Melissa is a registered paramedic working for a state-based ambulance service in an extended operational role which specialises in enhanced patient assessment and primary health care. She has experience in a broad range of prehospital clinical settings including rural and remote low-resourced locations, remote Indigenous communities, and busier regional and metropolitan (AUS and UK) service delivery. Melissa is also a motivated mentor for students and graduate paramedics, and is committed to continued education and training of the future workforce.

Dave has been a Paramedic for 30 years, and is currently a critical care Retrieval Paramedic with SAAS MedSTAR, SA's medical retrieval service. He has a passion for education and is a lecturer on ICP and aeromedical post-graduate programs. His previous roles include Rescue Paramedic, Special Operations Team Leader, and MedSTAR Clinical Manager. He has deployed overseas as part of the Australian Medical Assistance Team. When not working he enjoys camping and kayaking with his family.

Katharine is a Senior Implementation Officer with the SA Aboriginal Chronic Disease Consortium. With an interest in health policy and program implementation, Katharine works on translating research to improve the quality of health services and health systems for Aboriginal people in South Australia. Katharine works across a range of research which is centred around heart health and stroke research priorities identified by Aboriginal communities in South Australia. The Consortium’s work spans the continuum of care from health promotion and prevention, to acute and ongoing care.

Dave has been a career Ambo for 40 years and an ICP since 1997. Working mainly in South Australian rural communities, Dave was a Clinical Team Leader in Whyalla for 13 years. In March 2017 he commenced in the newly developing role of Community Paramedic in Ceduna on the Far West Coast of SA. Dave states that this current role, working mainly with remote, itinerant indigenous people is by far the most rewarding period of his career. His role as a solo clinician encompasses primary health care in the community as well as emergency clinical support to both the local ambos and health services in the region.

Chris is nearing the end of his internship with SA Ambulance Service working in the Metro North region. Chris was born and raised in regional South Australia in the small town of Ceduna. He started his career in the Australian Defence Force, before returning to regional SA to work in the mining industry near Whyalla. While completing his degree, Chris volunteered as an Ambulance Officer at Kapunda working throughout the Barossa and fringe metro regions of Adelaide.

Mel has been a paramedic for 19 years, an intensive care paramedic for 10 years and ECP for 4 years. Mel has worked in education roles with the SA Ambulance Education Services Unit and with Flinders University. She is currently studying the Doctor of Advanced Clinical Practice through Deakin University and hopes to use this to develop a Paramedic Practitioner Role in South Australia.

Cliff has been a registered nurse for 35 years working in all aspects of nursing in tertiary centres, community health, research programs in Melbourne and Perth, General practice in three states, rural and remote area nursing. Cliff has been a credentialled Diabetes Nurse for 27 years most recently setting up diabetes support programs in community and general practice settings. Cliff currently works in general practice in Perth and three other remote area diabetes clinics, one in the Kimberley in WA and two in North Queensland.

Melissa is a public health nurse/midwife and works with the NT Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program in Central Australia, which is a part of the Public Health Unit in Alice Springs. Melissa has been in this role for the past 8 years and has lived in Central Australia for over 15 years. Her work area covers over 1 million sq. kms. Melissa is passionate about seeing Rheumatic Heart Disease eradicated in Australia.

Sean Keenan, MD (Colonel (retired), US Army) is an emergency physician and emergency medical services specialist who spent the latter part of his active duty service career spearheading austere medical guidelines and the US military’s effort in the area of prolonged field care. After retirement from the military in 2018, he continues to consult and teach, developing educational curricula specifically for prehospital practitioners in austere environments.

Kirsty is a registered paramedic with over 15 years of experience in a variety of roles within Aotearoa New Zealand's ambulance and health sector. In her role with Whakarongorau Aotearoa, she is part of a growing paramedic workforce within the National Telehealth Service that delivers free health advice, support and information 24/7 to help virtually support the people of Aotearoa. Kirsty is also a Clinical Education and Advocacy Officer with the Australasian College of Paramedicine. In her downtime, she enjoys high country adventures with her horse Tosca.

Brodie is a Paramedic and PhD candidate, living in regional Northwest Victoria. Brodie is passionate about providing healthcare to regional and remote communities. He is a member of Ambulance Victoria’s community paramedic trial and involved with a community paramedic project in a local regional health service in collaboration with La Trobe and Monash Universities.

In January 2021 Karen completed a Master’s in healthcare management through Murdoch University, and throughout this time she undertook a research project which focused on the transition from clinical to manager from a paramedic’s experience. This research was published in the Australasian Journal of Paramedicine in January 2021. Karen is an Associate fellow with the College of Health Service Management and a certified health manager. Karen Stewart was the youngest female paramedic in Scotland in 1997 to graduate with an IHCD in Paramedicine she completed just under 20 years in this service in various clinical and leadership roles before emigrating to Australia in 2012. In 2010 Karen undertook a Bachelor of Science degree which she completed in 2012. In that same year Karen joined St John WA initially as a paramedic before securing the role of Clinical Governance Operations manager. Since then, Karen has held senior positions including Acting Head of Clinical Services, Acting Head of Country Operations and her current substantive role of Senior Operations Manager- Country Operations.

Paramedic Specialist with NSW Ambulance. Experience in a variety of clinical roles that include: Intensive Care Paramedic, Critical Care Paramedic, Special Operations, Rescue Paramedic and Flight Paramedic. Until 2021 worked as a Critical Care Paramedic Educator at the NSW Ambulance ACE Training Centre for five years. Now Associate Director of Clinical Practice. Devoted to furthering the paramedicine profession. This has led to roles on the colleges board of directors and as a member of the Paramedicine Accreditation Committee in Australia.

Dr Hayley Letson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Heart and Trauma Research Laboratory within the College of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University. Since 2008 Dr Letson has been developing a small-volume resuscitation fluid comprising adenosine, lidocaine and magnesium (ALM) for the treatment of haemorrhagic shock and traumatic injury. In addition to working with the US Military to translate ALM resuscitation fluid into the field, Hayley is focussed on improving emergency trauma care for patients in regional, rural and remote Australia.

Jenna has worked in the pre-hospital setting since 2006 and has a strong passion for palliative care. Working operationally for St John Ambulance as an Intensive Care Paramedic and Clinical Support Officer, Jenna then headed to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) as a lecturer for the Paramedicine department. Jenna holds a Master of Health Practice in Paramedicine (MHPrac) which sees her qualified as an Extended Care Paramedic. She is currently undertaking PG study in Palliative Care at the University of Auckland (UoA). She is very passionate about her role as an Advance Care Planning Facilitator for the Canterbury District Health Board and the powerful and meaningful connections it creates. Jenna is a Mum to three kids, aged 2,4 and 6 who take up most of her time and who she couldn't be prouder of. Jenna lives for the outdoors and spending time near the ocean; she needs no excuse to refuel her tank with a hike, bike, run, swim or walk. Her long-term goal is to work as a Clinical Paramedic Specialist in Palliative Care.

Cassie has been a Paramedic for the past 5 years with SA Ambulance Service, working largely with Paramedic Interns as a Clinical Instructor. She is currently working in Northern Metropolitan Adelaide, and has he has previously worked in the Murray Mallee Region in the towns of Renmark and Barmera.

Brent is an east coast migrate currently based in Western Australia. Having completed postgraduates in Critical Care and Paramedic Practitioner, he splits his focus in a variety of different interests. Currently on sabbatical but has spent the last few years working as a Paramedic in the resource sector. Interested in pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a Paramedic, and the novel roles Paramedics can play in health care.

Shell is a mother and stepmother to four teenagers and three large dogs. She lives in rural Aokautere with her partner. She is currently an Extended Care Paramedic in Rural Matamata providing acute and after-hours care from the medical clinic. She is also completing her Nurse Practitioner Practicum year. Shell sits on the Professional Practice Committee for the New Zealand College of Primary Health Care Nurses, as a member of the ACC Primary Health Care Sector engagement group, and as the founding member of the Urgent Care Nurses Network. Shell is a clinical nurse educator and an advocate for Paramedics working outside ambulance services.

Angela Martin is a registered paramedic, published author and long-standing advocate for Community Paramedicine. Her PhD thesis (currently under examination), was an international exploratory study on perspectives of Community Paramedicine through multiple stakeholder lenses. Angela’s achievements in her 19 year career include being awarded the ACP Rod Kershaw Scholarship in 2013, which led to her involvement in the development of a Community Paramedicine program in rural SA, and commendations including the prestigious SA Emergency Services medal (2018), and SA Ambulance Service Clinical Excellence Commendation in Professional Development. Both commendation reflected her exceptional leadership and contribution to regional communities through her CP advocacy & research. Angela holds qualifications in paramedicine, nursing, management and Training & Assessment, and is an active committee member on the ACP Community Paramedicine working group.

David started with St John in the late 70’s and joined the Ambulance service in 1985. David has worked in both metropolitan and country areas including Millicent, Mount Gambier and currently in the Outer Limestone Cast. From April to the end of June 2022 undertaking a community paramedic trial in Keith. David has worked as a Paramedic, an Intensive Care Paramedic, Extended care Paramedic and since 2016 as a Community Paramedic. David is married, with four children and one grandchild.

Brendan is a senior lecturer within the department of paramedicine and a registered Paramedic. Brendan is enrolled as a PhD candidate with his thesis investigating alternative care pathways by evaluating the impact of a hospital based community care program and the evaluation of the introduction of community paramedicine programs across the globe. Brendan has a keen research interest in alternative care pathways, non-transport, referral services, palliative care and community paramedicine.

Dr Brennen Mills has expertise in the formulation and evaluation of novel digital education and training applications, designed for knowledge procurement and skill acquisition, customised to meet bespoke learning outcomes in the Health Sciences. Dr Mills leads the Simulation and Immersive Digital Technology Group (SIDTG) at Edith Cowan University which, to-date, have experienced numerous successes in grant funding, development of education and training applications, peer-reviewed publications, and the awarding of both state-based and nationally competitive innovation prizes. Projects range across paramedicine, allied health, disaster preparedness, drug and alcohol education, aggression and violence de-escalation, defence and elite sports.

Emeritus Professor Paul Worley, Executive Director of Clinical Innovation at the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, former Australian Rural Health Commissioner and former Dean of the School of Medicine at Flinders University, is the Editor-in-Chief of Rural and Remote Health. Paul is a practicing rural doctor and, as Editor, shapes and guides the journal, oversees the review process and supports and advises authors, taking an active interest in the progress of each article in production.

Kerryn is an Intensive Care Paramedic and Flight Paramedic Intern currently based in Tasmania. He grew up exploring the rugged mountains of New Zealand where he gained his first taste of wilderness medicine whilst managing a patient who had fallen on Franz Josef Glacier. This experience spurred Kerryn to pursue a career in paramedicine that has now spanned 20 years. Kerryn has a deep passion for providing the best medical care possible in any environment and has been fortunate to contribute to paramedic wilderness response systems in Victoria, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea as well as regularly teaching on a range of wilderness and expedition medicine courses internationally.

Shonel is a practicing midwife & paramedic as well as academic in paramedicine. She is passionate about out-of-hospital obstetrics and educating paramedics on birth and helping alleviate the fear surrounding these presentations. Outside of work Shonel is a wife and mother of 4 beautiful children under 10. She is an avid camper, Prosecco enthusiast and works toward reducing our the effect of our footprint on the planet.