The 2012 International Emergency Care Symposium When: 21st September Where: Melbourne, VIC Web: http://www.crepatientsafety.org.au/seminars/2012seminars.html International Emergency Care (IEC) is a rapidly growing field of interest in global health. It encompasses the work done by doctors and nurses in the evolution of emergency care systems in countries at extreme levels of development. Emergency care providers are [...]
Can J Surg. 2012 Apr;55(2):110-6. FREE FULL TEXT Bell N, Simons R, Hameed SM, Schuurman N, Wheeler S. Source Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. Abstract Background: In Canada and the United States, research has shown that injured patients initially treated at smaller emergency departments before transfer to larger regional facilities are [...]
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;26(6):422-6. Bendall JC, Simpson PM, Middleton PM. Source Ambulance Research Institute, Ambulance Service of New South Wales, Rozelle NSW, Australia. Abstract Introduction: With at least 20% of ambulance patients reporting pain of moderate to severe intensity, pain management has become a primary function of modern ambulance services. The objective of this [...]
Scott Med J. 2012 May;57(2):84-7. Paul AM, Young NH, Price GC. Source Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Abstract Non-medicine-assisted tracheal intubation in prehospital trauma is associated with a dismal prognosis. We wished to study the outcome of medical patients who underwent non-medicine-assisted tracheal intubation. This [...]
Clin Cardiol. 2012 Apr 30. doi: 10.1002/clc.21992. [Epub ahead of print] Kumar S, Ewy GA. Source Cardiology and University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Tucson, Arizona. Abstract Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health problem. Unfortunately, in spite of recurring updated guidelines, survival of patients with OHCA had been unchanged for decades. Recently, [...]
Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Apr 30. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01376.x. [Epub ahead of print] Iserson KV, Biros MH, James Holliman C. Source From the Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Arizona, and REEME Project (KVI), Tucson, AZ; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical System (MHB), Minneapolis, MN; the Uniformed Services University of the Health [...]
J Emerg Med. 2012 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print] Tanabe S, Ogawa T, Akahane M, Koike S, Horiguchi H, Yasunaga H, Mizoguchi T, Hatanaka T, Yokota H, Imamura T. Source Foundation for Ambulance Service Development, Emergency Life-Saving Technique Academy of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Abstract BACKGROUND: The effect of prehospital use of supraglottic airway devices [...]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2012 Apr 17;132(7):831-837. FREE FULL TEXT [Article in English, Norwegian] Hagen EM, Rekand T, Gilhus NE, Grønning M. Abstract Background. The primary purpose of this article is to provide an overview of demography, neurological level of injury, extent of lesion, incidence, prevalence, injury mechanisms as well as lethality and causes of death [...]
The Autumn 2012 edition of Response is available online for members now! Autumn 2012 (Vol. 39, No. 1) Featuring: The Hong Kong experience with computerised data management; Clinical leadership in the Ambulance Service; Fast-Track for Stroke – the New Zealand award winning program; Human issues and aspects affecting Bariatric people; Board information, Events Calendar, Ambulance [...]
By Christopher Knaus; May 12, 2012 From: The Canberra Times Far away from screaming sirens, the blood and the raw trauma that ACT paramedics are called to every day, sit a group of office-bound ambulance officers who balance life and death using a mouse and keyboard. The nerve centre of the ACT Ambulance Service sits [...]
Alex White; May 12, 2012 5:04PM From: Sunday Herald Sun WHEN the car Peter Connell was driving veered off a rural road and plunged eight metres he should have died; instead he was the first person to be rescued by Air Ambulance Victoria. It has been 50 years since that maiden voyage and the 74-year-old [...]
From: Campus Daily Three Brisbane paramedic students have been to China to experience overseas emergency care as part of a new project given the green light at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Third year students Laura Kirby and Andrew Fordyce, and second year student Bec Andrews were part of a successful pilot project last December, [...]
Two Emergency Health honours students are contributing to increasing paramedic’s body of knowledge through research projects supported by St John Ambulance. Christian Winship and Jason Tosch, both first year Honours students in the Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) degree, were awarded $5000 each from the inaugural St John Ambulance Australia Research Honours Scholarship to assist [...]
War and Disaster Conference 2012 When: 6 October 2012 Where: Darwin, NT Web: http://www.waranddisaster.com/ The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) was established as a Australian Government initiative, following Darwin’s successful response to the Bali Bombings of 2002 and 2005. The Centres mission is to significantly enhance Top End clinical surge capacity, while [...]
From: SEEK ST JOHN NT GRADUATE PARAMEDIC INTERNSHIP St John Ambulance NT invites applications from graduates who have completed a Bachelor Degree in Paramedical Science with a university recognised by the Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA) with a minimum of a GPA of Credit, for employment opportunities commencing in July 2012. Successful candidates will: Perform [...]
