Substance use for first responders and first aiders.
27 October 2010 in Ballarat.
Alan Eade is the Chief Paramedic with St John Ambulance Australia, an Intensive Care Paramedic with Ambulance Victoria and a Registered Nurse. He will take a rapid fire trip through the various substances used in Australia and their general effects. The management of this [...]
Substance use for first responders and first aiders.
19 October 2010 in Frankston.
Alan Eade is the Chief Paramedic with St John Ambulance Australia, an Intensive Care Paramedic with Ambulance Victoria and a Registered Nurse. He will take a rapid fire trip through the various substances used in Australia and their general effects. The management of [...]
ANEX 2010 Australian Drugs Conference: Public Health and Harm Reduction
25 & 26 October 2010, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Amid the growing complexity of drug issues, the Anex 2010 Australian Drugs Conference: Public Health and Harm Reduction will explore challenges of problematic substance use.
Join your peers and other experts at the MCG to help set new priorities to expand efforts to address [...]
The dates for the upcoming Trauma 2010 conference have been announced.
Trauma 2010 is a combined annual scientific meeting of the Australasian Trauma Society (ATS) and the National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI).
The conference will be held in Melbourne on the 19-21 November 2010.
Click here to download the flyer.
More information will be available on the Trauma 2010 [...]
Monash Disaster Health Forum 2010
International Roundtable: Health Disaster Evaluation and Developing a Research Agenda in Disaster Health
This international roundtable follows the inaugural roundtable held at Monash in 2009. It will build on last years successful discussions draw on recent literature, examine technology and methodological issues, together with identifying barriers and possible solutions to implementing [...]
Monash Disaster Health Forum 2010
Disaster Epidemiology
Underpinning our desire for a better understanding of health emergencies is the requirement to learn from an application of disaster epidemiology and its associated methodologies. This 3 day short course, conducted by international leaders, will enable participants to learn about and question selective disaster databases, apply information gained to their [...]
Monash Disaster Health Forum 2010
Introduction to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Health: 6th Annual Short Course Intensive
This 1 week course will be the 6th annual short course intensive conducted by Monash University and provides a structured oversight to the principles and practice of emergency preparedness and disaster health suitable for health professionals, emergency managers, academics, and [...]
Monash Emergency Management Forum 2010.
Community Behaviour & Disaster Risk Communication.
Thursday 18 November 2010
Communication under normal conditions is a broad science and imperfect art. During a disaster, the process of communicating becomes even more complex. The recipient of communication will be judging not only the message, but also the messenger, the way that the message is [...]
Monash Emergency Management Forum 2010.
Disaster Risk Reduction: Best Practices and Lessons Learnt.
Thursday 28 October 2010
What are good practices and what lessons have been learned as we try to make our communities resilient. How can disaster risk reduction be institutionalised in both the private and government sectors (local, state and federal), and embedded in our communities?
The [...]
Monash Emergency Management Forum 2010.
Educate ‘10: The Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Report: Implications for Emergency Managers & Disaster Health.
Thursday 30 September 2010
The Royal Commission following the Victorian Bushfires tragedy of 7th February, 2009 will report at the end of July 2010. The Report will provide considered insight into this major event and is expected to [...]
The College sets aside an amount of money annually which is available to the membership for the funding and support of professional developmnt activities. Various amounts are available depending upon the activity being undertaken. ACAP also provides on an adhoc basis additional funding for specific events which is always in addition to this annual allocation.
There [...]
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