Hostile Environment (HE) & Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B and WEMT)
Vocational qualification
Blended
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Methodology
Blended
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Duration
15 Days
The objective of the course is to enable you to become not only a fully accredited and qualified EMT but be able to actually work having gained real experience. This is more than just a course. Suitable for: Anyone that requires accredited medical training with a proper international qualification. Designed for the Hostile Environment and Remote areas so also suitable for anyone looking to gain experience in this field.
Important information
Government funding available
About this course
There are no pre entry requirements other than basic first aid knowledge You must be physically able to to conduct the course.
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Course programme
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The Hostile & Wildreness EMT course challenges from the outset, providing an in depth curriculum backed up with realistic scenario based exercises in remote (jungle, volcano and coastal locations) locations
The course culminates in a clinical attachment where delegates will work as part of an operational ambulance crew to consolidate their skills and ensure competency and confidence in a truly hostile environment.
This course exceeds the requirements for the IHCD / Royal College of Surgeons First Person on Scene – Intermediate (BTEC Level 2) award & the AREMT EMT-B syllabus and incorporates the following additional modules:
-Tactical Combat Casualty Care
-Trauma Management (AAOS Assessment & Treatment of Trauma)
-Enhanced skills for the remote medic (Fluid resuscitation, airway management, needle decompression and urinary catheterisation)
-Environmental (Snake bite anti venom training including IV & IM injections)
-Primary Health Care & Tropical diseases
-Live Tissue Lab
This 15 day course is ideal for security professionals seeking to work in the oil & gas sector or within close protection teams internationally and provides the essential first aid qualification to apply for a UK Security Industry Authority license to practice Close Protection. Additionally, this course provides the necessary skills for search & rescue personnel, group leaders and NGOs operating in isolated posts.
Throughout the course each theory module is backed up by practical workshops and scenarios which medics are likely to encounter on operations, such as; cardiac arrest, road traffic collisions, building collapse & subsequent crush injuries, gunshot and blast wounds along with dehydration and inhalation injuries.
CONTENT
The content is detailed below however there are many more real experiences gained. You will leave the course as a quailified Emergency Medical Technician.
Ambulance operations, Responsibilities of the First Responder / EMT
Patient assessment, Triage, Managing trauma & medical conditions, Pharmacology, Moving and handling, Spinal injury management,
Catastrophic haemorrhage, Shock, Special populations
Environmental: Heat illnesse and cold injury, effects of altitude, bites, stings
and Anti venom administration, Intravenous Cannulation*, Intraosseous cannulation*, Fluid resuscitation*, penetrating chest injuries (needle decompression)* Oxygen adminsitration and airway management, Defibrillation
Tactical Combat Casualty Care protocols*, Advanced airway management*
Packaging and documentation, MEDEVAC & CASEVAC, Tissue lab
Remote area jungle exercise, and much more
*Knowledge and skills outside of the FPOS / EMT syllabus. These elements are taught for the EMT to assist the paramedic or for use under medical direction in remote and hostile areas and are not approved for use in the UK at EMT / FPOS level
Qualifications
Successful completion of the course culminates in the award of the following baseline qualifications:
-Australasian Registry of Emergency Medical technicians – Emergency Medical Technician – Basic
-American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) - Wilderness EMT Upgrade
Additional Qualifications Available (including additional certification fee)
-UK Institute for Health Care Development – First Person on Scene – Intermediate (BTEC L 2)
-American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons – Assessment & Treatment of Trauma – Basic (10 CEHs)
Hostile Environment (HE) & Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B and WEMT)