Remote Medicine International ??

I have a former co-worker who works for them now. He is very happy and impressed with the levels of competence of the instructors that he works with and the environment they put the students in.

Hope that helps.
 
They have a very good reputation and are well equiped for the various roles they carry out. Give them a call, talk to them in person, its amazing how far voice over email gets you. Good Luck
 
I usually do not reply that often to a question pertaining to a company or an organization; however, with this I thought it may be of good typing. I have worked for them. Before I type on, allow me to be clear, there is no ill will or hurt feelings, had a great time, locum contract on a remote project.

The field folks are great but their instructors are classroom instructors who have little to no appreciable field experience - anyone can read from a book. Do you really want to learn something from individuals who can not draw on their background other than a book?

If you are a former military individual, you have all of the knowledge for field stabilization and if you are a former military medic on any level you are light years ahead of them!

Yes, they are nice (kill them with kindness comes to mind) but from someone who worked for them, the educational aspect left a great deal to hope for. Again, the field staff was great.

There are a few different options when it comes to education; the U.S. SF conference, various medical (NOT EMS) conferences and advance level programs that will blow your mental doors off.

All I am saying is; there are better programs out there that recognized on an international level where theirs are not and is worth the money.
 
Advanced courses ?

Islandsgods, could you enligthen the unilluminate doctor here and spread some names and locations of these course. I need to do some courses outside the bix, in order to improve my own teaching level. Presently ATLS, PHTLS and DSTC instructor.


islandgods said:
I usually do not reply that often to a question pertaining to a company or an organization; however, with this I thought it may be of good typing. I have worked for them. Before I type on, allow me to be clear, there is no ill will or hurt feelings, had a great time, locum contract on a remote project.

The field folks are great but their instructors are classroom instructors who have little to no appreciable field experience - anyone can read from a book. Do you really want to learn something from individuals who can not draw on their background other than a book?

If you are a former military individual, you have all of the knowledge for field stabilization and if you are a former military medic on any level you are light years ahead of them!

Yes, they are nice (kill them with kindness comes to mind) but from someone who worked for them, the educational aspect left a great deal to hope for. Again, the field staff was great.

There are a few different options when it comes to education; the U.S. SF conference, various medical (NOT EMS) conferences and advance level programs that will blow your mental doors off.

All I am saying is; there are better programs out there that recognized on an international level where theirs are not and is worth the money.
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Well, ATLS is conducted through the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in conjunction with the majority of medical school programs. The PHTLS program is the "Boiled Down" version of ATLS by the way.

ACEP is the American College of Emergency Physcians - their conference is one of the best. Then there is the Stanford University Medical Conference.

Advance Life Support in Obstetrics, the Special Forces Medical Conference, the Levitan Advance Airway Course.

All of these programs can be found by doing a Google. These courses are pricey but worth ever dollar, euro and pound!

All I am saying is this: if you want to be a "medic" you can. Go to all the boiled down programs, get drunk, listen to stories from people who are using a story from someone else or you can go to a class or a conference that is taught by people who do medicine.
 
IslandGod.
I know about PHTLS/ATLS , I´m an instructor and have been for quite a few years.
I´ll look up the SF Med Conf.
Going to Milan for a trauma/emergency surgery conf, preceded by a three day Mass Cal course. That will be quite interesting.

being a doctor in trauma, "medic" doesnt really cut it with me, unless a medic can show substantial clinical experience, they can have all the brass courses in the world, wont make a difference.


islandgods said:
Well, ATLS is conducted through the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in conjunction with the majority of medical school programs. The PHTLS program is the "Boiled Down" version of ATLS by the way.

ACEP is the American College of Emergency Physcians - their conference is one of the best. Then there is the Stanford University Medical Conference.

Advance Life Support in Obstetrics, the Special Forces Medical Conference, the Levitan Advance Airway Course.

All of these programs can be found by doing a Google. These courses are pricey but worth ever dollar, euro and pound!

All I am saying is this: if you want to be a "medic" you can. Go to all the boiled down programs, get drunk, listen to stories from people who are using a story from someone else or you can go to a class or a conference that is taught by people who do medicine.
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I spent a month with them, EMT-B, MPIC & their own Remote Medicine course, initially I thought it was not the course for me as I was used to med courses focusing on trauma but this was heavy on 'sick people' then I started thinking about all the obese clients we carry out here who are a fry-up away from MI/Stroke/Diabetic coma and I realised how little I knew about medicine and how much there was to take from the course. There is a LOT of reading but the aim of this course is to get you passed EMT-B and you need to cover it all to be in a position to pass the exam.

I cannot speak for the experiences of other posters but I had no problem with the instructors, in fact 'Melissa' would regularly deliver a well planned two hour lecture without notes, PP or video, keeping on topic and maintaining the interest of everyone in the room, one of the best instructors I have ever had. (and I have done a few courses over the years) As for the course not being internationaly recognised... Its a US EMT course, it's recognised. You can also go on to sit for national registration, as for MPIC, covers same as HSE offshore course and is backed by US Coast guard.... cant say how recognised it is internationaly but I'm subbing for a US oil company and when their rig medic failed to return from leave they were happy with my MPIC.
Every course can be faulted and this was no exception but overall I found it was worth the money and the time. Good Luck

The more I learn... I realise how little I know.
 
wildgoose said:
I spent a month with them, EMT-B, MPIC & their own Remote Medicine course, initially I thought it was not the course for me as I was used to med courses focusing on trauma but this was heavy on 'sick people' then I started thinking about all the obese clients we carry out here who are a fry-up away from MI/Stroke/Diabetic coma and I realised how little I knew about medicine and how much there was to take from the course. There is a LOT of reading but the aim of this course is to get you passed EMT-B and you need to cover it all to be in a position to pass the exam.

I cannot speak for the experiences of other posters but I had no problem with the instructors, in fact 'Melissa' would regularly deliver a well planned two hour lecture without notes, PP or video, keeping on topic and maintaining the interest of everyone in the room, one of the best instructors I have ever had. (and I have done a few courses over the years) As for the course not being internationaly recognised... Its a US EMT course, it's recognised. You can also go on to sit for national registration, as for MPIC, covers same as HSE offshore course and is backed by US Coast guard.... cant say how recognised it is internationaly but I'm subbing for a US oil company and when their rig medic failed to return from leave they were happy with my MPIC.
Every course can be faulted and this was no exception but overall I found it was worth the money and the time. Good Luck

The more I learn... I realise how little I know.
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Wildgoose I did the course not long back too, did you end up taking the NR test? Cheers.
 
islandgods said:
Well, ATLS is conducted through the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in conjunction with the majority of medical school programs. The PHTLS program is the "Boiled Down" version of ATLS by the way.

ACEP is the American College of Emergency Physcians - their conference is one of the best. Then there is the Stanford University Medical Conference.

Advance Life Support in Obstetrics, the Special Forces Medical Conference, the Levitan Advance Airway Course.

All of these programs can be found by doing a Google. These courses are pricey but worth ever dollar, euro and pound!

All I am saying is this: if you want to be a "medic" you can. Go to all the boiled down programs, get drunk, listen to stories from people who are using a story from someone else or you can go to a class or a conference that is taught by people who do medicine.
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IG - you make an interesting commment that The PHTLS is a boilled down version of the ATLS - this is not so. I have worked trained and taught in both Hospital ED and pre hoapital environments. ATLS is about having all the toys available in a hospital. The PHTLS is about having just you and your crew and usually in a shit place with poor access etc. Both have similar clnical content but approach isdifferent.

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