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 Please note that while there is some excellent content that pre-dates registration, some may be out of date or no longer relevant to current guidelines and standards.
Presented by Paul Burke and Dr John Maloney Paul Burke is Clinical Practice Development Specialist (and former MICA Paramedic) with Ambulance Victoria.
John Moloney is an anaesthetist who has published on the topic of human factors and will present on the influence they can have in terms of correct decision-making and patient outcomes.
Management of the non-transported patient has been identified as an issue for prehospital services around the world. As ambulance services grapple with the complexities of choosing the right patients to take to increasingly overloaded Emergency Departments (EDs) and the right pathways for patients who can be managed outside of EDs, Ambulance Victoria (AV) is developing a framework to assist their staff with making these difficult decisions.
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.
