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FEMO You are here:HomeOur ServicesDepartments and ServicesF FIELD EMERGENCY MEDICAL OFFICER PROGRAM (femop.org) STATE HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN (SHERP) The role of the Field Emergency Medical Officer (FEMO) program in any disaster is to assist in coordinating health resources, and provide support and advice to any in-field health personnel or other agencies. The program is auspiced by St Vincent’s Health and funded by the Victorian Government’s Department of Health. Roles Field Emergency Medical Coordinator (FEMC): • Coordinate additional FEMO resources (including VMATs) if required • Identify and liaise with casualty receiving hospitals • Provide support for in-field FEMO personnel • Liaise with other health agencies Health Commander Ambulance Health and Human Services Emergency Coordination Centre (HHS-ECC) Victorian Health Emergency Coordination (VHEC) The FEMC will usually be based at the Ambulance Emergency Operations Centre. Field Emergency Medical Officer (FEMO): • Provides advanced medical and clinical advice to ambulance services • Provides advanced medical care to patients • Liaises with the Health Commander to determine the appropriate casualty receiving hospital(s) • Assesses the need for, activates (through the FEMC) and manages VMAT (Victorian Medical Assistance Teams) • Refers casualties to alternative care options (such as GPs) • Manages health and medical volunteers The FEMO will usually be based near the scene of the disaster. More than one FEMO may be deployed for large, protracted, or multi-site incidents. Relationships Health Incident Management Team with the Emergency Management Team FEMO = Field Emergency Medical Officer FEMC = Field Emergency Medical Coordinator Taken from State Health Emergency Response Plan - DHS: Emergency management Branch - March 2009 Incident Level Responses Scene Management Source: SHERP 3rd Edition 2013 Organisational Links STATE Ambulance Victoria Country Fire Authority DHS – Emergency Management Branch Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) State Emergency Service (SES) St John Ambulance Australia (Vic) Victoria Police NATIONAL Emergency Management Australia (EMA) Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience INTERNATIONAL World Association for Disaster & Emergency Medicine (WADEM) JOURNAL LINKS Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies American Journal of Disaster Medicine Disaster Management & Response Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Disaster Prevention and Resilience Disasters Journal of Disaster Research Journal of Emergency Management International Journal of Emergency Management Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Personnel MANAGEMENT & METRO REGION Executive Manager Dr John Moloney FEMO Program – Health Displan Victoria Email: j.moloney@alfred.org.au MEDICAL OFFICERS Dr Peter Archer Dr Nick Jansen Dr Simon Judkins Dr John Moloney Dr Mirjana Sikic Office Manager Gurdev K. Bahia FEMO Program – Health Displan Victoria Email: FEMO@svhm.or.au Dr Steve Troupakis Dr Andrew Walby Dr Claire Wilkin BARWON & CENTRAL HIGHLANDS GEELONG Dr Bruce Bartley - Deputy FEMO Dr Brice Andrew Dr Edward Sixsmith - Deputy FEMO BALLARAT Dr Mark Harris GIPPSLAND BAIRNSDALE Dr Myles Chapman Dr Robert Phair - FEMO MALLACOOTA Dr Sara Renwick-Lau TRARALGON WONTHAGGI Dr Mark Bensley Dr Arul Sivanesan - Deputy FEMO GOULBURN SHEPPARTON Dr John Guymer Dr Emanoil Geaboc - Deputy FEMO LODDON BENDIGO Dr Gary Bourke Dr Richard Smith Dr Liam Hannon - Deputy FEMO ECHUCA Dr James Teh MARYBOROUGH Dr Danie de Villiers CASTLEMAINE Dr Richard Bills Dr Dominic Blanks - FEMO MALLEE KERANG/COHUNA Dr Peter Barker (Cohuna) MILDURA SWAN HILL Dr Godfrey Williamson Dr Emily Harrison - FEMO OVENS & MURRAY WANGARRATTA Dr Richard Barkas - Deputy FEMO (Wodonga/Corryong) Dr Will Twycross (Mansfield) Dr Laura Zagorski - Deputy FEMO (Mt Beauty) WESTERN DISTRICT HAMILTON Dr Dale Ford PORTLAND Dr Timothy Baker (Warrnambool) WARRNAMBOOL DR Andrew Gault (Pt Fairy) Contact Us FEMOP - Health Displan Victoria P.O. Box 2900 Level 3, 100 Victoria Parade East Melbourne, VIC 3002 Australia femop.org Phone: +61 (3) 9231 3200 All Hours Fax: +61 (3) 9231 3909 Employment Opportunities Required Training & Qualifications Formal medical qualifications and current Ahpra registration Disaster & emergency management training, including: EmergoTrain (minimum one session/year encouraged) MIMMS (Major Incident Medical Management & Support) University of Melbourne – Disaster & Terror Medicine programs