Austere Emergency Care
Prolonged Field Care is a circumstance, an operational challenge, and a distinct clinical problem. Austere Emergency Care gives you the tools to succeed.
Specialised Curriculum
Medical education grounded in best practice, designed for both online and classroom learning, interspersed with practical labs and experiential learning scenarios
Live-Action Scenarios
Utilising live-action role players, the final full day scenario immerses students in realistic and operationally relevant extended evacuation scenarios coached by seasoned medical professionals.
Extend Yourself
No matter your current level of practice and experience, you will be extended beyond your cognitive comfort zone. It is our job to make sure you leave the course prepared for prolonged field care.
About the Course
Designed by the world’s leading experts in Prolonged Field Care, Austere Emergency Care (AEC) training prepares medical team members at all levels to provide timely and efficient care to serious and critical casualties in austere conditions.
Consisting of Foundational and Advanced streams that are complementary and run concurrently, this unique course provides the foundation for team and individual capability in prolonged casualty holding situations.
“Their hands-on, reality-based training was led by knowledgeable and experienced trainers. With an emphasis on getting out there and putting theory to practice, the live role players created an immersive experience, highlighting the difficulties of patient care in remote/ austere environments”
— Lee, Australian Resource Medic
What is Prolonged Field Care?
Based on an operational problem experienced by Military Special Operations Teams, Prolonged Field care has evolved through borrowing best practice from operational and medical disciplines to develop a set of principles that can be systematically implemented into clear priorities of work to aid the medical provider in providing the best care possible in the worst situations.
Having become the standard for Militaries around the world, Austere Emergency Care was developed to better prepare prehospital providers to succeed in challenging, resource limited operational environments.
“I really enjoyed that.”
— N, Australian Special Operations Medic
What’s Included
Four days of in-person experiential learning take you deeper than your current practice level. A fully immersive, hands-on course covering the essential knowledge and skills required to provide the best care anywhere. The course concludes with a full-day, multi-casualty scenario. The course will include:
- Trending and documentation.
- Telemedicine.
- Austere Airway Management.
- Application of Clinical Practice Guidelines.
- Point of Care Ultrasound Lab.
- Critical Care Team Dynamics.
- Medical Planning.
- Case studies.
All equipment and material necessary will be provided.
Residential Course
Courses marked as residential include accommodation and rationing for the duration of the course, with check in the day before course commencement and check out on the final day.
Non-Residential Course
Courses marked as non-residential do not include accommodation and rationing. These will be at your own care.
AEC 26.1
Christchurch | NZ
26 – 29 May 2026
NZD$2900.00
AEC 26.2
Brisbane | Australia
27 – 30 Sep 2026
AUD$2650.00
Accreditation
Accredited for 32.125 Fellow Credits for those working towards felowship with the Academy of Extreme Environment Medicine.
ACEM trainees and fellows can attain 40 CPD hours by successfully completing the AEC Course.
Please identify yourself as an ACEM member when enrolling to ensure your credits are claimed.
ACRRM trainees and fellows can attain 40 CPD hours by successfully completing the AEC Course.
Please identify yourself as an ACRRM member when enrolling to ensure your credits are claimed.
RNZCUC trainees and fellows can attain 40 CPD hours by successfully completing the AEC Course.
Please identify yourself as a member of the RNZCUC when enrolling to ensure your credits are claimed.
The AEC course has been approved for Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) credits through the Wilderness Medical Society. Actual credits awarded depend on personal credit needs and history.