Welcome to the PRIME course, a training programme designed to prepare rural health practitioners for their role as members of the emergency response
team in the PRIME system of out-of-hospital emergency care.
The purpose of PRIME is to supplement the ambulance service to provide timely access to clinical skills that have the potential to improve outcomes
for patients in rural areas. PRIME aims to ensure access to high-quality out-of-hospital emergency care in areas where there is a shortage of suitably
trained paramedics, or where ambulance service rural response times may be longer than usual.
The course has a predominately practical focus to consolidate skills such as high performance CPR, trauma and acute medical emergency management.
The course includes principles of triage, major incident management, teamwork with ambulance and fire officers, patient extrication and transport
considerations as they apply in the rural setting.
The initial course is five days (40 hours) and attracts 12 Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) credits and provides
certification at level 5 - 7 New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC). The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) assessments are based on the NZRC
Certificate of Resuscitation and Emergency Care (CORE) Advanced curriculum.
Rural practitioners are expected to complete an initial PRIME course within two years of committing to the PRIME system.
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| Kerikeri |
25.11.2019 - 8.30am-5pm
26.11.2019 - 8.30am-5pm
27.11.2019 - 8.30am-5pm
28.11.2019 - 8.30am-5pm
29.11.2019 - 8.30am-5pm
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| Tauranga |
20.04.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
21.04.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
22.04.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
23.04.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
24.04.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Auckland |
15.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
16.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
17.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
18.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
19.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Dunedin |
25.11.2019 - 8.30am to 5pm
26.11.2019 - 8.30am to 5pm
27.11.2019 - 8.30am to 5pm
28.11.2019 - 8.30am to 5pm
29.11.2019 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Christchurch |
23.03.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
24.03.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
25.03.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
26.03.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
27.03.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Dunedin |
18.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
19.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
20.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
21.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
22.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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The PRIME Refresher course embraces a blending learning approach comprising of one day (8 hour) face-to-face delivery supplemented by on-line
activities. The course is practically based that reviews the emergent management principles and procedures encountered on the PRIME Initial Course.
PRIME practitioners are required to attend the refresher programme every two years after the PRIME Initial course.
The PRIME Refresher course attracts 8 Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) credits and provides certification at level
5 - 7 New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC). The Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) assessments are based on the NZRC Certificate of Resuscitation
and Emergency Care (CORE) Advanced curriculum.
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| Fairlie |
07.12.2019 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Christchurch |
15.02.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Tauranga |
22.02.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Auckland |
29.02.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Motueka |
14.03.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Kerikeri |
21.03.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Queenstown |
04.04.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Dunedin |
09.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Palmerston North |
09.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Auckland |
23.05.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Gisborne |
13.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Christchurch |
20.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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| Katikati |
27.06.2020 - 8.30am to 5pm
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