The Remote Emergency Care (REC) course equips remote clinicians with the essential knowledge and industry-standard skills to deliver safe and effective initial care for critically injured individuals.

Through a structured, scenario-based approach, you’ll:

Tackle realistic emergencies designed to challenge your clinical thinking.

Develop confidence in managing clinical deterioration with limited resources.

Reflect on providing culturally safe, advanced emergency care in remote environments.

You’ll also explore key principles of crisis resource management, learning to lead and collaborate effectively in isolated settings under pressure.

Whether you’re new to emergency care in remote areas or looking to strengthen your response capabilities, REC prepares you for the realities of remote clinical practice. All content is aligned to the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework Capabilities.

The REC course is designed to facil­i­tate a per­son­alised learn­ing expe­ri­ence for the remote and iso­lat­ed clin­i­cian (Nurs­es, Mid­wives, Abo­rig­i­nal & Tor­res Strait Islander Health Workers/​Practitioners, Para­medics and Med­ical Offi­cers) who may be required to pro­vide emer­gency care to the crit­i­cal­ly ill or injured people

For many employ­ers REC is a manda­to­ry pre­req­ui­site to work in remote locations.

1. Apply initial assessment and management knowledge and skills to the care of the seriously ill or injured in a remote setting
2. Identify actual or imminent life-threatening presentations using a systematic primary and secondary survey approach.
3. Critically reflect on the knowledge and skills required to provide culturally safe emergency care in a remote setting.
4. Construct accurate communication and documentation for a safe handover of care.