Hobart
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Introduction
This unit is an intensive, residential course providing practical skills development to support the on-line units offered in the Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments program. The unit commences with a focus on basic knowledge and skills in the following domains: expedition preparation and planning, wilderness emergency medical response, search and rescue, remote area communications, navigation, steep terrain rescue, use of stretchers and splints, and cold injury and high altitude medicine. Students are required to apply these skills in progressively more complex exercises, and to adapt, synthesise, and improvise to solve prolonged, complex emergency scenarios. A strong emphasis is placed upon developing leadership and team-working skills. The practical elements are complemented by an on-line component in the medical aspects of pre-expedition preparation and planning.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Expedition Medicine |
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| Unit code | CAM631 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Health and Medicine Tasmanian School of Medicine |
| Discipline | Medicine |
| Coordinator | Brenton Systermans |
| Teaching staff | Dr Edi Albert & others |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | workshop x 8 day |
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| Assessment | Practical Assessment x 3 Ungraded Pass Written Assessments (3500 words) Ungraded Pass. |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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