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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
Contact EMST

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
Abdomen	Spine protection
Head	Venous cutdown
Spine	Chest tube
Extremities	Peritoneal lavage
Burns	Pericardiocentesis
Stabilisation and transport	Cricothyroidotomy
Case studies	Videos
Discussions

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.

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Contact EMST

Australia

Australian residents and New Zealand doctors working in Australia should direct their inquiries to:

Nicole Craft – Participant administrator
nicole.craft@surgeons.org

Carly Iles – Faculty administrator
carly.iles@surgeons.org

New Zealand

New Zealand residents and Australian doctors working in New Zealand should direct their inquiries to:

Rachel Turner
Telephone: +64 4 385 8247
Facsimile: +64 4 385 8873
Email: rachel.turner@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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