EMST
Trauma is a major killer of young people in Australia and New
Zealand. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has a strong history
of involvement in trauma prevention. The EMST Course is a step towards a
greater role for the College in setting standards of care for severely
injured people.
What is EMST?
Who is it For?
Objectives
Content
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What is EMST?
- A two and half day intensive course in the management of injury
victims in the first 1–2 hours following injury.
- Adapted from the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®) course of
the American College of Surgeons in 1988.
- Emphasis on life saving skills and systematic clinical
approach.
Who is it for?
It is designed for all doctors who are involved in the early
treatment of serious injuries in urban or rural areas, whether or not
sophisticated emergency facilities are available:
- surgeons
- emergency physicians
- rural GPs
- anaesthetists
- intensivists
- medical officers in the Armed Forces
- trainees in the above specialties
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Objectives
After completing the EMST course, a participant will be able to:
- demonstrate concepts and principles of primary and secondary patient
assessment
- establish management priorities in a trauma situation
- initiate primary and secondary management of unstable patients
- demonstrate skills used in initial assessment and management.
Content
| Lectures |
Practical skills |
Evaluation |
| Initial assessment |
Airway control |
MCQ |
| Airway |
IV/shock therapy |
Initial assessment practice and
test |
| Shock |
Head injury assessment |
| Chest |
Limb splinting |
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| Abdomen |
Spine protection |
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| Head |
Venous cutdown |
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| Spine |
Chest tube |
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| Extremities |
Peritoneal lavage |
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| Burns |
Pericardiocentesis |
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| Stabilisation and transport |
Cricothyroidotomy |
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| Case studies |
Videos |
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| Discussions |
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Curriculum and methods are outlined in a comprehensive manual which
is sent to participants six weeks prior to course commencement. Sixteen
doctors participate in each course. Instruction is provided by 7 to 8
specifically-trained EMST faculty members.
Register onto
the waiting list.
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Contact EMST
Australia
Australian residents and New Zealand doctors working in Australia
should direct their inquiries to:
Mary Wakelin - Manager, Skills Training Dept
mary.wakelin@surgeons.org
Telephone: +61 3 9276 7434
Carly Iles – Faculty administrator
carly.iles@surgeons.org
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1289
Nicole Craft – Waiting list administrator
nicole.craft@surgeons.org
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1277
Skills Training Department
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons' Gardens
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1277
Fax: +61 3 9249 1298
Email: college.emst@surgeons.org
New Zealand
New Zealand residents and Australian doctors working in New Zealand
should direct their inquiries to:
Dawn Sutton
Telephone: +64 4 385 8247
Facsimile: +64 4 385 8873
Email: dawn.sutton@surgeons.org
PO Box 7451
Wellington South
Wellington 6242
New Zealand
Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS)® International
Contacts
Access the international list of ATLS offices.
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Last Modified: 22 June 2009
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