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25.01.2022 With asthma season approaching, our pick for this weeks Friday Feature is this presentation by intensive care flight paramedic educator Nick Roder who takes viewers through a range of respiratory conditions including the challenges involved with provisional diagnosis in the prehospital environment. Do buckle in though, as this recording goes a little over two hours! This module - along with our exhaustive paramedic learning library - is entirely free for College members at http://bit.ly/Resp-Roder

25.01.2022 The Council of Ambulance Authorities - Australasia will host its 'Women in Leadership' webinar next Tuesday morning. This event will feature Michelle Fyfe, CEO of St John WA. Bookings are free for CAA member services staff at www.caa.net.au/webinars

24.01.2022 Earlier this week, we provided an email snapshot of our recent College activities. Of particular interest to student paramedics, we unveiled our plans to begin producing a monthly student paramedic podcast ACP Student Talk - coming early October! Follow Student Paramedics Australasia for further updates regarding this podcast series.

24.01.2022 Graduating from your paramedic degree this year? Online registration for graduate applications is open from mid-September and you can submit your application up to three months before you expect to complete your course. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Ahpra has produced a Quick Guide intended to smooth the transition from study to registration - available at http://bit.ly/Grad-Applications

23.01.2022 Exciting news!

21.01.2022 New to our College journal this month is this review into how the management of acutely unwell mental health patients is included in paramedic curricula in Australia. This publication is available at https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.17.791

21.01.2022 Were pleased to announce this upcoming webinar which will debrief a prehospital case study of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Our invited guest is Ambulance Victoria intensive care paramedic Jarrod Wakeling, who will be joined for a conversation-style webinar with intensive care flight paramedic Matthew Shepherd. Bookings for this September 30 event are free for College members at http://bit.ly/DKA-Wakeling

18.01.2022 Our College would like to thank those who participated in our recent survey on Professional Indemnity Insurance. We are delighted to announce the recipients of the three $150 Paramedic Shop vouchers. Congratulations to Celeita W of NZ, Damon G of WA, and Peta O of VIC. We will be in touch with you via email this week with your vouchers details.... Once again we thank all survey participants for their valued input, helping the College to support paramedics.

18.01.2022 We're currently livestreaming from Eastern Melbourne with intensive care paramedic Jarrod Wakeling (left) and intensive care flight paramedic Matt 'Shep' Shepherd (right). Tonight's webinar topic is Diabetic Ketoacidosis - a clinical case study. Please drop your name in the comments below if you would like us to send you the link to the recording of this event once it's available on our website.

16.01.2022 Today is R U OK Day; a national day of action when were reminded that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? if someone in your world is struggling with lifes ups and downs. To learn more about this campaign - as well as the message behind Are they Triple OK? - you can visit www.ruok.org.au/

16.01.2022 We are incredibly pleased to unveil our 2020 ACP International Conference program, now available at http://bit.ly/ACPIC20 Join us online next month where well be joined by speakers from across the globe, presenting on topics such as: The Whakaari White Island eruption A flight paramedic case study of major chest trauma... Impact of COVID 19 on paramedicine students Plus much more!

15.01.2022 Trauma Victoria offers an excellent free podcast for health professionals involved in major trauma management. Episodes to date cover everything from traumatic brain injury, to hypothermia and hot debriefing. Have a listen at https://trauma.reach.vic.gov.au/podcasts

15.01.2022 Last opportunity to book a place at tomorrows webinar on Paediatric Respiratory Emergencies and Pre-Hospital Decision Making for Paramedics! Well be joined tomorrow afternoon by Queensland emergency physicians Dr Robyn Brady and Dr Katie Reeves. Tickets available at https://bit.ly/ACP-PaedsResp

14.01.2022 Paramedics will soon be able to train in the Northern Territory thanks to a new partnership between Charles Darwin University and St John Ambulance Australia NT.

14.01.2022 A reminder that tomorrow evening (1800 AEST) well be partnering with College of Paramedics to facilitate our joint webinar on Prehospital Critical Care Teams, including a feature on Queenslands High Acuity Response Unit. Last minute bookings are still available at https://bit.ly/HARU-CritCare

14.01.2022 Announcing our second ACPIC20 sponsor partner - Laerdal Australia and New Zealand. Laerdal is dedicated to our mission of Helping Save Lives. For more than 60 years, Laerdal has remained a world leader in training, educational and therapy solutions. In collaboration with renowned researchers and prominent partners, Laerdal develops products, programs, and services designed to increase survival, improve patient outcomes, and reduce medical errors. ... Trusted to build competence by healthcare providers, educators, and lay rescuers, our evidence-based solutions address the changing needs of healthcare organizations. By implementing what has been shown to work within resuscitation research, patient safety, and our global health initiatives, we believe we can help save 500.000 more lives, every year.

13.01.2022 Our College is pleased to join a number of other peak professional bodies as a contributing member of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce. Representing our College, Ryan Lovett FACPara joins the Taskforces National Steering Committee and Marty Nichols MACPara joins the National Guidelines Leadership Group. Further detail on these appointments at http://bit.ly/COVID19-Taskforce

13.01.2022 The Council of Ambulance Authorities will host its next webinar this Tuesday: Sustainability & Ambulance Victoria. This event will feature Sally Mangan, Director Sustainability at Ambulance Victoria, and is timely given the Council has recently released its own sustainability strategy. Bookings are free for CAA member services staff via https://www.caa.net.au/webinars

13.01.2022 Pre-hospital mass casualty response are you prepared? On October 26, well be joined (online, of course!) by Brian Parsell, Chief Inspector Duty Operations Manager with NSW Ambulance. Brian is a former Special Operations Team member who has been deployed to manage a number of major incidents in support of ambulance operations.... To book a place at this event, visit http://bit.ly/MCI-Parsell

12.01.2022 In April, our College announced a free 12 month membership offer for all paramedicine students (including recent graduates). This gesture was made in acknowledgement of the challenging times facing students amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since this announcement, were pleased to have welcomed more than 1,500 new students to our College.... With university studies continuing to be disrupted, this offer is still available at https://bit.ly/paramedstudents Tag a uni friend below to let them know!

12.01.2022 More than 600 of you have registered to join us at this afternoons graduate paramedic-themed webinar (currently livestreaming). Our three guest speakers are all either current graduates or recently-qualified paramedics, who are joining us today to share their experiences and challenges during their transition from student to graduate paramedic. Were getting lots of messages asking if this event is being recorded - and were pleased to respond that yes, it is! It will be available on our College website within the week.

10.01.2022 Tomorrow afternoon, well be facilitating a webinar on the St John New Zealand Extended Care Paramedic (ECP) program. Our invited guest is Clinical Support Officer & ECP Clinical Lead Fraser Watson, who will present on and answer your questions relating to the development of this paramedic specialty. Bookings for this event are free for College members at https://bit.ly/ECP-Fraser

09.01.2022 Are you booked to attend Dare to Know 2020 ParamedX? DTK is a FREE student paramedic research conference facilitated by CSUSPA and this year taking place virtually. Bookings at http://bit.ly/DTK2020-ParamedicX

08.01.2022 With more than 40% of all ambulance call outs in the United Kingdom being the result of a fall, our Friday Feature this week is a presentation on the Northeast Ambulance Service Inc. Falls Rapid Response Service which piloted teams comprised of paramedics and occupational therapists. Could there be a role for a similar pilot in Australia or New Zealand? Members can complete this module at http://bit.ly/Falls-Response-UK

08.01.2022 Te Kaunihera Manapou (the New Zealand Paramedic Council) is currently consulting on registration qualifications. New documents which have been published include: An information sheet Diagram of proposed pathways... For instructions on providing stakeholder feedback, please visit http://bit.ly/KMPC-Consult

06.01.2022 The National Boards and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Ahpra have published an advance copy of the revised Guidelines for advertising a regulated health service, along with an advance copy of an updated Advertising compliance and enforcement strategy for the National Scheme and an Evaluation snapshot, an overview of the evaluation of the strategy. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/AHPRA-advertising

06.01.2022 The College of Paramedics and the @ACParamedicine have entered into a landmark agreement to work together in order to advance the #paramedic profession by learn...ing from, and providing support to one another in the pursuit of excellent, evidence-based paramedic practice. Under this collaboration our two organisations will focus on exchanging expertise and information relating to paramedic practice, which in turn will further enhance the patient care provided by paramedics at a global level. See more

05.01.2022 Thanks to more than 200 of you who have registered to join us at this afternoons webinar (currently livestreaming!). Today, were joined by Fraser Watson, Extended Care Paramedic Clinical Lead with St John New Zealand, for a discussion on extended care paramedicine in New Zealand.

05.01.2022 Tomorrow (September 21st) is the final day of the New Zealand Paramedic Council consultation regarding scopes of practice, prescribed qualifications and fees. These documents will lay the foundation to professional paramedic registration in Aotearoa New Zealand, describing the qualifications required to meet registration as a Paramedic and the scopes of practice that a registered Paramedic is able to undertake. https://paramedics.org/news/nzcouncil

05.01.2022 Earlier this year, Australia nearly lost beloved former Wiggle Greg Page when he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in the middle of a bushfire relief concert while on stage with The Wiggles. Next month, well hear first-hand of Gregs experience when he joins us online at our ACP International Conference 2020. Greg will share his story with the assistance of Grace (the off-duty nurse who was in the audience at this concert and is credited with saving his life), as well as the ...two attending NSW Ambulance paramedics who treated Greg. ACPIC20 will take place from Oct 21-23. Tickets are currently on sale at https://paramedics.org/events/acpic20

04.01.2022 If you meet the following criteria, we would be very grateful if you could participate in a research survey. You must: (1) Be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student paramedic at an Australian university, and (2) Have completed prior Work Integrated Learning (WIL) with a jurisdictional ambulance service... Take part at https://bit.ly/Survey-WIL

04.01.2022 On Monday September 21st, well be facilitating the first of a two-part online paediatric series. Paediatric Respiratory Emergencies and Pre-Hospital Decision Making for Paramedics will feature guest presenters Dr Robyn Brady and Dr Katie Reeves, both of Childrens Health Queensland. This event is free for College members at https://bit.ly/3hyBaDn

02.01.2022 Thanks to almost 600 of you who registered for this afternoons webinar on Paediatric Respiratory Emergencies - and a big thanks to our invited guests Dr Robyn Brady and Dr Katie Reeves. If you enjoyed this event, consider joining us for next weeks Paediatric Neurological Emergencies webinar (September 29th). Bookings via https://bit.ly/ACP-PaedsResp

01.01.2022 More than one thousand of you have booked in for todays Critical Care Teams webinar (currently livestreaming). Were proud to co-host this event with the United Kingdoms College of Paramedics. The first of many collaborative events!

01.01.2022 Part-two in our online paediatric series (being livestreamed on September 29th) will also feature Childrens Health Queensland emergency physician Dr Katie Reeves. Paediatric Neurological Emergencies is another free event for College members. Bookings at http://bit.ly/ACP-PaedsNeuro

01.01.2022 The Paramedicine Board of Australia has approved its first paramedicine accreditation standards, for use by education providers offering paramedicine programs effective from 1 June 2021. To view these standards, please visit www.paramedicineboard.gov.au/Accreditation.aspx