Through a combination of interactive online learning and an immersive, hands-on face-to-face workshop, you’ll be supported to translate your existing clinical skills to the pre-hospital setting and will gain the confidence and expertise to handle a variety of emergency scenarios, ensuring you're ready to provide effective patient care wherever needed.
Developed by seasoned Rural Generalists and pre-hospital care specialists, PHEC offers outdoor, realistic training to simulate the challenges of pre-hospital care. You'll master the delivery of life-saving interventions in a range of challenging contexts, while improving your ability to think quickly, act decisively, and perform under pressure in unfamiliar environments.
Appropriate for: Rural Generalists, registrars and other medical professionals who are interested in supporting the response to pre-hospital emergencies in their communities.
Previously named: Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (PHaRM)
The PHEC course is designed to enable Rural Generalists to learn skills in pre-hospital care and allow them to translate their existing clinical knowledge to the roadside and work effectively with ambulance and retrieval services to deliver meaningful interventions to critically unwell patients.
We've had bushfires, we've had floods, we're going to face disasters in the future, having Rural Generalists with skills in emergency medicine can make a huge difference."
- Dr Tim Leeuwenburg (FACRRM, PHEC facilitator, SandpiperAus Chair, Medical Retrieval Consultant & A/Prof AeroMed)
Registration Information
| Dates | Course | Location | State | CPD Hours | Fees | Available Spaces | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 11 Jun 2025 | Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) |
(E-WEEK) Brisbane |
QLD | 15 |
Member: 1570.00 Non Member: 1690.00 |
16 | Register |
| Sun, 27 Jul 2025 | Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) |
Townsville |
QLD | 15 |
Member: 1495.00 Non Member: 1690.00 |
20 | Register |
| Sun, 28 Sep 2025 | Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) |
Brisbane |
QLD | 15 |
Member: 1495.00 Non Member: 1690.00 |
19 | Register |
| Sun, 19 Oct 2025 | Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) |
Melbourne |
VIC | 15 |
Member: 1495.00 Non Member: 1690.00 |
20 | Register |
| Wed, 10 Dec 2025 | Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) |
Brisbane |
QLD | 15 |
Member: 1495.00 Non Member: 1690.00 |
19 | Register |
This course provides you with...
- Principles of first response, ambulance, rotary and fixed wing retrieval
- Initial response in the pre-hospital/pre-retrieval environment
- Airway management in difficult environments
- Principles of extrication and patient packaging for transport
- Traumatic arrest
- IV and IO access in difficult environments; appropriate for transport
- Procedural sedation and analgesia
Accreditation
ACRRM CPD Program
7 hours Performance Review, 1 hour Educational Activity, MOPS: 1 Anaesthetics (Emergency Response)
ACRRM vocational training pathways
Tier 2 emergency medicine course
Conditions
Please note, there is no pre- or post-course activity required for this course.
Fees must be paid at the time of registration in order to secure a place. A grant may be available to fund your attendance at this course. Read more and find out if you are eligible for a grant.
Please note: It is mandatory that participants be present for the entire duration of the PHEC course (8am to 5pm local time). Therefore it is highly recommended for interstate travelers to arrive at the course location at least one day prior to the commencement of the course.
If for any unexpected reason a participant arrives after the course has commenced, their place in the course will be forfeited. The participant will be required to re-book and this may also incur additional charges.