Traumatic events are a common cause for hospital presentations in Australia with 12,000 deaths per year attributable to injuries sustained as a result. Falls and transport related trauma constitute common presentations to hospital for acute care. In addition to mechanism, injury sustained in the rural and remote areas will significantly affect the resultant morbidity and mortality, with these patients having the highest rates of negative outcomes (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019).
The creation of modular, flexible, multi-disciplinary educational packages and resources, supported by trauma experts and can be accessed and used locally, is aimed at providing high quality and sustainable education for all trauma clinicians across Queensland.
The Queensland Trauma Education (QTE) program provides multidisciplinary trauma care education and resources, all in one place. The resources include ready-made immersive scenarios, case discussions, procedural skills and role plays.
The 11 courses available are: abdominal trauma, burns trauma, chest trauma, pelvic trauma, trauma and the older person, trauma in pregnancy, traumatic brain injury, paediatric trauma, extremity trauma, Imaging trauma, and trauma teams.
Courses on neck injury, pre-hospital care, spinal trauma, and ward trauma care will be added soon.
