ACPIC20 - The panel will be given a fictional case study prior to the conference and the two services will provide an outline of how they would manage the case based on protocols in the location they are working.

This webinar presents an of overview data from an international scoping literature review and national research into paramedic mental health, as well as details current research and preliminary results into Veterans and First Responder Families and Help-Seeking.

Dr Parr and Dr Towler present on clinical decision making in Palliative Care, what is palliative care and the paramedic’s role. Gary and Susie Wilson, from Ambulance Wish Western Australia, discuss Ambulance Wish WA, their research that they have conducted into pre-hospital palliative care and a Paramedic perspective.

ACPIC 2020: This presentation and the already published paper in the Australasian Journal of Paramedicine forms the final peer-reviewed paper of Angela Martin’s PhD. Her research has both built on and contributed to a broader body of work exploring Community Paramedicine.

ACPIC 2020: In 2019, Trent, a 30 year old supervisor for bulk earthworks in a quarry, was crushed between a huge wheel and chassis of a large truck 80km south east of Melbourne. Michaela Malcolm presents on the pre hospital management, and Dr John Moloney, Head of Trauma Anaesthesia, talks about the in hospital care of Trent.

ACPIC 2020: This presentation briefly discusses the challenges of the application process from a paramedic perspective, the benefits of dual skills, and the challenges of working as a paramedic crew medical officer in an extreme environment such as future Mars missions.

ACPIC 2020: This case study session will be an overview of a status seizure case on a remote island in Vanuatu only accessible via helicopter. The session will focus on status seizure treatment and the austere environment

ACPIC20: This presentation identifies the patient and case characteristics related to emergency department suitability in patients referred for emergency ambulance dispatch following secondary telephone triage.

ACPIC 2020: In this keynote presentation, Shane Fitzsimmons, Commissioner of Resilience NSW, provides the background for the establishment of Resilience NSW.

ACPIC 2020: Dr Kathryn Eastwood presents her research study on ambulance dispatch of older patients following primary and secondary telephone triage in metropolitan Melbourne.