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Paramedics and scope of practice [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2015
openaire   +2 more sources

Caregiver and Care Recipient Perspectives on Paediatric ED Mental Health Presentations: A Qualitative Study

Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 38, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACTObjectiveTo explore care recipients (patients' and their caregivers) and care providers (healthcare providers' and law enforcement officers') perspectives on paediatric mental health presentations to emergency departments, to identify challenges to care.MethodsSecondary qualitative analysis of free‐text responses from a Delphi study conducted ...
Manissa Sufian, Yao Xu, Marietta John‐White, Frank Muscara, Franz E. Babl, Vicki Anderson, Catherine L. Wilson, Meredith L. Borland, Bruce J. Tonge, Kylie M. Gray, Glenn A. Melvin, Amit Kochar, Rohan Borschmann, Richard Haslam, Emma Tavender, Michael S. Gordon, Stuart Dalziel, Karen Smith, Simon Craig   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of interdisciplinary cardiac arrest teams on paramedic practise: an interpretive qualitative study using reflexive thematic analysis. [PDF]

Resusc Plus
Tant J, Buckthought J, Scianski A, Xu I, Burns B, Kruit N.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Presentations to a Virtual Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 38, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) is a global health issue affecting one in four women. Emergency departments (EDs) are often the first point of healthcare contact for people experiencing FDSV. Virtual emergency departments have been introduced in Australia to improve access to care and reduce pressure on physical EDs, but
Eleanor R. Johnson, Kristina Edvardsson, Jennifer Hutton, Leesa Hooker, Brianna Pike, Bijaya Pokharel, Jessica E. Moulton, Rebecca L. Jessup   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trauma in Pregnancy: A 5‐Year Multi‐Centre Retrospective Registry Analysis in South Australia

Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 38, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives We aim to describe characteristics, assessments and outcomes of pregnant trauma patients (PTP) in South Australia (SA). Methods The SA Trauma Registry was utilised to identify PTP from 1 July 2018–30 June 2023. Registry data and patient electronic medical records were analysed using descriptive statistics.
Dieter Linde, Monique Pisaniello, Elena Andreea Popa, Dimitrios Nikos, Blaise Bird, Cindy Harrington   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

"I just needed help": a qualitative study of patients' experiences with a single responder ambulance. [PDF]

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Engholm EL, Laursen CB, Jensen PHK, Gehrt TB, Væggemose U.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Physician Assistants in Australia. Function and Friction in Australian Healthcare: An Integrative Review

Australian Journal of Rural Health, Volume 34, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Australia's ongoing healthcare workforce shortages have prompted exploration of alternative models of care. One such model is the Physician Assistant (PA), a role established and trialled internationally but inconsistently implemented in Australia.
Shannon Widderick, Amy‐Louise Byrne, Tracy Flenady   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting paramedic sleep and fatigue: a qualitative exploration of education considerations from the early-career paramedic perspective. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Wanstall SE, Naweed A, Brown BWJ, Crowther ME, Adams RJ, Reynolds AC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Safer prehospital anaesthesia: updated guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists

Anaesthesia, Volume 81, Issue 8, Page 1132-1147, August 2026.
Summary Introduction Prehospital emergency anaesthesia is recognised as a high‐risk clinical intervention. These updated guidelines consider changes in prehospital practice and parallel changes in the practice of in‐hospital emergency anaesthesia, with the aim of encouraging standardised safe anaesthetic practice in a challenging clinical area.
David Lockey, Celestine Weegenaar, Imran Ahmad, Pascale Avery, Philip Cowburn, Richard M. Lyon, Giles Nordmann, Andrew J. Pountney, Cosmo F. M. Scurr, Matthew D. Wiles   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between the ambulance and academia: rethinking identity and competence in paramedics with reduced clinical exposure. [PDF]

Br Paramed J
Wilson C, Wilkinson J, Hilton E, Prothero L, Seddon S, Blair L, Fitzpatrick D.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source