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Emergency medicine training at Stanthorpe Hospital (Photo: DDHHS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 9, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Specialist doctors have visited Kingaroy Hospital as part of an emergency medicine training program by Darling Downs Health targeting COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Darling Downs Health Director of Clinical Training, Dr Sheree Conroy, said the Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) courses were aimed at helping rural facilities be prepared.<\/p>\n

\u201cA successful funding application to the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in the latter half of 2014 allowed us to start the EMET program in February 2015 and we\u2019ve been providing EMET refresher training to our rural facilities for the past five years,\u201d Dr Conroy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last few weeks, we\u2019ve ramped up efforts and tailored the training in light of the current pandemic, so we\u2019ve been able to deliver a COVID-19 module to our rural teams.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSince March 11, we have tripled the number of sessions provided, with doctors from the Toowoomba Hospital emergency department travelling to Chinchilla, Stanthorpe, Warwick, Dalby, Kingaroy, Oakey, Inglewood, Texas and Tara hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had 202 people attend the training, including doctors (79), nurses (111) and patient support staff (12), who\u2019ve been doing four-hour sessions dedicated solely to dealing with COVID-19 coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Conroy praised the efforts of the Emergency Department specialists who were delivering the training.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to remember that while we\u2019re dealing with this pandemic, we are still seeing up to 150 people a day who come through the doors of our ED at Toowoomba Hospital,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow more than ever before, we need to ensure our ED staff and all frontline medical and nursing staff are available to attend to the work at hand, so I implore everyone in the community to do their part in stopping the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best chance we have is to maintain good hand hygiene, minimise unnecessary contact inside and outside the home, maintain social distancing of at least 1.5 metres when you are around people, and above all, stay at home.”<\/p>\n

Health Minister Steven Miles said the EMET courses were another great example of how Queensland’s “health heroes on the frontline” were preparing for the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEnsuring our rural facilities are prepared for COVID-19 is so important and this training is helping to achieve just that,\u201d Minister Miles said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur doctors are doing a tremendous job providing this training at what is an extremely busy time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank the staff at Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service for their dedication to their peers and their extended communities to ensure we are all prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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