Education
PA-ACT conducts regular CPE sessions
- Entry is free of charge – open to anyone with an interest in their own professional development. No need to RSVP.
- PA-ACT members will receive a certificate of attendance.
- Video recordings of sessions will be available via this website to PA members only (login required).
- Click here for information on how to join Paramedics Australasia.
Existing PA members who reside in Canberra and surrounding areas are encouraged to affiliate with the ACT Chapter and enjoy our range of educational and other activities.
When?
- Last Thursday of each month (Feb-Nov) @ 1900
Where?
- Linvatec Theatrette
Level 3 Peter Yorke Building
(previously known as Clinical Services Building)
John James Healthcare Campus
173 Strickland Cres, Deakin ACT
What’s next?
- Thursday 26 April 2012
Aviation Medical Considerations
with Mr Paul Hardie (Flight Paramedic, ACT Ambulance Service)
Further information Here
For other events of interest see PA’s CPE pages.
Previous sessions (with links to video)
- Mar2012: Rescue and Survival in Antarctica with Mr Rob Brittle (former Field Training Officer, Australian Antarctic Division)
VIDEO COMING SOON - Feb2012: Victorian RSI Trial with Associate Professor Tony Walker (co-author)
VIEW VIDEO - Nov/Dec2011: AUSMAT Deployments with Ms Abi Trewin (Specialist Operations Manager, National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre)
- Oct2011: Emergency Thoracotomy and Tranexamic Acid with Dr Chris Cole (Emergency Department, The Canberra Hospital)
VIEW VIDEO - Sep2011: Management of the Stroke Patient with Mr Brett Jones (Clinical Nurse Consultant & Ms Dawn Nusa, Stroke Liaison Nurse, The Canberra Hospital)
VIEW VIDEO PART 1 / VIEW VIDEO PART 2 - Aug2011: Brain Trauma with Dr Nick Taylor (Emergency Specialist, The Canberra Hospital)
VIEW VIDEO - Jul2011: Part 1 - Electroconvulsive Therapy for Severe Depression and Part 2 - Treating the Alcohol Dependent Patient with Margie Hannigan (Alcohol and Drug Liaison, Calvary Hospital)
VIEW VIDEO PART 1 / VIEW VIDEO PART 2 - Jun2011: Paramedic Registration with Mr Ray Bange (National Policy Adviser, Paramedics Australasia)
VIEW VIDEO - May2011: Making Simulation Easier with Mr John McMurray (Laerdal Australia)
- Apr2011: Substance Abuse with Mr Alan Eade ASM (Intensive Care Paramedic, Ambulance Victoria)
VIEW VIDEO - Mar2011: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome with Dr Damien McMahon (Director Shock Trauma Service, The Canberra Hospital)
VIEW VIDEO - Feb2011: Swift Water Safety with Mr David Tassicker (Chair PA-ACT)
- The Pre-Hospital and Emergency Department Interface During Disasters with Mr Jamie Ranse (Lecturer, University of Canberra)
- Airway Management in Trauma & Chest Trauma with Dr Sashi Kumar (Senior Staff Specialist Emergency Department, The Canberra Hospital)
- Paediatric Respiratory Emergencies with Dr John Craven (Paediatrician & Emergency Physician, The Canberra Hospital)
- Obstetric Emergencies with Ms Noelynn Perriman (Midwife Educator, Calvary Health Care ACT)
- Permissive Hypotension in Trauma with Ms Rebakah Ogilvie (Trauma Coordinator Shock Trauma Service, The Canberra Hospital)
- Hypoglycaemic Emergencies with Ms Terri Berenguer (Manager Health Services, Diabetes ACT)
- Paediatric Asthma with Ms Karen Fisher (Paediatric Clinical Development Nurse, Calvary Health Care ACT)
- Snake Bites with Dr David Lamond (Staff Specialist Emergency Department, The Canberra Hosptial)
- Epilepsy, Seizures and Anti-Convulsants with Dr Trish Robson (Emergency Department, The Canberra Hospital)
- Medical Response to Mass Gathering with Mr Jamie Ranse (Clinical Manager Emergency Department, Calvary Health Care ACT)
- The Sick Child with Dr David Lamond (Staff Specialist Emergency Department, The Canberra Hospital)
- The Differences between Toxinology and Toxicology with Dr Geoff Newman-Martin CSM RFD FRACI CChem FACTM, (Consultant to the Australian Defence Force)
