Dr Scott Stewart
@drscottstewart.bsky.social
Australian Paramedic Academic. PhD, Registered Paramedic, educator, researcher, Fellow of the Australasian College of Paramedicine. I am evidence based until I have to interpolate.
Placement poverty is real and affects paramedic students. That is why they need to be included in the new Commonwealth Prac Payment initiative, like other critical workers like nurses, midwifes and teachers.
Matt Wilkinson Stokes discusses paramedic placement poverty
YouTube video by Australasian College of Paramedicine
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March 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Placement poverty is real and affects paramedic students. That is why they need to be included in the new Commonwealth Prac Payment initiative, like other critical workers like nurses, midwifes and teachers.
Resuscitative thoracostamies need to be prehospital if you are going to do then at all. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
March 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Resuscitative thoracostamies need to be prehospital if you are going to do then at all. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Paramedics in GP practices reduce load on GP but some fine-tuning needed.
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
Paramedic or GP consultations in primary care: prospective study comparing costs and outcomes
Background General practice faces pressures because of increased demand and a shortage of GPs. Paramedics in general practice (PGPs) increasingly contribute to managing minor illnesses, conducting hom...
bjgp.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Paramedics in GP practices reduce load on GP but some fine-tuning needed.
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
Victoria passed legislation to enable Masters level Paramedics to prescribe medication.
www.premier.vic.gov.au/australias-f...
www.premier.vic.gov.au/australias-f...
Australia’s First Paramedic Practitioner Laws Pass Parliament
Legislation to enshrine Australia’s first Paramedic Practitioner into law has now passed the Victorian Parliament, paving the way for them to deliver urgent care and prescribe medicines while saving V...
www.premier.vic.gov.au
February 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Victoria passed legislation to enable Masters level Paramedics to prescribe medication.
www.premier.vic.gov.au/australias-f...
www.premier.vic.gov.au/australias-f...
Respect for volunteers in experiments. Fascinating look back to the 1950s. One hopes they got informed consent. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Medical experiments where lifesavers volunteered to have breathing stopped
In the 1960s, doctors wanted to improve CPR techniques so they enlisted the help of surf lifesavers who agreed to be anaesthetised on the floor of a hospital operating theatre to simulate what might h...
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December 26, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Respect for volunteers in experiments. Fascinating look back to the 1950s. One hopes they got informed consent. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Dates have been released for one of best Paramedic Conferences in the world. Australasian College of Paramedicine International Conference (ACPIC) is in Brisbane 10-12 September 2025.
paramedics.org/events/ACPIC...
paramedics.org/events/ACPIC...
The Australasian College of Paramedicine
ACP is the leading professional body offering knowledge, events, a community and more, to our members and all who work in the paramedicine field in Australia and New Zealand.
paramedics.org
December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Dates have been released for one of best Paramedic Conferences in the world. Australasian College of Paramedicine International Conference (ACPIC) is in Brisbane 10-12 September 2025.
paramedics.org/events/ACPIC...
paramedics.org/events/ACPIC...
Evidence Based graffiti.
December 6, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Evidence Based graffiti.
The Northern Territory is a very challenging place to deliver paramedical services.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
'Unacceptably high level of risk': NT ambulance contract in doubt after damning report
A leaked review into St John Ambulance NT has revealed "serious" concerns about clinical governance within the private service, finding some processes may have led to patient deaths and "significant r...
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2024 at 12:11 PM
The Northern Territory is a very challenging place to deliver paramedical services.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
UK based Online Critical Care Symposium. Great to see Callum Sutton and Ben Meadley presenting
collegeofparamedics.co.uk/COP/Events/E...
collegeofparamedics.co.uk/COP/Events/E...
Display event - International Critical Care Symposium 2025
collegeofparamedics.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 9:44 PM
UK based Online Critical Care Symposium. Great to see Callum Sutton and Ben Meadley presenting
collegeofparamedics.co.uk/COP/Events/E...
collegeofparamedics.co.uk/COP/Events/E...
The Irish Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council has released their Research Strategy.
www.phecit.ie/PHECC/Resear...
www.phecit.ie/PHECC/Resear...
Research
www.phecit.ie
December 1, 2024 at 8:46 AM
The Irish Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council has released their Research Strategy.
www.phecit.ie/PHECC/Resear...
www.phecit.ie/PHECC/Resear...
Reposted by Dr Scott Stewart
I feel like I shouldn't have to keep saying this, but it astonishes me that it keeps happening:
If your patient has a very obvious, painful, traumatic injury, give them analgesia. Give them proper doses & give it early.
Yes, even if they aren't screaming.
Don't let people suffer quietly.
#MedSky
If your patient has a very obvious, painful, traumatic injury, give them analgesia. Give them proper doses & give it early.
Yes, even if they aren't screaming.
Don't let people suffer quietly.
#MedSky
November 30, 2024 at 12:03 PM
I feel like I shouldn't have to keep saying this, but it astonishes me that it keeps happening:
If your patient has a very obvious, painful, traumatic injury, give them analgesia. Give them proper doses & give it early.
Yes, even if they aren't screaming.
Don't let people suffer quietly.
#MedSky
If your patient has a very obvious, painful, traumatic injury, give them analgesia. Give them proper doses & give it early.
Yes, even if they aren't screaming.
Don't let people suffer quietly.
#MedSky
Reposted by Dr Scott Stewart
A terminal patient contemplates Rembrandt paintings at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, one final time. March 2015.
Photo credit: St. Ambulance Wens.
Photo credit: St. Ambulance Wens.
November 27, 2024 at 1:25 PM
A terminal patient contemplates Rembrandt paintings at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, one final time. March 2015.
Photo credit: St. Ambulance Wens.
Photo credit: St. Ambulance Wens.
For Australian (or other) Paramedics wondering what it would look like, here is the UK experience of Paramedics in Primary Care clinics. Lead by PhD Paramedic Dr Georgette Eaton @georgette-eaton.bsky.social
paramedicsinprimarycare.info
paramedicsinprimarycare.info
Paramedics in Primary Care - toolkit | Toolkit to provide information to patients and members of the public, general practitioners and primary care teams
paramedicsinprimarycare.info
November 28, 2024 at 1:11 AM
For Australian (or other) Paramedics wondering what it would look like, here is the UK experience of Paramedics in Primary Care clinics. Lead by PhD Paramedic Dr Georgette Eaton @georgette-eaton.bsky.social
paramedicsinprimarycare.info
paramedicsinprimarycare.info
This human factors paper is for anesthetists be applied to paramedicine. associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Implementing human factors in anaesthesia: guidance for clinicians, departments and hospitals
Human factors is an evidence-based scientific discipline used in safety critical industries to improve safety and worker well-being. The implementation of human factors strategies in anaesthesia has ...
associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM
This human factors paper is for anesthetists be applied to paramedicine. associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Dr Oz to head USA's Medicare system. Add this to JFK Jr as health secretary and welcome to a four year experiment that would never get through an ethics committee. So glad the rest of world is in the control arm.
November 25, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Dr Oz to head USA's Medicare system. Add this to JFK Jr as health secretary and welcome to a four year experiment that would never get through an ethics committee. So glad the rest of world is in the control arm.