Sunshine Coast, QLD

17th18th November 2025

2nd3rd March 2026 – See FIFO Medical Essentials: HERE

4th – 15th May 2026 – See FIFO Medical Essentials: HERE

Bledisloe Medical HQ

3rd Floor
135 Horton Parade
Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast, QLD 4558

Lift entrance opposite entrance to ANZ bank. Best parking and access from Cornmeal Parade side. Paid parking at the Park N Go, Lightning Lane – 2 minute walk – $15 per day 

This 2-day face to face course brings together the major qualification and essential skill requirements designed to allow participants to prepare and continue to manage obstetric and neonatal patients in the isolated field with limited resources. For Medical Officers, Registered Midwives, Registered and Enrolled Nurses, RANs, Registered Paramedics, Advanced Medics seeking to work, or upskill in either the Rural and Remote Clinic / Hospital / MPS setting.

Delivered by experienced and qualified senior Midwifery & Critical Care professionals, currently working in the industry to an advanced level. See trainer details here

This 2-day combo course can also be booked separately as Day 1 (OALS) and day 2 (NNALS)

Course

$1790

$1690 for Days 1 & 2

Day 1 – $895

0745 to 1700

Obstetric Advanced Life Support Course (OALS)

  • Pre course module to be completed prior to the course

 

TOPICS COVERED:

  • Antenatal Assessment- how to assess a pregnant woman
  • Common Presentations in Pregnant Women
  • Managing Labour & Birth
  • Managing Obstetric Emergencies:
    • Breech
    • Shoulder Dystocia
    • Cord Prolapse
    • Eclampsia
    • Postpartum Haemorrhage
    • Maternal Collapse
  • Basic Neonatal Care post delivery

Day 2 – $895

0745 to 1700

Neonatal Advanced Life Support Course (NNALS)

  • Pre course module to be completed prior to the course

 

TOPICS COVERED

  • Transition to Extrauterine Life for Neonates
  • Care of the Neonate
  • Neonatal Resuscitation
    • Airway Management
    • Respiratory Support
    • UVC Insertion
    • Cardiac Arrest Algorithm & Drug Therapy
  • Management of Pre-term Neonates

Course Flyers & Programs

Course Fees

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.

.

Registration for Sunshine Coast

Course includes:

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

.

Your Trainers

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

Director of Governance and Compliance

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.

Rebecca Fitzsimmons RN RM

Instructor

Bec is our midwifery and neonatal specialist. 

She is an experienced ED nurse, midwife, university educator and flight nurse. She has worked in a variety of settings including tertiary hospitals, rural/remote communities and international humanitarian missions.

Her passion is to improve the care of women and babies especially in rural & remote settings.

Course Recognition and Certification

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

Full course (32 CPD Hours)

  • Certificate of Attendance plus all the aspects below
  •  

Day 1 (16 CPD Hours – including pre course requirements)

  • Nationally Recognised Certificate of Attainment – Neonatal Advanced Life Support
  •  

Day 2 (16 CPD Hours – including pre course requirements)

  • Nationally Recognised Certificate of Attainment – Obstetric Advanced Life Support
  •  

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 courses 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 courses associated with their relevant Services Agreement at any time.
  • To cancel any scheduled course without incurring any penalties, clients must provide a minimum of two weeks’ written notice prior to the date of any scheduled course or two-week block of courses (whichever is earlier).

Refund Eligibility:

  • Clients may be eligible for a refund if they cancel their course booking in accordance with the cancellation policy outlined above.
  • Failure to provide the required notice may result in you being charged a cancellation fee reflecting reasonable costs incurred by us as a result of the cancellation, which may include loss of revenue where the booking cannot be filled. 

Rescheduling Policy:

  • Clients who wish to reschedule their course booking may do so by providing a minimum of two weeks’ written notice prior to the scheduled course or two-week block of courses (whichever is earlier).
  • Rescheduling requests made with the required notice will be accommodated without any penalties.
  • If a client reschedules their course booking, they will have the option to apply any payments made towards the rescheduled course or receive a full refund associated with the scheduled course, 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 course.
  • 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:

  • Refunds may not be available where a course has already commenced or where we have incurred unavoidable costs in preparation for the course that cannot reasonably be recovered.

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 you pay a ten percent (10%) non-refundable deposit to secure your course booking.
    • The balance of the course fees will be payable within four (4) weeks prior to the scheduled course date.
    • The deposit represents a genuine pre-estimate of costs incurred in securing the booking and preparing for the course.
    • To the extent permitted by law, the deposit may be retained to cover those costs if you cancel.
    • Our cancellation and refund policy applies to the course fee only and does not apply to the non-refundable deposit. 

Contact Us:

If you need to cancel or reschedule any scheduled course 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. Any changes to this policy will apply only to future bookings and will be published on our website. This cancellation and refund policy does not override any obligations a client may have under a Service Agreement entered between the client and us.