{"title":"Confirming the Potential use of Vasopressin in Prehospital Cardiac Arrest","authors":"K. Robinson","doi":"10.33151/ajp.2.1.249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.2.1.249","url":null,"abstract":"This paper uses the term [primary health care practitioner] inline with current academic norm. The primary health care practitioner represents the following: Ambulance Paramedic, Intensive Care Paramedic, Paramedic, Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance Officer, Advance Life Support Officer, Ambulance Officer and or anyone who practices prehospital emergency care.","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"1 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prehospital Care as a Profession – are we there yet?","authors":"H. Grantham","doi":"10.33151/AJP.2.1.253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/AJP.2.1.253","url":null,"abstract":"To understand the meaning of professional in an ambulance context, we have to have a clear view of roles and relationships. Ambulance provides emergency medical care as part of the overall health system. Without the contribution of ambulance, other players in the health system would be unable to perform to their best. Without the contribution of the other health professionals, ambulance would be unable to deliver the optimum clinical benefit.","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health Outcomes 2004: Perspectives on Population Health. 10th National Health Outcomes Conference, 15th-16th September 2004, Canberra","authors":"A. Morgans","doi":"10.33151/AJP.2.1.257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/AJP.2.1.257","url":null,"abstract":"This conference was the 10th annual conference for the Australian Health Outcomes Collaboration, which is comprised of representatives of many state and federal health organisations.","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automatic External Defibrillation by First Responders for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest","authors":"Erin C. Smith, A. Fedson, R. Meek, C. Pasque","doi":"10.33151/ajp.2.3.287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.2.3.287","url":null,"abstract":"Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death in first world countries.[1,2] Most sudden cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital and survival rates have traditionally been poor.[3,4,5] If victims of out of hospital cardiac arrest receive immediate and appropriate treatment, they have a 30%-70% chance of survival. [6] International literature shows that early defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation play a vital role in the patient’s chance of survival. [7,8,9] Defibrillation is the definitive treatment, but is rarely successful if the patient has been in ventricular fibrillation (VF) for longer than 10 mins.[10] The automatic external defibrillator (AED) automates many of the stages in performing defibrillation without requiring decisions by the first responder. The simplicity of the AED allows a wider range of first responders to perform defibrillation, and may consequently improve survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest. For the purpose of this review, “first responder” was defined as paramedics (of any qualification level), fire fighters, police and first aiders.","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Four Wheel Drive (4Wd) Vehicles in the Outer Urban Area Alan Eade","authors":"Alan Eade","doi":"10.33151/ajp.2.3.292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.2.3.292","url":null,"abstract":"The Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS) services an area of 11,000 sq.km most of which is urban or outer urban in its topography. Despite this topographic environment there are pockets within this response area which present substantial access and egress difficulties to emergency response services. In recognition of the difficult terrain that must be overcome in some emergency responses the MAS has developed its second generation four wheel drive (4WD) recovery vehicle.","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"1 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: “Users’ Guide to the Medical Literature - a Manual for Evidence Based Clinical Practice”","authors":"S. Burgess","doi":"10.33151/ajp.1.3.194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.1.3.194","url":null,"abstract":"This book is the result of what began more than a decade ago as a series of articles that were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The series ran from 1993 to 2000. The forebears of this series were a similar but small series of articles published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, beginning in 1981. But as well as a genealogy, this book has a pedigree. The father of evidence based medicine; David Sackett worked closely with at least some of the editors and contributors to this volume, and has clearly provided inspiration to the many fine contributors. His intellectual fingerprints are all over these pages – and a good thing too.","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1st International Emergency Medical Services Congress, Dubai, UAE, 2003","authors":"J. Allen","doi":"10.33151/ajp.1.3.202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.1.3.202","url":null,"abstract":"The main conference room had a number of local and international experts in EMS present to discuss current issues. Each presenter put forward their topic in a ‘case study’ format that stimulated good discussion and feedback from the floor. An example of these case studies included such topics as Road Traffic Accidents – Their Impact on EMS In the Middle East; EMS – The Oman Experience; Medical Emergency Response For Remote Areas and EMS – The Dubai Experience.","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: “Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions”","authors":"B. Lord","doi":"10.33151/ajp.1.3.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.1.3.193","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“managing Pre-Hospital Staff for Peak Performance”","authors":"Allison Ballard","doi":"10.33151/ajp.1.3.204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.1.3.204","url":null,"abstract":"Furthermore organizations that do not manage their staff appropriately may foster a culture in which staff “work-to-rule” and search out opportunities to undermine management rather than using their energy to make a positive corporate contribution. Forms of deliberate sabotage can become the norm, accepted, albeit often reluctantly, by employees who, as a general rule would much prefer to focus on the effective delivery of their core business","PeriodicalId":55865,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Paramedicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"1 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69510546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}