Approximately one-quarter of cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia are thought to be related to peripheral intravenous catheters, with about 40% having been inserted in the emergency department (ED). Implications for paramedic practice? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Overall, the intubation success rate was 78.8%, and the first-pass success rate was 68.5%. This is disturbingly low. How does this compare with local data? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

An insightful new clinical publication by the team at Ambulance Victoria ambulance.vic.gov.au/ambulance-vict…

“Constipation was the top non-emergency call-out with 515 calls”. This represents 0.04% of the 1,063,881 incidents managed in 2023 (ROGS 2024). Hardly a major encumbrance. 9news.com.au/national/nsw-a…

An exciting opportunity to join the Paramedicine Monash University team as an Associate Professor/Professor - Paramedic Practitioner Implementation Lead careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/en/…

Great to see educators acknowledged on #IPD2024

The appointment of chief paramedics is a step forward for ambulance trusts - I think they are obliged to have chief medical officers and chief nurses but only recently have started appointing someone from their largest registered workforce.

Regardless of profession, it is increasingly difficult to find peer reviewers. Paramedicine & Australasian College of Paramedicine (ACP) are proactively working to build peer review capacity and enhance quality. Explore our free peer review mentoring program at paramedics.org/peer-review-me…

It is a pleasure to share another publication from Emily Nehme and team in the latest edition of Emergency Medicine Australasia, "Refining ambulance clinical response models: The impact on ambulance response and emergency department presentations." doi.org/10.1111/1742-6… 🚑👏

Interesting to see “no change in response performance was observed for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, or patients requiring transport to hospital with lights and sirens. There was also minimal change in the proportion of callers presenting to ED” What’s driving demand?

The decision to include paramedics in the same vocational category as dentists and veterinarians gives the impression that this resulted from a brainstorming session where too many psychedelics were consumed

Ketamine: Could you be getting exposed? 🚑 Click here to read the explanatory statement and take part in a 15-20 minute survey for David Shanahan's research. drive.google.com/file/d/1I73yVU…. 💉

RCEM has launched a unique training programme to empower paramedics and emergency care professionals to engage in academic research 🏥 In collaboration with College of Paramedics and NIHR Research - the modules will take learners from the fundamentals of research through to applying

Adoption of Paramedic Advanced Life Support in Ontario was driven by the desire to improve cardiac arrest survival but in my experience the biggest & most positive improvement was being able to provide pain control for patients.

The ability to say 'no' is a superpower. Here's the complete guide to protecting your time:

NEW RESOURCE | The #NSQHS Standards Guide for Ambulance Health Services is now available. The Guide will assist organisations providing #Outofhospitalcare to align patient safety and quality improvements. Access the #AmbulanceGuide at safetyandquality.gov.au/Ambulance-guide