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Sunshine Coast Trauma Workshop

About The Event

Don't miss out on this exclusive hands-on trauma workshop! This event will begin with a short review on advanced skills in trauma care, and some insights into extended care training of flight critical care paramedics in Queensland. The session will then progress into a practical workshop, with participants rotating around skills stations on RSI drills, surgical airways, finger thoracostomy, needle thoracentesis and fracture reduction. This workshop will be delivered by experienced critical care paramedics, including experts in trauma care and retrieval medicine.

Facilitators:

  • Tim Fry, High Acuity Response Unit
  • Anthony Crompton, Flight CCP
  • Ben Phipps, Flight CCP
  • Tony Hucker, CCP & QAS Director of Clinical Operations

Due to the hands-on nature of this event, it will not be recorded or streamed online. Tickets are limited, so don't miss out. Book now!

Further information

This event will be free for members.

The event will be held in person at Kawana Island Meeting Place. Due to the practical nature of this event, it will not be recorded or live streamed.

Location: Kawana Island Meeting Place

Address: 5 Grand Parade, Parrearra

Room: Meeting Rooms A and B

Parking: Parking is available at the venue and in surrounding streets.

Public Transport: Some public buses go near the venue. Check your local public transport journey planner for options.

Food: Light food and beverages will be provided to all those attending in person.

Speakers

Tim Fry

Tim has been a paramedic with the Queensland Ambulance Service since 2008 and has been practicing as a critical care paramedic for the past 13 years. Most recently he has been working on the Brisbane High Acuity Response Unit (HARU) and enjoys passing on his experience and lessons learned in his role as a clinical support officer.

Anthony Crompton

Anthony completed a Bachelor of Science through Deakin University after finishing school. He found himself becoming a paramedic by chance in 1999, commencing work in Sydney and transferring to rural Queensland in 2002. He worked in the Wide Bay Burnett area while completing a post graduate diploma in intensive care paramedicine and successfully applied for the intensive care program In 2004. While working initially on road, Anthony was soon involved with helicopters based in Bundaberg. He has spent time as an Officer in Charge and Clinical Support Officer on the Fraser Coast. In 2010 he successfully applied for a position on the special operations response team in Brisbane before gaining a position on the Sunshine Coast helicopter in 2012 where he currently works as a critical care flight paramedic. Recently, Anthony has been involved in the development and implementation of the flight paramedic training program, has been a faculty member on the LifeFlight medical officer training week and has become involved in the transition to include flight paramedics into this program. Finally, Anthony was recently accepted to complete the extended scope of practice flight paramedic program, completing the initial HARU training course in August this year and currently working in a supervised practice model. While working towards obtaining credentialling through this program, he is also currently studying a Masters of Public Health.

Ben Phipps

Ben Phipps has been a paramedic for almost twenty years, with the last twelve as a critical care paramedic. A frontline supervisor and flight CCP on the Sunshine Coast, he has previously worked as a flight paramedic in Mackay and Thursday Island, and on road in Hervey Bay, Kingaroy, Cairns, Mossman and Innisfail. Outside of QAS, Ben is an auxillary firefighter with qualifications in several areas including vertical rescue & road crash rescue. A paramedicine panel pssessor with the Queensland Civil & Administrative Tribunal, Ben is married with one daughter (and another child on the way!)

Tony Hucker

Adjunct Associate Professor Tony Hucker is a Critical Care Paramedic with over four decades of experience in several Australian ambulance jurisdictions. Many years of clinical experience in both ground and rotary wing operations underpin a passion for clinical education and patient safety. Tony has extensive experience reviewing adverse outcomes from acute behavioral disturbance cases. Tony is currently the director of clinical operations for the Queensland Ambulance Service.

Program Schedule

Day 1
Time Session
17:00 Welcome
Benjamin Phipps, QLD Committee Member
17:10 An insight into extended CCP training: A case presentation
Anthony Crompton
17:30 Updates in trauma care & advanced clinical procedures
Tim Fry
18:00 Light Refreshments
Australasian College of Paramedicine
18:30 Hands-on Trauma Workshop (Skills Station Rotations)
Tim Fry, Anthony Crompton, Tony Hucker & Ben Phipps
20:50 Event Close
Benjamin Phipps, QLD Committee Member

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Student - NON MEMBER $39.00
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Paramedic - NON MEMBER $49.00

Event Information

Date
21st Oct 2024
Time
17:00 – 21:00 (AEST)
Venue
Kawana Island Meeting Place
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