The Rural Outback and Remote Paramedic Conference 2022

The Rural Outback and Remote Paramedic Conference is a two-day event, designed specifically for paramedics and allied health professionals working in rural, outback and remote locations.

Conference theme: "Breaking down barriers"

The Best Care... Anywhere. Breaking down the barriers of medical care in the bush

Have you ever found yourself on an alpine ridge in white out conditions? Perhaps you have been for a stroll in the bush and ended up cold, wet and exhausted? Now think about providing paramedic level care in that same setting. There are many barriers to providing excellent, patient centered care in remote and austere settings and it is important we do what is possible to overcome these and remain focused on providing the best care.. anywhere. In this session Kerryn will discuss the barriers he has experienced providing medical care in the bush and help give you some tools to break them down

Biography: Kerryn Wratt

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.

Conference moderator: Alecka Miles, Course Coordinator, Paramedicine & Master of Paramedic Practitioner, Edith Cowan University