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 Please note that while there is some excellent content that pre-dates registration, some may be out of date or no longer relevant to current guidelines and standards.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 Superintendent Cameron Edgar No one expects to experience the death of a colleague on duty, let alone have to manage the post incident environment and all the people it touches. This presentation will take you through a personal perspective of the immediate and longer-term experiences and actions following the death of a team mate and what has been learnt through internal experience and guidance from others. In particular, we will discuss insights into how people can react and practical considerations for working through traumatic events.
Superintendent Cameron Edgar is the Zone Manager for Southern NSW helicopter operations. His role sees him managing the day-to-day operations of ambulance rescue helicopters and their medical teams responding to remote areas, canyons, cliffs, caves and aquatic search and rescue missions. Cameron has been a paramedic for 22 years and is certified as a Critical Care Helicopter Paramedic and member of the NSW Ambulance Special Casualty Access Team.
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.
