This recording is from 2018 or earlier, prior to national registration for paramedics being implemented in Australia and Aotearoa. Please note that while there is some excellent content that pre-dates registration, some may be out of date or no longer relevant to current guidelines and standards.
"The Expert In Pre Hospital Care" - Is there such a thing?
About
Presented by Tony Hucker ASM AdvDip HlthSci Grad Dip-Admin MHlthSci-Ed
Critical Care Paramedic Director Clinical Quality and Patient safety, Queensland Ambulance Service Adjunct Associate Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
Paramedics are smarter, better educated and provide an ever expanding procedural skill set for the most severely injured patients. Yet, the trauma workload will continue to decrease as we become more sophisticated in trauma prevention. A leading car maker has a 2020 vision that vehicle safety technology will not allow the occupants to have a crash causing either fatality or serious injury.
This presentation will explore strategies for improving the quality of practice in the face of a low experience base.