Come and spend five days in Tasmania's Bay of Fires with RescueMED and Tasmanian Walking Company, combining hands-on wilderness medicine training with one of Australia's most beautiful coastal walks.
This isn't a conference room with a PowerPoint and a mannequin on a table.
You'll be outside, moving through real terrain, working through practical scenarios and making clinical decisions with the same sorts of limitations you'll face when you're a long way from definitive care.
The course is designed for doctors, nurses, paramedics and other experienced medical professionals who want to get better at managing patients when things don't go to plan - and when you can't simply call for another team, grab more equipment or drive to the nearest hospital.
We'll cover the practical side of wilderness, remote and austere medicine through realistic scenarios, including patient assessment, trauma management, communication, leadership, evacuation planning and working effectively as a team.
And then there's where you're doing all of this.
The Bay of Fires is a pretty special classroom. Think white beaches, orange lichen-covered rocks, clear water, coastal bush and plenty of space to breathe. You'll spend your days learning and putting your skills to work, then finish the day at the Bay of Fires Lodge with a good meal, a comfortable bed and the chance to actually enjoy where you are.
It's a course, but it doesn't have to feel like one.
There's time to walk, explore, have a drink, swap stories with the other participants and enjoy Tasmania without having to rush off to the next session or sit in a lecture theatre until 5pm.
We think that's a pretty good way to do CPD.
Facilitated by internationally recognised wilderness medicine experts, RescueMED’s hands-on course develops confidence in patient assessment, trauma care, leadership, communication, evacuation planning and emergency response in austere environments. Every workshop and scenario has been built specifically for wilderness conditions, challenging participants to sharpen their clinical edge where help may be hours away.
Wilderness Rescue Medicine courses are eligible for ACRRM & RACGP Rural Procedural Grants Programmes.
Procedural GP's can receive $2000 per day, for up to 10 days of training per financial year, and GP's providing hospital based emergency services can receive up to three days of eligible training per financial year.
