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Extended Care in Remote Areas
This course is in development This course is being designed for those people who have a Pre-Hospital Emergency Care certificate or equivalent qualification and who also work in environments where evacuation to hospital could be delayed for up to several days. It assumes that there will be supplies of drugs, fluids, oxygen and (possibly) untrained assistants. It is ideal for island GP's, oil rig medics, ships medical officers, and all others who work in an isolated environment. We see an educational vacuum in that most Immediate Care courses assume rapid evacuation to hospital, and most Expedition Medicine courses assume no advanced skills. This course assumes you have some equipment, but no radiology, operating theatre or laboratory. We planned on running the course in March 2004 but got in to negotiation with the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. They are interested in this being an accredited course. It is ground breaking in concept. We have approached some of the world's experts and ask what they would do in these circumstances. Putting this course together is demanding a significant investment of time and money. We think the course will run for 3 days and will cost about £700.
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