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Hazmat and Hyperbaric Emergencies

About The Event

How often have you managed a patient or scene where HAZMAT considerations are required? How about Hyperbaric emergencies? Join the Tasmanian Chapter for an evening discussing these less commonly encountered conditions and areas of paramedic management.

In this session Tim Schmidtke (Ambulance Tasmania Intensive Care Paramedic and Clinical Services Officer) and Ellis Gingell (Ambulance Tasmania Paramedic and Emergency Operations Centre Officer) will be delving into all things HAZMAT drawing from their training and experience in this field.

Presenting alongside them will be Dr. Rod Franks (Royal Hobart Hospital Department of Hyperbaric Medicine and Ambulance Tasmania Aeromedical Retrieval) exploring principles of and common hyperbaric emergencies.

Note: the information delivered in this session is based on Tasmanian processes. These processes may differ from state to state.

To reserve your place, click on the "tickets" tab. Limited places available.

Photo by Ömer Yıldız on Unsplash

Further information

6pm to 8pm AEST, Wednesday 7 July 2021

Face-to-face venue: Ambulance Tasmania Auditorium, Lower Level, 12 Brisbane Street, Hobart

The presentation will also be streamed live online.

To reserve your place, click on the "tickets" tab. Limited places available.

A NOTE REGARDING COVID-19

With the COVID-19 situation ever changing the College would like to reassure the attendees of this event that all precautions will be taken including, but not limited to, the following:

Ensuring all attendees sign in Social distancing measures Sanitiser stations The College requires members, event attendees, volunteers and staff not to attend College events if, on the day of the event:

You are unwell, including exhibiting symptoms ranging from mild to severe illness, and include (but not limited to) fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell

You have been or have any reason to suspect you have been exposed to someone with or suspected to have COVID-19

You have been tested for COVID-19 and are awaiting results

You live or work in an identified “hotspot” or place with known community transmission

You, or someone you live with, are in self-isolation because you / they have visited or travelled overseas within the past 28 days, or

You are in self-isolation due to having had contact with someone with suspected or diagnosed COVID-19.

Note: In relation to events with an attendance fee, the College will refund the ticket price to anyone unable to attend due to the above advice. Where an event has been planned or advertised and a case of community transmission is identified, then a decision will be made on a case by case basis by the College CEO as to whether the event will go ahead or will need to be postponed. In the event of cancellation of face-to-face events all registered guests will be notified and where possible the event will be changed to an online Webinar format.

Speakers

Dr. Rod Franks

Rod has a background as a specialist emergency physician at the RHH for 30 years. He is currently working part time as a specialist in Hyperbaric Medicine and also Retrieval Coordination for Ambulance Tasmania. He has previously been Ambulance Service Medical Officer for extended periods for both the South and more recently North West Tasmania. He has chaired the Tasmanian Ambulance Clinical Council for over a decade.

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College member face-to-face Free
Non-member face-to-face $29.00
College member ONLINE Free
Non-member ONLINE $29.00

Event Information

Date
7th Jul 2021
Time
18:00 – 20:00 (AEST)
Venue
Ambulance Tasmania Auditorium + streamed live
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