Objectives
The course aims to equip the registered nurses with essential knowledge and skills to perform effectively and efficiently in the emergency settings, so as to ensure the delivery of safe, holistic and quality care to patients.

Content

• Core Module:
  • Pain Management
  • Infection Control
  • Wound Management
  • Management of Patient with Diabetes
  • Nutrition Support
  • Physiological monitoring
  • Assist in resuscitation intubation and ventilation
  • Health Promotion/Health Education
  • Ethical and Legal Issues
• Emergency Nursing Module:
  • Fundamentals and interpretation of ECG readings for cardiac disorders arrhythmias, angina and acute myocardial infarction
  • Definition, principles, classifications and components of triage
  • Role of triage nurse
  • Triage guidelines:
    • Trauma
    • Non-trauma
  • Management of patient with multiple trauma
  • Organisation of a resuscitation; adult and paediatric
  • Cardiac arrest in special circumstances:
    • Near drowning
    • Pregnancy
    • Poisoning
    • Role of the health services in civil emergencies
  • Role and function of medical elements at disaster site:
    • Emergency management of chemical disaster

For Whom
Registered nurses currently in the emergency nursing discipline.

Duration
15 days

Training Dates/Period

Oct 2005

Number of Participants Per Intake
10

Fee
$1,500 per pax (inclusive of GST)

Enquiries/Registration