• Student Programs

     

    'The Adventure Medic'

  • The Adventure Medic

    The Adventure Medic Student Program is a four-and-a-half day program aimed to introduce the fundamental skills of expedition medicine, risk mitigation and leadership through a combination of remote first aid and expedition medicine training.

     

    The course includes the nationally recognised CPR, First Aid, and Remote Area First Aid Certificates as well as partial completion of at least two modules of Expedition Medicine.

     

     

    broken image

    Modes of Delivery

    This is a highly practical course that is delivered through a combination of:

    • Didactic lectures in the field
    • Practical training
    • Practical scenarios

    Enrolled students receive a link to online modules that are to be completed prior to attending the program. This ensures that each day students are outside to maximise their practical skills development.

    We pride ourselves on delivering this program PowerPoint FREE !

     

    broken image

    Certifications and Awards

    RemoteArea First Aid Course (Nationally Recognised)

    -HLTAID009Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    -HLTAID011Provide First Aid

    -HLTAID013Provide First Aid in a remote or isolated site

    ExpedMed Module - Fundamentals of Expedition Medicine

    -CORE- Introduction to Extreme Environment Medicine

    (C1-IEM) (partial completion)

    -CORE– Expedition Field Skills

    (C3-EFS) (partial completion)

    -CORE– Expedition Medicine Skills

    (C4-EMS) (partial completion)

    Studentof Merit (SOM) Award

    -Awarded to one student per group

    broken image

    Location

    This program is as flexible and adaptable as you need.

    It can be facilitated as a multi-day event at your school grounds, in the city or as part of a multi-day overnight school facilitated camp in the outback.

     

  • Topics

    • Rapid patient assessment
    • Cardio pulmonary resuscitation
    • Field hygiene
    • Water purification
    • Food preparation and fire pit safety
    • Fracture management &d dislocations
    • Improvised splints
    • Wound management (minor and catastrophic)
    • Rope work for basic rescues and evacuations
    • Emergency shelters / improvised shelters
    • Night navigation techniques
    • Airway and hoking management
    • Asthma
    • Allergies and anaphylaxis
    • River crossing techniques
    • Heat & hydration
    • Hypothermia & non-freeing injury
    • Leadership in austere environments
    • Search and rescue techniques
    • Envenomation management
    • Lightning and electrical Injury
    • Seizure and epilepsy
    • Communication within a team

  • broken image

    Download a Training Prospectus

  • Lets chat about The Adventure Medic!