The College of Remote and Offshore Medicine Foundation.
Located In Malta, CoROM is a non-profit, public benefit foundation and Higher Education Institution providing academic courses & degree programmes for medical professionals working in remote & austere environments around the globe.
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We've just finished teaching Austere Emergency Care (AEC), developed by Specialized Medical Standards, in and around our Maltese base.
AEC is a mix of online material, classroom lectures, skills stations and scenario based missions, all focused on developing a medic's prolonged field care skills and knowledge.
Every student's growth, in terms of skills and confidence, was evident as the course progressed. Teamwork in the day long final training scenario was excellent.
In this week's #podcast Aebhric OKelly talks with Jonathan Downham, an advanced critical care practitioner, who shares his journey and insights into the evolving role of advanced practitioners in healthcare.
He discusses the training pathways, responsibilities, and the importance of collaboration with junior doctors. Jonathan emphasises the need for continuous learning, research opportunities, and the future of advanced practice in critical care.
Hosted by Aebhric O'Kelly, a critical care paramedic and former Green Beret, CoROM Cast explores wilderness medicine, austere healthcare, tropical diseases, emergency medicine, and remote medical practice. Weekly discussions feature global experts on Prolonged Field Care, Austere Critical Care, disaster medicine, humanitarian response, military pre-hospital care, tropical medicine, expedition healthcare, medical innovation, and practical solutions for healthcare in resource-limited environments. Published by CoROM Press www.corom.edu.mt
Ready for your next challenge?
Consider our PgC in Austere Critical Care
(can be continued up to a full MSc!)
Module 1 -
Critical Care Basics: Concepts, Interventions
Module 2 -
Intensive Care for Resource-limited Environments
Module 3 -
Intensive Care in Tropical Environments
The PgC is 100% online!
Enroll now!
Tuition €3,000
https://corom.edu.mt/post-graduate-certificate-in-austere-critical-care/
#medicine #medical #healthcare #remote #austere #trauma #pre-hospital
Here is a photo from yesterday of our students in Tanzania. Are you interested in getting hands-on experience under the tutelage of board-certified physicians?
Are you an EMT or higher? Come to Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College and put your training and experience to the test.
Here is our Field Guide in the wilds of Belize. Where have you used your CoROM Field Guide?
https://corom.edu.mt/field-guide/
Physical and digital copies available.
#medical #medicine #healthcare #remote #austere #pre-hospital
The College is running an ACLS course at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC). Aebhric O'Kelly is monitoring the course and is concurrently running an ACLS instructor course. It is important when setting up a training system to also set up the ability for self sustainment.
#medical #medicine #training #tanzania #kilimanjaro #hospital
Is your organisation teaching prolonged casualty care? In the current climate, can you afford NOT to?
Get in touch if you need expert advice, a one-off consultation or are interested in a partnership.
We also provide a range of CPD courses, higher education programs & bespoke training.
The College has renewed our Wilderness Medical Society FAWM credits for the ICARE, APUS and TTEMS courses. Come to Malta and earn credits for your FAWM. CoROM is one of the largest providers of FAWM credit outside of the US.
You can find our course schedule here: https://corom.edu.mt/course-calendar/
Holy shit, if this pans out that would be *amazing*.
The tldw is that when mosquitos take a blood meal from someone on ivermectin, ~50% of the mosquitoes just... die within 2 days, and none of the mosquitos laid eggs. There's also some (conflicting) indications that it inhibits plasmodium reproduction. (y'know, the parasite that causes malaria) Plus ivermectin's cheap and generally safe.
Current modeling says 3 doses over 3 months could reduce new malaria cases by 71%.
Guerilla Casualty Care on the Future Battlefield
#Guerrilla #casualty care is modelled after guerrilla warfare principles: decentralised, mobile, hidden, and resilient.
The concept aims to provide #trauma care in degraded environments, especially where #evacuation and surgical support are not guaranteed.
The doctrine moves away from reliance on the “Golden Hour” and towards prolonged, distributed care across web networks of casualty care nodes.
https://corom.edu.mt/articles/guerilla-casualty-care-on-the-future-battlefield/
The article by Brown et al. (2025) introduces the concept of guerrilla casualty care nodes embedded within web networks, designed to deliver trauma care in contested, irregular warfare environments where traditional evacuation and surgical support are not available. Main Concepts The use of CATTs Clinical Capabilities of CATTs Tactical and Operational Requirements Global Applications For medics seeking relevance in future operations, the article offers a clarion call: training and doctrine must evolve. The traditional ‘golden hour’ is increasingly untenable, and patients may require care over extended periods in austere settings with limited support. Adoption of a distributed network model and resilience mindset ensures continuity of care even when evacuation or surgical assets are delayed or incapacitated. In sum, the insights presented are foundational for any remote paramedic preparing to operate at the cutting edge of trauma medicine in contested environments. The Bottom Line: Remote Medics need to learn and adopt the guerrilla model of healthcare.
Dan Sugalski