Associate Professor Kathryn Eastwood ASM

PhD, Masters of Emergency Health (MICA Paramedic), Grad Cert Higher Ed, BSc, RN

Kathryn has been an operational Intensive Care Paramedic for 25 years and involved in tertiary education and research at Monash University since 2003. She was a Senior Lecturer educating paramedics, nurses, medical students and military personnel for almost 15 years before accepting a Research Fellow position in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

She is a leading researcher in prehospital patient care and health services research, and has a strong record of engaging in interdisciplinary and international teams to work collaborative to produce high quality research that is directly used to change educational and clinical practice.

Kathryn is a member of the Education, Implementation and Teams (EIT) Task Force on the International Liaison Committee On Resuscitation (ILCOR) and a member of the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) where the evidence base is established and interpreted into guidelines informing patient care in healthcare setting globally.

She conducts a broad range of research on topics including resuscitation practices and education, engagement of culturally and linguistically diverse populations with health services, and non-pharmacological pain management using distraction techniques for paediatric patients.

• NUR3310 – Translation of nursing knowledge to complex acute care practice

• Resuscitation practice and education
• Paediatric non-pharmacological pain management
• Data harmonisation and to improve research
• Health service delivery optimisation
• Nomenclature and communication in emergency health and research

Research methodologies

• Quantitative methods
• Translational research
• Systematic reviews
• Scoping reviews

Research projects

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Research supervision

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• Accredited Supervisor

• Deputy Editor of Paramedicine journal
• Peer review for a range of journals and funding opportunities
• Research mentor to clinicians interested in research

• American Heart Association -Professional Member
• Australian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH)
• Health Services Research Association of Australia/New Zealand
• Fellow, Australasian College of Paramedicine

• International Liaison Committee On Resuscitation (2020-present)
• Australian Resuscitation Council (2020-present)
• Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Clinical Governance Committee (2013-present)
• Frontiers Editorial Board for Public Health (2013-2017)
• Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (2011-2013)

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