Sale hosts Rural Emergency Skills Training
Rural GPs made use of East Gippsland RCS's simulation facilities in Sale to learn emergency skills at the Rural Emergency Skills Training program.
Gippsland GPs enhanced their rural emergency skills when they took part in a training program conducted at the Sale campus of East Gippsland Regional Clinical School in June.
Twenty participants, six instructors and three observers attended the Rural Emergency Skills Training program held over two days.
Conducted by Southern GP Training in conjunction with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), the program offers participants a hands-on, flexible and interactive approach to training.
Ten skills stations were set up and a number of scenarios were conducted with participants rotating through all stations.
Among the skills included were surgical airways, needle thoracentesis and chest drain insertion, vascular access, cervical spine immobilisation and emergency psychology.
Written and practical assessments are included and each participant received a REST certificate from ACRRM.