The ACP International Conference provides an unmatched opportunity for our members to learn from experts and leaders in paramedicine. ACPIC 2021 was delivered as a hybrid conference (online and face to face in the Sunshine Coast, QLD and Hobart, TAS) in November 2021.
Avoiding nitrates during RVMI due to the risk of decreased preload – and subsequent hypotension – is routinely taught to undergraduates. However, the evidence underlying this view is rarely considered. This session describes how a single paper with methodological weaknesses and a sample size of just 40 came to form the dominant narrative for nearly half a century, despite ongoing conflicting evidence. The results of a systematic review into the topic will be presented, and current suggestions for best practice revisited.
Biography: Matt Wilkinson-Stokes
Matt is a paramedic and postgraduate student. In his personal life he is joyfully married and has a beautiful golden retriever puppy called Waffles.
Session moderator: Linda Ross
The College is the peak professional body representing and supporting paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973.
The College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land and sea in which we live and work, we recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and culture and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
The College acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
