Overview:
This course runs over three consecutive days. It is an accredited course with Advanced Life Support Group (UK) and is widely accepted internationally. MIMMS teaches a systematic and practical approach to field medical management at disasters, which can be applied at any major incident.
The content includes command and control, safety, communication, assessment, triage, treatment and transport in disaster management.
The emphasis is on scene management and pre-hospital care delivered through:
- Structured lectures
- Table-top exercises
- Practical exercises in radio communication and casualty triage
- Workshops
- Field exercises for command training
Pre-requisite Training: Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS) training or equivalent.
Qualification Valid for: The MIMMS Advanced Course qualification is valid for 4 years after which time participants complete the MIMMS Team Members Course (1 day) to recertify
Who should attend: This course is particularly relevant for those individuals likely to take a command or team leader role in a pre-hospital environment during a mass casualty event, including medical, nursing, ambulance, mental and public health workers.
Nominating: Applicants are to complete a HEMU nomination form and return it to hemu@ambulance.nsw.gov.au
NSW Health applicants please nominate via your LHD HSFAC or Disaster Manager for endorsement. Self-enrolment via HETI online is not to be used and applications via HETI will not be accepted.
Applications Close: 01 May 2017
Further information: Health Emergency Management Unit
P: 02 8396 5013