New Publication: Cost-benefit analysis of community paramedics in an ambulance service (Aus): The analysis reported an incremental net benefit of AUD $3,281 per community-paramedic presentation (95% C...

Independent commentary and analysis on paramedicine, health workforce, and health policy. Australasia and beyond. Est. 2015.

Paramedicine sits in an important, changing and sometimes difficult space. It is a relatively new profession and in Australia at least, a rapidly increasing and maturing discipline. As we see this …

The telco giant has paid a penalty and agreed to launch an independent review after it mistakenly disabled its connection to an emergency call relay service used by people with hearing or speech impai...

Police are spending an increasing amount of time responding to mental health crisis incidents. There's a push to have police removed from those responses altogether.

Introduction Children with head injury are commonly transported to the ED by ambulance. However, most of those conveyed are deemed non-serious and are discharged at triage. Research is needed to explo...

Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience persistent disadvantage and health inequity in today’s society. It is widely accepted that this is resultant of Australia’s colonial...

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Background Hospital admissions of patients who are terminally ill can be associated with poor experiences and unwanted outcomes, such as dying away from home. While area deprivation is associated with...

Clinical Conversations · Episode

Clinical Conversations · Episode

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A cross‑sectional study was undertaken to explore the perceived and actual learning needs, knowledge, attitudes and practices of registered paramedics to respond to obstetric emergencies. All register...

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Objective To analyze mortality attributed to Alzheimer’s disease among taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, occupations that demand frequent spatial and navigational processing, compared with other occ...

Almost 90 per cent of NT paramedics have no confidence in the private ambulance service's executive leadership and almost all have concerns about patient safety, a union survey has found.

Ambulance ramping, the delay to transfer of a patient arriving at an ED by ambulance into an ED treatment space and handover of care to ED clinicians, is a problem in all Australian states and territ...

Ambulance ramping, the delay to transfer of a patient arriving at an ED by ambulance into an ED treatment space and handover of care to ED clinicians, is a problem in all Australian states and territ...

With the rise and rise of rooftop solar showing no signs of stopping in Australia, the market operator says "emergency" powers to control it are urgently needed.

Background The outcomes of patients who call an ambulance but are discharged at scene reflect the safety and quality of emergency medical service (EMS) care. While previous studies have examined the o...

International visitor aged in his 60s fighting for life in hospital after accident on rafting trip on Friday