Overview
Empowering health professionals on key concepts on burns management. It involves a 2-day interactive learning experience focused on profession specific functions of a burns patient.
A multi-disciplinary approach will be emphasized on the course to meet the needs of the patient across the care continuum. Participants will also be provided with practical learning sessions and will be presented with thought provoking case scenarios. Participants are will also be considered as burns resource personnel and are expected to pro-actively support burns patients in their respective workplace.
Course content and key topics
These include:
- Burns in the Top-End
- Royal Darwin Hospital burns service
- Physiology and Mechanisms of burns
- Burns Assessment
- Dressing Choices
- Systemic effect of burns
- Burns nursing
- Emergency management of burns
- Burns and the allied health team
Suitable participants include doctors, nurses, Defence health personnel, medics, paramedics, mine site staff, emergency services, and public health/DoH senior staff.
Learning Outcomes
- Discuss the role of the Royal Darwin Hospital Burns Service in the management of burns in the Top End.
- Describe different mechanisms of burns
- Discuss the physiology of burn injuries and the importance of first aid
- Assess burns injuries
- Discuss several surgical modalities in management of burns
- Discuss the fluid resuscitation requirements for a burn injury
- Discuss options for wound management of a burn injury
- Describe the care of a graft and graft donor site
- Discuss the roles of the allied health team in the management of a burn
- Discuss the management of paediatric burns patient
- Determine need of patients with major burns in the emergency, intensive care and sub-acute ward.
Course Instructions
- To accomplish the course, it is important that you attend both days of the course and fill out the online evaluation form through mylearning
- A pre-course manual will be distributed to your work area once your enrolment is complete.
Provider
Burns Unit (2A Royal Darwin Hospital)
Costs
For NTG employees - there is NO cost
For external employees workshop cost is $100/day. Participant is to pay at Receiver of Territory Monies (RTM) at RDH
Completion
Must attend face to face workshop and complete evaluation to receive certificate of attendance
How to enrol
Please note that enrolling into this course will not secure a spot on an upcoming training session. To book in for a session, first enrol here then select an available session under the 'Book Here' tab.
Self-enrol
Use the 'Enrol me' button located at the bottom of this page. If you cannot see the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page, please CLICK HERE and re-check for the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page. Clicking on the 'Enrol me' button will enrol you in the course and take you to the course homepage. Then you will be able to sign-up to a training session.
NTG Staff – login with your NTG LAN details. These are the same details you use to log onto your work computer.
Non-NTG Staff – login with your MyLearning account details or apply for a MyLearning account using the Application form for non-departmental staff.
How to secure your place in the course
Department of Health employees there is no cost involved. External participants are required to pay $100 per day to undertake this course. See Payment process below.
Payment Process
- Participant must make required payment to the Receiver of Territory Monies quoting the course they wish to attend.
- Please send payment receipt to CLEaRS.DOH@nt.gov.au
Cancellation Policy
A non-attendance fee of $250 will apply if notice of cancellation is not received at least 48 hours prior to course commencement. In addition fees will not be refunded if package has been sent to applicant.
Contacts
For information regarding the course,
Burns Nurse
p: 8922 6941 / 8922 8888
pager 0533
e: dave.jacinto@nt.gov.au