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EMST Committee

Information and membership of the EMST Committee.

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Overview

The EMST Committee is a Committee of the Skills Education Committee. It has direct responsibility for the effective organisation of the EMST course which teaches a fundamental system of trauma care to doctors of any discipline. Committee members and faculty are drawn from the varied surgical and non-surgical specialties. It is a compulsory component of Surgical Education and Training (SET).

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Objectives

  • To oversee the conduct of the Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) course program throughout Australasia according to the policy and standards of the ATLS® Subcommittee of the ACS Committee on Trauma;
  • To oversee the continued development of the EMST course program throughout Australasia as required;
  • To oversee the review of curriculum and materials necessary to the EMST course program;
  • To foster the promulgation of EMST in the Asia-Pacific region;
  • To maintain a close professional and collaborative relationship with the ATLS® Subcommittee of the ACS Committee on Trauma and the broader ATLS® international community;
  • To maintain the Memorandum of Understanding with the ATLS® Subcommittee of the ACS COT.

Membership

Dr Mariolyn Rajakulenthiran FRACS, Chair
Associate Professor Andrew Kurmis FRACS, Deputy Chair
Associate Professor Andrew MacCormick FRACS, Member
Dr Andrew Hattam, Member
Dr David Lockwood FRACS, Member
Dr Glenn Farrant FRACS, Member
Dr Ian Ferguson, Member
Dr Ian Young FRACS, Member
Associate Professor Jeremy Hsu FRACS, Member
Dr Jovy Aura Alejandro Carpio FRACS, Member
Dr Julianne Schliebs, Member
Dr Kenneth McCallum, Member
Dr Nicholas Williams FRACS, Member
Colonel Rodney Petersen, Member
Dr Sarah Louise Jones, Member