Paramedics' compassion and professionalism can reduce unnecessary presentations at hospital emergency departments and can provide new knowledge to inform paramedic practice and education, as well as novel designs of emergency health service models of care.
Watch as College Member, senior paramedic and researcher Dr Robbie King talks to Channel 7 news about his "Exploring patients’ experiences of non-conveyance after receiving an emergency ambulance service response" research and how it can benefit both public health and the health system.