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 Please note that while there is some excellent content that pre-dates registration, some may be out of date or no longer relevant to current guidelines and standards.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 Matthew Meister
Discussion of pre hospital trauma care in major trauma settings with focus upon HARU interventions and their place with in the treatment continuum. Also, a further discussion on current pre hospital studies that QAS undertake and possible future interventions.
Matthew Meister has been employed for 11 years with QAS and currently working as a Critical Care Paramedic with the High Acuity Response Unit (HARU) out of Kedron for the past 18 months. He has a special interest in road crash rescue, Urban Search and Rescue, and disaster planning.
The College is the peak professional body representing and supporting paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973.
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The College acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
