Critical Skills for Rural Emergencies: Airway Management, Trauma, and PreHospital Decision Making

The Midwest-Gascoyne Health Professionals Network and St John WA would like to invite you to this education event.

Rural emergency care doesn’t happen in isolation—it’s a continuum involving first responders, local clinics, retrieval services, and regional hospitals. This interactive session bridges prehospital and primary care by exploring critical decision-making in the first hours of care, especially when distance, limited resources, and variable clinical scopes challenge the system.

This session explores the complexities of emergency response in the Midwest, focusing on airway management, trauma care, and the realities of rural health systems. Through this interactive
session, participants will gain insight into how advanced airway decisions are made in resource-limited settings, how care transitions from community first responders to paramedics, and what this means for rural clinicians receiving patients. It will cover common trauma mechanisms such as farm injuries and MVAs, the early use of tranexamic acid, and the importance of timely recognition and stabilisation. The session also highlights systemic challenges including reliance on volunteer ambulance officers, limited retrieval resources, and transport delays. Designed to strengthen collaboration between prehospital providers and primary care, this is a must-attend for health professionals involved in rural and emergency care.