EMET has had a busy start to 2019. Jen McQueen has handed over the reigns to Juan Carlos Ascencio-Lane and Jacinta Stewart has stepped down and Sarah Ascencio-Lane has taken over the Project Support Officer role. You can imagine how exciting the pillow talk is now in the Ascencio-Lane house hold.
We have continued to run several sessions a month at our rural sites. February started with visits to Bruny Island and Swansea (and let’s be honest – if you have to travel in summer for an education session these are the go to locations!)
In March Jen, Juan and Sarah attended Huonville to run concurrent simulation scenarios involving Intraosseous guns and also Air way management and manoeuvres. The staff thoroughly enjoyed both sessions but as is often the case, time went far to quickly and everyone was disappointed when it was time to wrap up and send them off to start their work day.
Iestyn took a spin up the east coast to talk about Head injuries and c-spine immobilisation with the lovely folk at Swansea.
In April Jo and Sarah visited Geeveston with the plan to discuss ‘Environmental emergencies’, however the talk turned into a case based discussion on heart failure and cardiogenic shock following questions from staff surrounding a patient they had recently treated. This was a classic example of why our rural and remote GP’s enjoy our sessions. Our FACEMS are so knowledgeable and able to competently cover every topic that is thrown at them with a moments notice.
Juan and Sarah had a day trip to Bruny Island community Health Centre where we had an hour and a half session with staff. Topics covered were Anaphylaxis and Respiratory failure – when to evacuate off the Island. The staff enjoyed the hands-on approach with multiple simulation scenarios at the end.
At the start of April Sarah headed to Melbourne for a PSO training day (and a little shopping thrown in). It was a great opportunity to meet some of the other PSO’s and hear about the services run around Australia. The EMET program really does reach so many remote and rural communities and provide invaluable education and learning opportunities. It is also having a positive effect on our communication and relationship with external health care centres. Our RHH EMET Hub really is providing an amazing service and you should all be very proud.
The coming months will see us head back to Huonville, Geeveston, Bruny Island and Swansea. Feelers have been put out to see if further rural sites would like to partake in EMET sessions – such as Nubeena and Oatlands. In the mean time if you are partaking in an EMET education day please ensure that you are rostered an ‘A’ day so that we can properly pay you for your time.
Cheers
Sarah Ascencio-Lane.
EMET PSO
We have continued to run several sessions a month at our rural sites. February started with visits to Bruny Island and Swansea (and let’s be honest – if you have to travel in summer for an education session these are the go to locations!)
In March Jen, Juan and Sarah attended Huonville to run concurrent simulation scenarios involving Intraosseous guns and also Air way management and manoeuvres. The staff thoroughly enjoyed both sessions but as is often the case, time went far to quickly and everyone was disappointed when it was time to wrap up and send them off to start their work day.
Iestyn took a spin up the east coast to talk about Head injuries and c-spine immobilisation with the lovely folk at Swansea.
In April Jo and Sarah visited Geeveston with the plan to discuss ‘Environmental emergencies’, however the talk turned into a case based discussion on heart failure and cardiogenic shock following questions from staff surrounding a patient they had recently treated. This was a classic example of why our rural and remote GP’s enjoy our sessions. Our FACEMS are so knowledgeable and able to competently cover every topic that is thrown at them with a moments notice.
Juan and Sarah had a day trip to Bruny Island community Health Centre where we had an hour and a half session with staff. Topics covered were Anaphylaxis and Respiratory failure – when to evacuate off the Island. The staff enjoyed the hands-on approach with multiple simulation scenarios at the end.
At the start of April Sarah headed to Melbourne for a PSO training day (and a little shopping thrown in). It was a great opportunity to meet some of the other PSO’s and hear about the services run around Australia. The EMET program really does reach so many remote and rural communities and provide invaluable education and learning opportunities. It is also having a positive effect on our communication and relationship with external health care centres. Our RHH EMET Hub really is providing an amazing service and you should all be very proud.
The coming months will see us head back to Huonville, Geeveston, Bruny Island and Swansea. Feelers have been put out to see if further rural sites would like to partake in EMET sessions – such as Nubeena and Oatlands. In the mean time if you are partaking in an EMET education day please ensure that you are rostered an ‘A’ day so that we can properly pay you for your time.
Cheers
Sarah Ascencio-Lane.
EMET PSO
