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.

Chronic pain is drastically different to acute pain in pathophysiology, presentation, and treatment. However, research surrounding paramedic management of chronic pain and paramedic guidelines for chronic pain presentations are very limited. Lucinda will be presenting a scoping review conducted earlier this year on paramedic management of chronic pain. This review identified four key themes crucial to holistic chronic pain management in the out-of-hospital setting.

Biography: Lucinda Marinelli

Lucinda is originally from Melbourne and moved to Sydney in April 2021 to begin work as a graduate paramedic with NSW Ambulance. Lucinda completed her Bachelor’s of Paramedicine at ACU in 2020 and is currently an Honours student at Monash University.

Prior to working as a paramedic, she worked in the disability sector where she developed an interest in chronic illness presentations to ambulance, her current research area. Lucinda is also interested in paramedic referral decisions and models of interdisciplinary care.

Session moderator: Robin Pap