Please find attached the NSW 2010/11 Annual Report. ACAP NSW Annual Report (10Mb) The Annual Report will be presented by the Directors of ACAP NSW at the AGM to be held at the Ambulance Education Centre on Tuesday 13 September 2011 at 1700 hrs. Current ACAP NSW members have been forwarded a proxy voting form [...]
The National Rural Health Alliance Conference 2011 My name is Daniel Kearney and I am currently employed by the Ambulance Service of NSW (ASNSW) as Station Officer at Mudgee in the Central Tablelands. In early January this year I received an email from the Paramedics Australasia NSW Branch (ACAP) announcing the availability of a scholarship [...]
ACAP NSW Held their Annual General Meeting on 21 September 2010 at Rozelle, Sydney, and the meeting was well attended by members from across the state. Business conducted was approval of the annual Company financial and auditors reports, amendment to the NSW Constitution and election of Directors to fill board vacancies. Suzie Davies (Sydney), Michael [...]
Registrations are now open for the 2010 Extended Care Conference. When: 11th November 2010 Where: Mantra Resort, Ettalong Beach, NSW Registration is available via the Paramedic Shop.
In 2011, Charles Sturt University is introducing a new distance education course in EMS Leadership and Management. The course is designed to provide a postgraduate academic pathway for paramedics and emergency medical services (EMS) managers who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in emergency medical service leadership and management. The program will have an [...]
Why and what for? Throughout Australia, there is a growing need for paramedics with formal postgraduate qualifications in intensive care. Charles Sturt University has developed the Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies in consultation with ambulance industry representatives from New South Wales and other States and Territories to meet this need. The course has [...]
Several NSW members will feature on this new program that has been filming in NSW for almost the last 12 months, including NSW Director Jordan Emery as one of the Paramedic mentors. This is great for the Paramedic profession to give the general public and insight of the challenges involved in not only training to [...]
The Paramedic Shop prize winners for two tickets to this years National Conference have been announced. They are Craig Alford from Frankston Victoria (SPA member) and Matthew Avery from Newtown New South Wales (ACAP NSW member). Both members made a purchase in the last twelve months that entitled them as members to enter the draw [...]
ACAP NSW held its Annual General Meeting in Sydney on Tuesday 13th September. The meeting was well attended this year with over thirty members attending compared to only a couple in previous years. This has been attributed to the introduction of proxy voting for the AGM along with the keen interest members have in their [...]
Please find attached the NSW 2010/11 Annual Report. ACAP NSW Annual Report (10Mb) The Annual Report will be presented by the Directors of ACAP NSW at the AGM to be held at the Ambulance Education Centre on Tuesday 13 September 2011 at 1700 hrs. Current ACAP NSW members have been forwarded a proxy voting form [...]
The National Rural Health Alliance Conference 2011 My name is Daniel Kearney and I am currently employed by the Ambulance Service of NSW (ASNSW) as Station Officer at Mudgee in the Central Tablelands. In early January this year I received an email from the Paramedics Australasia NSW Branch (ACAP) announcing the availability of a scholarship [...]
The extraordinary general meeting was held this afternoon and a new name for the organisation has been determined following a vote of eligible members. Our new name is Paramedics Australasia. The motion was put to the membership following a unanimous board recommendation. At the specially convened EGM a secret ballot was conducted allowing the maximal [...]
An online pre-hospital journal club/ forum has just been created, feedback would be welcome. Depending on interest, comments etc, the forum can be developed further with time. The forum is open for anyone interested. Please visit: http://www.prehospitalresearchforum.net.au/
SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE TO ATTEND 11th ANNUAL NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ALLIANCE CONFERENCE The Australasian College of Ambulance Professionals (NSW Branch) is calling for applications from members to be sponsored to attend the 11th annual National Rural Health Alliance Conference (NRHA), to be held in Perth from the 13th-16th March 2011. We are pleased to [...]
When: Tuesday 26th October 2010 Time: 1930 – 2130hrs Venue: AEC Rozelle – Front classroom Cost: ACAP members free, any officer attending a course at AEC also free Paul McQuaid, a prehospital clinician and educator with extensive international experience will share with us his knowledge on the theory behind, and practice of, obtaining and analysing [...]
ACAP NSW Held their Annual General Meeting on 21 September 2010 at Rozelle, Sydney, and the meeting was well attended by members from across the state. Business conducted was approval of the annual Company financial and auditors reports, amendment to the NSW Constitution and election of Directors to fill board vacancies. Suzie Davies (Sydney), Michael [...]
Registrations are now open for the 2010 Extended Care Conference. When: 11th November 2010 Where: Mantra Resort, Ettalong Beach, NSW Registration is available via the Paramedic Shop.
ACAP NSW recently sponsored Roger Price to attend the Healthcare Human Factors Symposium held in Sydney in April. The theme was: Realising the critical importance of human factors in patient safety & delivering optimal outcomes in the quality of healthcare. Roger attended as part of his Human Factors project at the Ambulance Research Institute. The following summary [...]
On Friday 6th August 2010, a retirement function was held for a long serving member of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals and the Ambulance Service of NSW. ACAP was represented at this well attended function by the NSW Chapter Chair, Carpet Hughes and National Director John Hall. During the formal part of the evening [...]
In 2011, Charles Sturt University is introducing a new distance education course in EMS Leadership and Management. The course is designed to provide a postgraduate academic pathway for paramedics and emergency medical services (EMS) managers who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in emergency medical service leadership and management. The program will have an [...]
Why and what for? Throughout Australia, there is a growing need for paramedics with formal postgraduate qualifications in intensive care. Charles Sturt University has developed the Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies in consultation with ambulance industry representatives from New South Wales and other States and Territories to meet this need. The course has [...]
