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    Overview

    Conducting a review; neonatal paediatric transfers; obstetric transfers; use of new technologies; burns and thermal injury; infectious diseases; remote medical assistance; expedition and remote area support; repatriation from conflict areas; advanced in-flight interventions; platforms for delivering tertiary level specialist care.

    This practical paper details the clinical and operational aspects of the transfer of critically ill patients by air.

    About this paper

    Paper title Specialist Aeromedical Retrieval
    Subject Aviation Medicine
    EFTS 0.25
    Points 30 points
    Teaching period Semester 1 (Distance learning)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $2,938.00
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Limited to
    MAeroRT, MAvMed, MHealSc (Endorsed)
    Eligibility

    If you have not already done so, please contact the department for course advice before selecting your programme, oamu@otago.ac.nz.

    Contact
    OAMU@otago.ac.nz
    Teaching staff

    Paper Tutor: Rocco Lombardi

    Teaching Arrangements

    This is a fully distance-taught paper and is taught each year in the first semester.

    Textbooks
    Textbooks are not required for this paper.
    Graduate Attributes Emphasised

    Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
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    Learning Outcomes

    Graduates of the paper will be able to:

    1. Critically appraise the application of emerging hospital-based advanced medical technologies in the pre-hospital and aeromedical environments.
    2. Describe and address the challenges in the design and training development of specialized and regionalized teams for advanced care transport.
    3. Identify and address challenges in using new communication technologies to bring advanced diagnostics/specialty consultation to remote areas.
    4. Describe the challenges and benefits of advanced medical care in remote and austere environments.
    5. Critically appraise research literature pertinent to the topic under review.
    6. Write a literature review on a current aeromedical retrieval and transport topic.

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Wellington
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught through Distance Learning
    Learning management system
    Moodle
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