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"

Workshop: POC Bloods - VBG and Chemistry

• What is a Point of Care Test? 
• Critical Care & Primary Care
• Obtaining a blood sample
• What are normal values
• How to interpret an ABG/VBG
• What to do with abnormal values

Biography: Marty Nichols

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.

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