Understanding the Principles and Practices of the Event Medic
This online course is an overview of the role of the event medic, it isn’t about first aid, it is about being professional, avoiding conflict, understand employment capacity and treatment boundaries.
It isn’t a rule book or set of commandments!
It has 16 modules, all packed with essential information, geared towards event medics of every skillset, whether you are a first aider, paramedic or doctor.
The modules are listed briefly below.
- Defining roles and responsibilities
Event Medic Skillset
Capacity employed
Treatment boundaries
Clinical lead - Appearance and conduct
Rights and wrongs of uniform
Unwarranted and unauthorised markings
Consequences of being caught on camera
Representing the firm that pays you
Respecting the client
Privacy and dignity - Customer relations
Respect and discretion
Poaching and the theft of clients - Basic kit
The grab bag
Your kit
Employers kit
Advanced kit - Administering painkillers
Drugs
Medical gases - First Aid base
The hub
Treatment centre
Ambulances on site
Privacy and dignity
Confidentiality - Understanding venue layout
Knowing all areas
Reaching patients
Main entrances and exits
Emergency entrances and exits - Dispatch protocol
Incident notification and dispatch - Radio/phone communication
Radio protocol
Privacy and courtesy - Personal safety
Risk Assessment
Recognising potential personal danger - Scene safety
Dynamic risk assessment
Aggressive bystanders and patients - Scene management
Taking control until backup arrives - Reporting an incident
Being clear and precise - Defining a major incident
Recognising a major incident
ETHANE
METHANE - Scene lockdown
What happens when the scene is in lockdown
Managing solo until EMS is allowed in - Triage
Mass casualty management
Seive and sort casualties
The course will be available at the end of April 2018
The cost of the course is £30.
This is not a qualification but there is an assessment upon request for those who would like a certificate of understanding.
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