FIFO MEDICAL ESSENTIALS

Sunshine Coast, QLD

Venue 114

114 Sportsman Parade, Bokarina 4575 QLD

5th – 9th May 2025

16th – 20th June 2025

21st – 25th July 2025

22nd – 26th September 2025

20th – 24th October 2025

10th – 14th November 2025

This 5-day face to face course brings together the major qualification and essential skill requirements for Medical Officers, Registered and Enrolled Nurses, RANs, Registered Paramedics, Advanced Medics seeking to work, or upskill in either the Rural and Remote Clinic / Hospital / MPS setting, or the Resources Sector (including Marine and Offshore).

Our course is aimed at both beginning, and more advanced Medical, Nursing, Medic or Paramedic practitioners.

Note – This 5-day course does not include Maternity / Neonatal Emergencies

Course

$2595

$2495 for Days 1, 2 & 3, 4

$2595

$2495 for Days 2 & 3, 4, 5

$3490

$3390 for Days 1, 2 & 3, 4, 5

Day 1 – $895

0745 to 1700

Advanced Life Support 2 (including Basic Life Support)

  • Nationally Accredited with the RACGP & ACCRM to ARC Guidelines
  • This course is equivalent to the ARC ALS2 program.

Day 2 – $1100 (both days)

0745 to 1700

 

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Day 3

0745 to 1700

Remote Area Emergency Care and Management of Trauma & Medical Emergencies

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Skills Stations and Scenarios – Small group rotations

  1. Packaging for Transfer / Retrieval
  2. Rural and Remote Sector overview (including International)
  3. Resources Sector overview
  4. Recognising the Deteriorating Patient
  5. The Sick Child
  6. Stop-Bleed, Splinting and Immobilisation
  7. ECG and Rhythm Interpretation
  8. Basic wound closure (Suturing, Stapling, Gluing)
  9. Basic plaster casting
  10. Advanced Airway, including RSI Processes and NIV and a demo of Airway and Breathing procedures 
  11. Intravenous cannulation, Intraosseous insertion
  12. Medical Emergencies (Sepsis and Respiratory)

Day 4 (see each option for cost per course)

0745 to 1400

Optional Courses

Option a – $600+GST

HLTPAT005 Collect Specimens Drugs of Abuse Testing Course 

Nationally recognised workplace collection course

Option b – $600

Essential Triage Course

Referencing the ATS and ETEK guidelines  

Day 5 – $895

0745 to 1700

Paediatric Advanced Life Support

  • Biannual certification to ANZCOR and ARC guidelines

Course Flyers & Program
Course program

Course Fees (Afterpay not available for amounts over $2000)

Variety of payment options available:

Please contact us if none of the payment methods work for you – and we can arrange invoices with split / modified due dates that mutually suit us both.

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Registration for Bokarina – Venue 114

20% discount for Company groups only – email barry@bledisloemedical.com.au to register each participant separately.

Course includes:

  • Coffee and Tea station all day, morning tea & lunch.
  • Please notify any dietary requirements

Your Trainers

(From left to right in photo)

Barry McCarthy RN RP

Managing Director

Barry, Registered Nurse / Registered Paramedic, the Director of Bledisloe Medical, is our Emergency & Critical Care specialist. He brings over 30 years of skills and knowledge from his background in state-based ED, retrieval, and nursing education and leadership roles in both Qld and New Zealand.

Now with his own education and training business, Barry brings all his skills, qualifications, and experience to our expanding range of courses both locally to the Sunshine Coast and throughout Australia and the South Pacific

Libby Bowell OAM RN

Instructor

Libby Bowell OAM is a nurse of rare calibre. With 40+ years of nursing, she is a current NT RAN, ED Nurse, and has been a ED NUM and Director of Education for CRANA.

Additionally, she has worked and led over 30 international humanitarian missions with the Red Cross and is a recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal for her work in North Africa with Ebola. She has also been awarded an Order of Australia for her services to Nursing in Australia.

Libby joins us to pass on her tremendous depth of remote area nursing experience, knowledge, and insights, to nurses looking to work in rural and remote healthcare in our upcoming FIFO Medical Essential courses.

Paul Chant RN

Advanced Medic & Instructor

Paul is our Resources Sector specialist and Director of Training. He brings his experience in 34 years of ED nursing and resources sectors, working and managing health clinics for companies including Oilsearch (PNG), Woodside, Rio Tinto and DOF Subsea.

In between our FIFO Medical Essentials courses Paul works with Aspen Medical and Corporate Protect Australia to provide contract nursing services to Santos, Shell and other resource companies.

Course Recognition and Certification

On successful completion you will be issued with: (appropriate to the days you attend)

Full course (48 CPD Hours)

  • Certificate of Attendance plus all the aspects below
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Day 1 (16 CPD Hours – including pre course requirements)

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Days 2 and 3 combined (20 CPD Hours)

  • Certificate of Attendance – Remote Area Emergency Care and Management of Trauma and Medical Emergencies
  • Certificate of Competency – Basic and Advanced Clinical Skills and Knowledge
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Day 4 Option 1 (12 CPD Hours – including pre course requirements)

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Day 4 Option 2 (12 CPD Hours)

    • Essential Triage Course

Accomodation

There are many options close to the Venue, check out the likes of wotif.com or booking.com for further information. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for advice.

Terms & Conditions

Can’t make the course? We understand! And can offer the following Terms and Options

We appreciate your interest in our services at Bledisloe Medical Pty Ltd. To ensure transparency and compliance with Australian Consumer Laws, we have established the following cancellation and refund policy:

Cancellation Policy:

  • Clients are entitled to cancel any scheduled services associated with their relevant Services Agreement at any time.

  • To cancel any scheduled services without incurring any penalties, clients must provide a minimum of two weeks’ written notice prior to the date of any scheduled services.

Refund Eligibility:

  • Clients may be eligible for a refund if they cancel their service booking in accordance with the cancellation policy outlined above.

  • Failure to provide the required two weeks’ written notice may result in the forfeiture of any refund entitlement.

Rescheduling Policy:

  • Clients who wish to reschedule their service booking may do so by providing a minimum of two weeks’ written notice prior to the scheduled service date.

  • Rescheduling requests made with the required notice will be accommodated without any penalties.

  • If a client reschedules their service booking, they will have the option to apply any payments made towards the rescheduled service or receive a full refund associated with the scheduled services, less any applicable surcharges.

Refund Process:

  • If a cancellation or rescheduling request is received with at least two weeks’ written notice, clients may be entitled to a full refund (less any surcharges) of any payments made for the scheduled services.

  • Refunds will be processed using the same method of payment used for the original purchase.

  • Refunds will be processed promptly, but please allow up to 7 business days for the refund to reflect in your account.

Non-Refundable Services:

  • Certain services may be deemed non-refundable, regardless of the cancellation or rescheduling notice period. These include services that have already been performed or services for which expenses have already been incurred on behalf of the client.

Non-refundable Deposits(Bookings made external to website ONLY):

  • If you are not booking through our website (e.g. via phone, email or in person) the following will apply:

    • We may require that clients pay a ten percent (10%) non-refundable deposit to secure their service booking.

    • Clients will not be entitled to any refund of the deposit if they change their mind or for any other reason.

    • The balance of the service fees will be payable within four (4) weeks prior to the scheduled service date.

    • Our cancellation and refund policy applies to the service fee only and does not apply to the non-refundable deposit.

Contact Us:

If you need to cancel or reschedule any scheduled services or have any questions about our policy, please contact us at barry@bledisloemedical.com.au

Please note that this cancellation and refund policy is in accordance with Australian Consumer Laws and does not affect your rights under those laws. We reserve the right to amend this policy at any time without prior notice. This cancellation and refund policy does not override any obligations a client may have under a Service Agreement entered between the client and us.