Emergency Life Support Course (ELS)
www.elscourse.com.au
The practice of Emergency Medicine requires a broad range of both knowledge and technical skills.
Many doctors, such as rural general practitioners and hospital medical officers, play an important and significant role in the delivery of emergency medical care to seriously ill patients. They often do so in relative isolation and without the benefit of on-site supervision by Emergency Medicine specialists.
The emergency management of seriously ill patients can be an infrequent and therefore frightening event for these doctors. A strong need exists for a comprehensive course that teaches the necessary skills and knowledge to these doctors to help them manage patients with medical emergencies safely and effectively.
In response to this need a group of Australian Emergency Medicine specialists have created the Emergency Life Support (ELS) Course and course manual.
The first ELS Course was held in Australia in Tamworth, New South Wales (NSW) in 1997.
By the end of 2005, 103 courses had been held in various locations throughout Australia and New Zealand and 1,800 medical practitioners had participated in the course. The ELS Course became an incorporated association in 1999 and as such, operates as a non-profit organisation, is self-funding, and continues to operate on the strength of its instructors who donate their time and expertise for free.
Schedule of Courses for 2010
February
13th - 14th Adelaide, South Australia
March
13th - 14th Singleton, New South Wales
March
20th - 21st Balmain, New South Wales
April
17th - 18th Burnie, Tasmania
May
15th - 16th Moree, New South Wales
May
22nd - 23rd Melbourne, Victoria
June
19th - 20th Cairns, Queensland
June
17th - 18th Werribee, Victoria
August
7th - 8th Nowra, New South Wales
August
21st - 22nd Adelaide, South Australia
September
18th -19th Orange, New South Wales
October
16th - 17th Shepparton, Victoria
November
6th - 7th Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
November
27th - 28th Sunshine Coast, Queensland
ASEM Supports Emergency Life Support Courses For PNG!!
At a recent ELS course in NSW, ASEM President Dr Gayle McInerney presented a cheque for $3000 to ELS course convenor, Dr Greg McDonald and Dr Alfred Raka from PNG. ASEM is please to support the ELS Inc with it's plan to develop a course specifically tailored for the practice of emergency medicine in PNG.
ELS is also seeking donations of suitable teaching equipment - in particular training manequins that may have been "retired" from your hospital.
If you have any such equipment that may be suitable, please contact:
Dr John Kennedy c/- the ELS office at elscourse@bigpond.com
