ETM Course Nurse Participants

The nurse participant may attend all small group/procedural teaching sessions. Priority to actively participate in procedural skills practice will be given to medical practitioners in order to facilitate their competency of the skills (as many of the procedural skills are outside the scope of practice of nursing staff).

If time permits, at the discretion of the instructors, nursing participants may undertake procedural skill practice.

During scenarios, nurse participants will act in their scope of practice as an RN and attend duties as directed by the Team Leader, for example:

• Attaching monitoring
• Drug administration
• Other duties as directed by the Team Leader
• IV access
• Assistance with intubation (airway nurse role)
• Wound management
• Other duties

One of the aims of the ETM and PTM Course is for all participants to gain a better understanding of the challenges and difficulties associated with being a team leader during the resuscitation of a multi-injured trauma patient.

The level of experience and exposure to the management of critically unwell patients and the healthcare resources available (nursing staff expertise, equipment etc.) differs significantly amongst medical participants. For some participants, the simulations they undertake as part of the three-day ETM program are their initial exposure to the demanding role of medical team leader.

To best facilitate the mastery of this role, the faculty at ETM request that you do not pre-empt medical interventions as you would normally in your role as an Emergency Nurse. We appreciate that this may feel awkward as some of your clinical nursing interventions are now intuitive and spontaneous.

We request that you wait for direction from the medical team leader prior to undertaking any clinical intervention. When undertaking the clinical intervention, please implement it according to your current level of knowledge and skill.

The nurse participant is required to complete the online pre-course MCQ test. The MCQ will be emailed to all participants prior to course commencement. On the final day of the program, the nurse participant is required to complete the post-course MCQ.

Nurse participants are not required to sit the Day 1 or Day 3 OSCE tests, but are strongly encouraged to sit the OSCE.

Yes, we would very much like nurse participants to attend the social function.

The nurse participant will be provided with a certificate of attendance at the completion of the course. In order to be awarded the certificate, the nurse participant must attend all timetabled teaching sessions of the program.

Nurse participants will receive a certificate for 22 hours of attendance.