The focus of the CPG Updates programme is to update BAA, AEA, and ECT employees in the Free State on the approved clinical practice guidelines published in 2018. These courses are CPD-accredited, and points are awarded after completing both the online coursework and the practical skills session.
If you are a departmental employee of the Free State Department of Health and have a valid HPCSA Emergency Medical Care qualification, please click here to visit our online platform dedicated to practitioner updates to register and enrol for these updates.
We also plan to expand the available CPD activities to incorporate new teaching and learning updates in prehospital medicine.
In addition, we are excited to inform you that we will soon be offering a selection of part-online, CPD-accredited Medical Rescue Refresher courses for FS EMS officials. These follow the same structure as the CPG Updates - please visit the Medical Rescue page for more info.
The FSCoEC has applied to the AHA to become an International Training Center (ITC). It will be starting off our offering with BLS for Healthcare Providers (BLS HCP) soon.
Eventually we aim to expand the stable of offerings to include Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), so keep an eye out for updates!
We are constantly looking at new and exciting avenues for expansion and development to increase our available offerings to ensure that all prehospital clinicians in the Free State (and who knows, maybe soon extending outside the borders and sector!) are offered relevant, up-to-date opportunities for development and skills-retention. Ultimately, we serve the patient and strive to ensure that the level and quality of care received is world-class.
If you should require any more information on the current courses, please contact us for more details!