The PA-QLD study tour of the US is underway with many interesting findings and ideas being gathered and explored. The pic shows just a few of those from the QLD Tour Group at the meeting of the EMS Medical Directors from across the United States of America. The group reports back that Therapeutic Hypothermia is [...]
By: Stephen O’Grady on: Wed 15 of Feb, 2012 From: Griffith News The underlying causes and knock-on effects of ambulance ramping at Queensland hospitals are explored and analysed in a ground-breaking report published today by the Griffith Health Institute. In the first official study of the phenomenon and the practices associated with ambulance ramping, researchers [...]
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28th February 2012 From: The Chronicle TOP Toowoomba paramedic Ross “Jumbo” Chalmers was yesterday remembered as a great family man who lived to help others. Between 800 and 1000 mourners including family, friends and emergency services colleagues gathered at the Peace Lutheran Church in Gatton for Mr Chalmers’ funeral. He died suddenly while mowing at [...]
28 Feb 12 @ 03:09pm by Lauren McMah From: Fairfield Advance IT wasn’t a bird, it wasn’t a plane, and it wasn’t an emergency either. A CareFlight helicopter made a surprise landing at Fairfield Hospital on Friday as part of a training program to welcome a new member to the team. The crew simulated a [...]
Owen Jacques | 28th February 2012 From: My Daily News A DISGRUNTLED paramedic has attacked the Queensland Ambulance Service, warning of neglected hinterland towns and overbearing management. In an unsigned letter to the Daily, the writer said he had more than a decade of experience as a paramedic. The letter was a result of “built-up [...]
By MARIA SUDEKUM, Associated Press From: Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tattoos have long served as fashion statements, but a small number of Americans are now relying on them for a more practical, potentially lifesaving purpose: to warn first responders about important medical conditions. Some medical tattoos are being used to take the [...]
Ava Benny-Morrison | 27th February 2012 From: My Daily News PARAMEDICS are calling on their employer to overhaul the staffing situation at the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter and to stop “playing Russian roulette” with patients’ lives. The call comes five years after a senior deputy state coroner recommended the Lismore helibase be staffed 24 [...]
BY ANNA WHITELAW AWHITELAW@FAIRFAX.COM.AU 27 Feb, 2012 01:00 AM From: The Northern Weekly CRITICALLY-ILL patients are routinely waiting longer than 15 minutes for ambulances across metropolitan Melbourne, according to official figures. Ambulance Victoria data obtained under Freedom of Information laws revealed most ambulance stations – especially those in the outer and northern suburbs – failed [...]
Christopher Knaus; February 27, 2012 – 3:30PM From: Canberra Times Ambulance officers are ramping up pressure on the government to introduce specialised officers to treat lower priority triple-0 calls. The Transport Workers Union, which represents ambulance workers in the ACT, has proposed that the government conduct a trial of so-called extended-care paramedics in the ACT. [...]
Rebecca Lynch | 24th February 2012 From: Queensland Times OP1 student Stephanie Dyer will begin studying a brand new health sciences course at the University of Queensland Ipswich campus next week – a Bachelor of Paramedic Science. Ms Dyer has been awarded a $24,000 UQ Excellence Scholarship in recognition of her academic success, and will [...]
Matt Deans | 23rd February 2012 From: The Coffs Coast Advocate MOST days Judith Hanson is a homemaker and a canteen manager at Glenreagh Primary School, but some days, she’s a hero saving the lives of locals in her community. To coincide with Volunteer Appreciation Day, the NSW Ambulance Service will on Friday honour Ms [...]
23 Feb, 2012 05:25 PM From: Katherine Times WHEN nine-year-old local girl Valeesha Chong was flung from a show ride at the Katherine Show last year, teenager Bianca Stubbs was the first at the scene to help the injured girl. The hero teenager, who “did everything by the book to help” is now in the [...]
A reminder of the importance of hand hygiene – even in the ambulance. By Brandon Oto on EMS Basics. “Why should care about universal precautions? For one thing, to stay alive. Not long ago I transferred a nurse between facilities. She was being admitted to a medical floor for a massive MRSA-colonized abscess on her [...]
Non-members can register to receive PA’s Rapid Response for a trial period Rapid Response is distributed to all members of Paramedics Australasia, however in the coming period of great activity regarding paramedic registration non-members can receive Rapid Response for a trial period – so even if you’re not a member of PA you can still [...]
