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Training is available to help GPs and other frontline general practice staff better prepare for natural disasters like bushfires and flood.
Resilience NSW
Resilience NSW offers the following free online emergency management training courses:
NSW Emergency Management Training
This foundational online course empowers you to understand emergency management in NSW. Across four modules, you will cover the different emergency management plans which govern an emergency response and the roles of different organisations.
emtraining.nsw.gov.au/course/nsw-emergency-management-program
NSW Emergency Management Training is a prerequisite to a catalogue of additional training programs, including:
Introduction to Emergency Management
An overview of the emergency management roles and responsibilities of relevant government and community agencies in NSW and the general concepts and structure of emergency management under the NSW Emergency Management Arrangements.
emtraining.nsw.gov.au/course/introduction-to-emergency-management/
Evacuation Management
Using a risk treatment strategy, learners acquire the skills and knowledge to contribute to the selection, planning, implementation and management of evacuations in a community experiencing one or more disasters.
emtraining.nsw.gov.au/course/evacuation-management/
Major Incident Emergency Management Medical Support (MIMMS)
South Western Sydney LHD
MIMMS is a globally recognised training program teaching a systematic approach to a multiple casualty incident.
The emphasis is on scene management and pre-hospital care, learned through:
- structured lectures
- table-top exercises
- practical radio communication exercises
- casualty triage exercises.
The course is based on developing the practical skills health professionals can use in management of health and casualties in a disaster or major incident.
MIMMS is typically attended by medical practitioners, nurses, paramedics, ambulance officers, emergency managers and emergency first responders. The course beneficial to understanding health and ambulance service roles and operating procedures at a major incident site.
The MIMMS approach provides consistency and ensures responders are prepared and understand the operational management structure they are working within, both on-site and inside the hospital.
MIMMS certification is valid for four years.
One-day workshops are made available to primary care providers by South Western Sydney LHD periodically.
Check Practice Pulse for announcements or email disastermanagement@swsphn.com.au to request course date announcements.