Australasian College of Paramedicine International Conference (ACPIC25)
ACPIC 2025 delivered a wide range of clinical and research sessions from experts and leaders in paramedicine. Hosted in Brisbane (September 2025) the program was designed to inspire, educate and broaden horizons.
This recording is from the ACPIC25 Student Day.
Conference theme: Foundations to future: Advancing paramedicine
From one extreme to another – managing yourself and your patients in the extremes of temperature
This session will focus on the recognition and management of patients presenting with heat and cold related illnesses. Participants will be guided through a series of case-based talk through scenarios that highlight the physiology of human response to extremes of temperature, the clinical management of affected patients and the necessary steps required for paramedics to operate safely in these environments. This session is suitable to paramedic students of all levels who have an interest in the effect of our environment on patient presentations.
Biography: Lucy Oatley
Lucy Oatley ASM is an Intensive Care Flight Paramedic based on the Westpac rescue helicopter in Hobart, Tasmania. Lucy completed her undergraduate degree at Queensland University of Technology in 2014 before commencing her career with the Queensland Ambulance Service in Brisbane. In 2017, Lucy relocated to Tasmania, completing her Intensive Care training with Ambulance Tasmania in 2020. Lucy has since worked in patient facing clinical duties and in project management roles within the Clinical Services division of Ambulance Tasmania, before moving onto the helicopter in 2022. Lucy has a keen professional and research interest in the provision of reperfusion therapy in the out of hospital setting, and the challenge of delivering high level clinical care across the predominately regional and often remote island state of Tasmania.
Moderator: Emma Tyzack-Price, Student Conference MC and Student Representative for ACPIC25 Organising Commmittee
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.
We recognise the unique role of Māori as Tangata Whenua and embrace Te Tiriti o Waitangi, recognising Māori as tino rangatiratanga of Aotearoa New Zealand while supporting the guiding principles of Te Tiriti – Tino rangatiratanga, Equality, Active protection, Options, and Partnership.
