Australian Trauma Team Training (ATTT)

Number of participants: Max 12

Location: Royal Darwin Hospital

Criteria of Attendance

This course is limited to Emergency Nurses and Doctors, Surgical Registrar’s, Intensive Care Registrar’s, Anaesthetic Registrar’s and whose current role is to work in the Trauma Call resuscitation team.

Objectives of the course

A multi-professional, multidisciplinary simulation-based course that addresses teamwork skills and clinical practice relevant to trauma management.

Expose trauma teams to simulated cases of serious trauma and provide them with an opportunity to rehearse early management of these cases focusing on their response and
interaction as a team.

Instruct teams in the specific behavioural skills and attitudes relevant to effective trauma teamwork including;

Team leadership/fellowship, principals of ‘crisis’ management, team communication, negotiation and conflict resolution and safety culture.

Revise general principals of trauma management according to best practices in the NT.

Revise specific management of key trauma conditions such as head injury, major haemorrhage and multi trauma.

This course is aimed at Emergency Nurses and Doctors, Surgical Registrar’s, Intensive Care Registrar’s, Anaesthetic Registrar’s and whose current role is to work in the Trauma Call resuscitation team.

Course Cost:

Northern Territory Government staff members: $115.00 (pp incl.GST)

Non-Northern Territory Government staff: $130.00 (pp incl.GST)