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Monash study of cardiac arrests at schools and universities highlights the importance of available and findable public access defibrillators

A Monash University study of cardiac arrests on university campuses and primary and secondary schools has highlighted the need for more publicly available and – importantly – findable – defibrillators.
13 April, 2021 Primary and Allied Health Care

Alumna, Aira Abarra’s inspiring address to our Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences 2020 Graduates

Aira Abarra celebrates someone's birthday every working day! She is a registered nurse and registered midwife at Monash Medical Centre.
26 March, 2021 Nursing and Midwifery
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Episode #9 of our paramedicine podcast is now available

In this episode Kelly-Ann Bowles shares her career story.  Kelly is passionate about research into the health and wellbeing of paramedics as well as the roles paramedics can play within the health service and aims to increase paramedic
2 December, 2020 Alumni

Do we need to reinvent the wheel?

There are gaps with what we are teaching paramedics - the competency frameworks may not always reflect the practice. Are we teaching paramedics what they need to know?  Episode #8 of our paramedicine podcast is now available.

25 November, 2020 Primary and Allied Health Care

Is communication more important than decision making?

Could improvements in paramedic empathy increase patient compliance and decrease clinical error rates as identified in other healthcare settings?  Episode #7 of our paramedicine podcast is now available.

18 November, 2020 Primary and Allied Health Care

Competency and being prepared

Episode #6 of our paramedicine podcast is now available. Hear from Dr Talal AlShammari about the efficacy of a core competency framework that aims to align the educational approaches

11 November, 2020 Primary and Allied Health Care

Recognise, interpret and predict - role of situational awareness in paramedicine

Episode #5 of our paramedicine podcast is now available. We welcome Justin Hunter, a paramedic and flight paramedic in the USA, who has been researching situational awareness as a component of crew resource management.
3 November, 2020 Primary and Allied Health Care

Not for me, but PHAWRU

Episode #4 of our paramedicine podcast is now available. We chat to Ben Meadly about his co-authored research, “The health and well being of paramedics - a professional priority”.

28 October, 2020 Primary and Allied Health Care

The Missing Link? Electronic clinical handovers and patient outcomes

Episode #3 of our new paramedicine podcast is now available. Listen to Belinda Delardes discuss her co-authored article that highlights how handover between clinicians is a high-risk event for communication errors.

22 October, 2020 Primary and Allied Health Care