A+E Observing

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Neil,

Being an observer only in A+E seems to have become the norm, rather than the

exception for offshore medics. Despite this, I believe it's still a good

learning opportunity for diagnostics, following around a Senior Registrar

for a few days, and it doesn't make you feel as old as working with the

SHOs. For real experience, it's down to A+E bank nursing . I've a

divermedic, ex-military medic friend who has managed to work something out

with ARI, and is now allowed to actively participate so there are options

open for those without a state registration but it comes down to the local

A+E department.

Regards,

Tom Watkinson

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>Subject: Re: re-cert offshore

>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:44:06 +0000

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>Hi gents,

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>I can give you the definitive answer on this matter, as it happened to me

>earlier this year. My certificate ran out on the Thursday prior to

>commencing my Refresher course on the following Monday.

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>Prior to my certificate expiring I got in touch with Capita who gave me an

>E Mail adress at the HSE to apply for an exemption certificate (knew I

>should have kept the E Mail Address).

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>I sent an E mail to the HSE explaining the reasons why I was unable to

>attend before the Run Out Date, they sent me back a reply the same day,

>which I then forwarded onto Capita. Without an exemption certificate, you

>will have to resit the whole course again.

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>While on the subject of training, TOTAL have arranged for us to attend a

>one week training course in the A & E department at the Aberdeen Royal

>Infirmary. We have now been told that this will be purely observing, we

>cannot participate in anything due to medical Insurance liability.

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>Has anyone else come across this problem. If this is to be the norm from

>now on, then is the one weeks hospital attachment that is part of the Four

>week course now necessary, maybe it should be replaced with something

>else. Any thoughts, I know that I would like some other topics put into

>the Medics course that are applicable to the Offshore Medics

>Medical/Environmental/ Health Workscope.

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>regards

>

>Neil Poole

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>Hi is it true that you have a year from offshore cert expiry to re-sit

>it again

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>To the best of my knowledge you have to do the full 4 weeks if you don't

>commence your refresher before the expiry date.

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>DaveO

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