The Australasian College of Paramedicine is pleased to announce that Rosemary Wanganeen will be the keynote speaker for the ROAR: Rural Outback and Remote paramedic conference 14-15 May 2022.

This two-day event covers a wide range of rural and remote paramedic practice with presentations, workshops and discussions covering a number of clinical and operational topics such as trauma, obstetrics, retrieval, resuscitation, palliative care and transfer. Exposure to knowledge and skills which will benefit paramedics, rural and remote nurses, retrieval and flight specialists, and other allied health staff working side-by-side in this unique environment.

Keynote speaker: Rosemary is an awarding winning proud South Australian Aboriginal woman with ancestral links to Kaurna of the Adelaide Plains and Wirungu from the West Coast of SA. 29-yrs ago Rosemary became the sole operator and owner of the Sacred Site Within Healing and in going from strength to strength, in 2021 she founded the Healing Centre for Griefology. Between 1987-1992 she became what she refers to, an intuitive researcher whereby her research question was to investigate ‘not what happed when 1788 arrive’ but ‘why did it happened and so violently’ without shaming or blaming. In so doing, she developed the Seven Phases to Integrating Loss and Grief framework which she soon realized was a missing link to dismantling Aboriginal disadvantage to re-build Aboriginal prosperity which afforded her the role as a Griefologist. Her definition of Griefology is it’s the study of the human relationship between Aboriginal ancestral major losses and their suppressed unresolved grief that has compounded and complicated their contemporary Aboriginal descendants’ losses and suppressed unresolved grief, guaranteeing Aboriginal disadvantage, inter-generationally! However, understanding this relationship, Griefology is a holistic system that will reclaim grieving processes that will restore prosperity which is the right of all human beings. As a result of her peer reviewed and published Seven Phases framework, and her industry experience of 29-years she was accepted into the Master of Philosophy at University of Adelaide.

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Conference sponsors:

Edith Cowan University

Established in 1991, Edith Cowan University (ECU) is one of the world’s best young universities, achieving excellence in research output, quality of teaching and the overall student experience. ECU has also been a pioneer in offering alternative pathways to higher education. It’s an approach that has led to a five-star rating in the Good Universities Guide for teaching quality for fifteen years running (2008-2022).

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St John WA

St John Ambulance Western Australia Ltd (St John WA) is a not-for-profit organisation which has been an integral part of the WA community for 130 years. Its purpose is to serve humanity and build resilient communities through the relief of sickness, distress, suffering and danger.

In Western Australia, St John WA delivers a suite of services including first aid training, community and patient transport, community defibrillators and a first responder network, event health services, urgent care centres and primary health and dental, all geared to wrap around our community and link together to support the delivery of emergency ambulance services, optimising their effectiveness and benefit to the health system. We cover the biggest geographical footprint of any single ambulance service in the world, and our consistent delivery of quality services has resulted in St John WA receiving the highest reputation score of any charity in Australia according to ratings agency RepTrak.

Our highly skilled workforce is the backbone of this integrated model, where career and volunteer personnel work side-by-side to provide first-class pre-hospital patient care. It includes volunteers, paramedics, community paramedics, critical care paramedics on board the RAC rescue helicopter, and clinical support paramedics based on-road and in the State Operations Centre. Our ambulance personnel are supported by nurses, doctors, dentists and support staff all working together to achieve our purpose.

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Emergency Services Health

Emergency Services Health offers private health cover like no other for emergency services (including front line and allied health) workers volunteers and families.

In the latest Healthcare & Insurance Australia research survey*, conducted in 2021, our Fund was voted number # 1 in the following Categories out of all Private Health Funds in Australia.

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National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC)

The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) is a key component of the Australian Government’s disaster and emergency medical preparedness and response capability.

A core element of the NCCTRC’s capacity to respond quickly and effectively includes the coordination and delivery of the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT), a multidisciplinary healthcare team deployed in response to national and international disasters.

In addition to ensuring Australia has the best readily deployable medical workforce, the NCCTRC delivers a comprehensive education program, providing a national standard of training for doctors, nurses, logisticians, paramedics and allied health professionals as medical disaster responders.

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Zoll

ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company, develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and monitoring, circulation and CPR feedback, data management, therapeutic temperature management, and ventilation, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, and lay rescuers treat victims needing resuscitation and acute critical care.

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