Former CSO, now Regional Team Leader (ICP) with SAAS. ASM, FACPara. Ex RAAMC and mining sector. Side interests in research, toxinology and snakes. Views my own.
South Australia
Joined March 2012
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Clint Eastwood cumplió 96 años. Llegará al centenario. Puros grandes actores en esa foto.
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Out-of-hospital postpartum haemorrhage: Improving care, reducing deaths jbi.global/news/article/out-…
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"Humans don't do that to people": A qualitative study of the experience of paramedics providing care to a patient who has just allegedly committed a violent crime in PrehospEmergCare.
Findings: moral distress, altered care, no training, limited support!
doi.org/10.1080/10903127.202…
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Very important trial
Whole blood in trauma has generated enormous interest. Today, @SWiFT_trial in @NEJM provides the clearest randomised evidence so far on whether prehospital whole blood improves outcomes in life-threatening traumatic haemorrhage: tinyurl.com/SWiFTNEJM
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed El Ahmad, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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In a Media Release yesterday, @VicGovAu announced that key legislation allowing Paramedic Practitioners to prescribe and administer scheduled medicines, has now passed the Victorian Parliament.
Read this Media Release at premier.vic.gov.au/australia…
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A fabulous outcome. This is why #CPR needs to be taught as a core life skill in all schools #CallPushShock #Shocktober
A 15-year-old Melbourne schoolboy has saved his father's life by listening in class and staying calm in a crisis. When Andrew Bartlett suffered a cardiac arrest at home his son Jassem kept him alive with CPR until paramedics arrived. youtu.be/JtCQtlKuoJs @NickMcCallum7 #7NEWS
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NSW #paramedics to join #emergency department teams. Mudgee Hospital's #ED will be the first to participate in the Integrated Paramedic Workforce Model Pilot, which will see paramedics integrated into the #multidisciplinary team. #health #innovation nsw.gov.au/media-releases/pa…
Chris Cotton retweeted
Feedback closes this Wednesday! Help shape the future of bike travel in the Hills 🚴♀️Got ideas or challenges when it comes to biking around the district?
🌐 Give feedback 👉 ow.ly/UuXq50Tf452
🗓️ By 2pm, Wednesday, 2 October
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#APHRS2024
@IsabelleVGelder
AF is more than the ECG!
🚨 AF is a wake-up call!
🚨 AF is a progressive disease
🚨 AF never comes alone!
ECG-dedicated Care
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Integrated AF-Care
Focus on comorbidity and risk factors!
@aphrs2024 @PrashSanders
@HRSonline @EHRAPresident @escardio
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Pre-hospital ‘dirty adrenaline’:
A descriptive case series of patients receiving peripheral dilute adrenaline infusions in Central Australian remote nurse-led clinics prior to aeromedical retrieval
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14…
Pre‐hospital ‘dirty adrenaline’ - nice study in @EMAJournal it works well in-hospital as well in the resus bay 😉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Non-invasive BP measurement in prehospital critical care is less reliable the sicker you are
Thanks @stemlyns & @EMManchester for this post on a great prehospital paper by @DrYaniPerera and colleagues from @TVAirAmb
Great paper showing that non invasive BP measurement is unreliable in a PHEM case mix. #IABP better and feasible in prehospital care #foamed stemlynsblog.org/non-invasiv…
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Time for South Australia to get with the programme @PictonChris @aeasa1981
In other @NTGovernmentAU moves we await news of the appointment of the Chief Paramedic Officer #CPO to provide additional leadership within the #health sector and better mobilisation of the #paramedic profession. Closed 23 Sept. @RosalieBoyce
tinyurl.com/bdfsuch5
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Here are 7 out-of-hospital patients that were all in cardiac arrest (yellow bar) who then achieved ROSC (purple bar)....but then all rearrested (yellow bar).
What was the common theme?
All of these patients were hypotensive, a condition that was not addressed fast enough in the post-ROSC period.
The data shows that the rearrests occurred within 2-9 minutes of ROSC.
What was done to correct this?
They made a protocol change that allowed early fluid boluses and pressors (push dose epi) - without the need to call medical control.
The results?
▪The re-arrest rate dropped from 50% to less than 20%
This shows the power of using data in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and it highlights the amazing work of Adam Perrett and Mike Humphrey at Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services in Canada.
Data visualization via @zoll_rescuenet.
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Clever idea @bouta_nt @PenolaStation
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If 80% of an organisation's activity is #EMS then putting a competent person in charge with an EMS background where complex scene control is paramount would seem very positive. #paramedic #leadership #health
Congratulations to Dr Sandy Tong missionlocal.org/2024/09/san… @NYCEMSwatch
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Fabulous to see the life changing TLC ambulance expanding into South Australia. From little things, big things grow 🚑 💙
Meet ‘Noah’ our newest TLC Ambulance, at his forever home in SA. Without the support of the South Australian community, this wouldn’t have happened. Thank you @hasfoundationau for being our majour sponsor.#charity #southaustralia #sickkids #memorymakingtrips #adelaide #charity