22^nd World Nursing Education Conference

The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) provides training to local health personnel in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia to respond to mass casualty incidents and the high number of remote multi-trauma

events affecting remote NT communities. The courses are designed to be taken on the road and delivered throughout remote NT. Remote Area Trauma Education (RATE) and Remote Pre-hospital Trauma Disaster Course (RPHTDC) specifically run in remote health centres to provide multidisciplinary training to doctors, remote area nurses, Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander, health practitioners, aboriginal community workers and drivers. The NCCTRC take a highly qualified team of emergency and

trauma consultants, specialized trauma nurses, paramedics and fire and rescue officers to provide the training in the remote location. The training includes small group work, interactive scenarios and practical skill stations like extrication of manikins from rolled over vehicles in the field. The trainings are valued by all health professionals as they can ask the expert professional’s advice, discuss cases and practice actual extrications of patients in the field. This builds capability within the health system to enhance clinical service delivery relevant to trauma and disaster care in the remote setting. By providing team training with a multidisciplinary approach in the remote location the health team’s relationship is assisted by developing rapport, enabling knowledge to be shared and limiting professional silos through interactive communication practices and processes.