations.

Online learning hours:
6.00
Total hours:
6.00
 
Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand the key theory and practical considerations in the Aeromedical Environment
  • Discuss the following:
    • Considerations in retrieval medicine, including aviation physiology and the effect on patients, crew, and equipment, aviation considerations, modes of transport, resource provision and patient safety
    • Considerations and clinical management of special populations including the cardiac, bariatric, obstetric, paediatric, trauma, and disturbed patient in the retrieval setting
    • The key elements of hazard and scene safety in aeromedical retrieval, include human factors and situational awareness in unfamiliar settings.
Additional information

Course eligible for 1 online day of RPGP under Anaesthetics or Emergency Medicine components.

Provider Information

Provider

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Contact

Education Development Team

Phone

61 07 3105 8200

Fax

61 07 3105 8299

Email

education@acrrm.org.au

Address

Level 1, 324 Queen Street
BRISBANE CITY
QLD, 4000