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Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS)
The MIMMS course is a major incident training course for any pre-hospital or hospital based emergency service that may be involved in a major incident.
The course includes didactic lectures but the primary focus will be on tabletops and the reinforcement of key skills in workshops including radio communication and triage.
| Course Date(s): | 1-3 Nov 2010 |
| Course Duration: | 3 days – 8am to 5 pm |
| Course Venue: | College of Emergency Care |
| Clinical Director(s): | Heike Geduld |
| Logistics Coordinator: | Jolandi Ackermann |
| Course Price in ZAR: | R 1 450 |
| Certification Received: | ALSG & EMSSA |
Brief Course Overview
The MIMMS course teaches an “all hazards” approach to the principles of major incident management.
The course includes didactic lectures but the primary focus will be on tabletops and the reinforcement of key skills in workshops including radio communication and triage. There will also be a PEWC (Practical exercise without casualties) where candidates will undertake a field exercise in small groups putting everything they have learnt into practice.
There is a manual to accompany the course and testing will be done – an online pretest prior to the course, and an MCQ test with radio and triage testing at the end of the course.
Who should attend this course?
Prehospital staff involved in Major incident management including EMS, Fire, Police, Traffic, Disaster management.
Also hospital staff with an interest in prehospital medicine, Security companies, ACSA and anyone involved in major incident preparedness for mass gatherings or large corporations.
Why should someone attend this course?
The MIMMS course teaches major incident skills not generally taught in training programs. It teaches common terminology and principles, forming a common language between different emergency services.
In view of the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup it will provide useful knowledge and skills to everyone involved in emergency services for this event.
Detailed Course Outline
- Preparation and planning
- Communication
- Radio procedures workshop
- Command and Control
- Triage
- Treatment
- Transport
Clinical Director Profile
Dr Heike Geduld
Senior Specialist Emergency Medicine
METRO EMS – Western Cape
Dr Geduld has been involved in the role out of the MIMMS course in South Africa for the last 2 years. Teaching MIMMS and HMIMMS around the country.