Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST)

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You will be able to register in a few easy steps:

• You will have to sign in to eHub to register (please refer to the quick reference guide (PDF 568.52KB) for detailed steps, or watch this video on how to navigate your way through the platform)
• Complete the registration form
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• Make payment via card or PayPal
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For more information, please refer to the frequently asked questions (PDF 130.53KB).

After completing the EMST course, a participant will be able to:

• demonstrate the concepts and principles of primary and secondary patient assessment;
• establish management priorities in the initial management of a trauma patient;
• initiate primary and secondary management of a simulated trauma patient in a timely manner;
• in a trauma situation, demonstrate skills that are often required in the initial assessment and treatment of patients with multiple injuries.

The provider course is for first-time participants and:

• runs over 2.5 days
• is conducted for 16 participants
• is taught by a faculty of 10 trauma experts
• is highly interactive and includes skills stations and scenarios
• is assessed (successful completion required to achieve certification)

The refresher course is for those who have completed a provider course within the last five to six years. It is:

• 1.5 days in duration
• conducted for 16 participants
• for those who completed EMST or ATLS prior (within six years)
• taught by a faculty of 10 instructors
• highly interactive skills stations and scenarios
• assessed (successful completion required to achieve certification)

The refresher course combines facilitated discussions with interactive case scenarios to create a uniquely interactive, learner-focussed experience.

If it has been longer than six years since you completed your provider course, you may be required to complete another provider course instead of a refresher.

The ADF course runs similarly to a standard provider course and is only available to ADF personnel.

The course covers the following:

• Initial assessment and management
• Airway and ventilatory management
• Shock
• Thoracic trauma
• Head trauma
• Abdominal and pelvic trauma
• Practical surgical skills
• Spine and spinal cord trauma
• Musculoskeletal trauma
• Thermal injuries
• Trauma in pregnancy and intimate partner violence
• Paediatric trauma and geriatric trauma
• Transfer to definitive care
• Role of FAST

Tailored from the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®) course of the American College of Surgeons, EMST is recognised as equivalent to ATLS® internationally.

This course includes content that aligns to the following surgical competencies.

• Medical expertise
• Technical expertise
• Professionalism
• Judgement and decision making
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Communication

The EMST provider course caters to:

• Junior doctors
• Doctors training or specialising in intensive care, emergency medicine, anaesthetics, surgery and general practice
• SET Trainees of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (training requirement)
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Trainees (training requirement)

To register, applicants must be post-graduate year (PGY) 2+ registered medical graduates (e.g. MBBS).

The EMST refresher course caters to:

• Doctors who have completed a provider course within the last four to six years.

If it has been longer than six years since completing a provider course, consider completing another provider course instead of a refresher.

Australia

• Provider course – $3,620.00 (including GST)
• Refresher course – $2,690.00 (including GST)

Australian SETs who are mandated to complete the course are exempt from GST on Australian courses.

Aotearoa New Zealand

• Provider course – $4,050.00 (including GST)
• Refresher course – $3,010.00 (including GST)

Courses conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand will be invoiced in NZ dollars, regardless of residential country of applicant.

The fee for this course includes:

• online course manual: ATLS 10th Edition, American College of Surgeons, 2018
• online resources, including pre-course test
• catering
• certificate upon successful completion.

In the event that a participant withdraws from a Skills Training course, the following refund criteria are applied:

• Withdrawal more than 10 weeks prior to course: 95% refund of course fee
• Withdrawal less than 10 weeks prior to course: 50% refund of course fee
• Withdrawal less than 6 weeks prior to course: no refund of course fee

This policy will apply to all courses and participants. We encourage registration to local courses.

In the event that RACS is required to cancel a course, participants will receive a full refund of their course fee.

If a participant is not able to attend the course for compassionate reasons (e.g. sickness or bereavement) the refund amount will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Please contact [email protected] as soon as possible if you are not able to attend the course.

Please do not attend a RACS event if you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or are awaiting a test result.

As of November 2024.

To withdraw from your allocated course, please login to eHub and follow the steps given below:

• Click your profile name on the upper right-hand corner of the page.
• Click My Registrations. This will display a list of all courses you are enrolled for.
• Click CANCEL button for the course you want to withdraw from.
• You will receive an email notification confirming your withdrawal.
• If you are eligible for a refund, you will be refunded by the payment method used at time of purchase, you will receive an email confirming the credit has been processed.
• For eligible refunds through payment method of PayPal, if payment was made over six months ago, PayPal will decline the refund. Our Finance team will contact you for an alternative refund method.

Unfortunately, transfers to alternative courses are not possible.

Australia and NZ Surgical Skills Education and Training

• Australia
• Aotearoa New Zealand