Tony Walker ASM
@agwalker01.bsky.social
Paramedic I Professor I Vice Chancellor's Strategic Fellow I Non-Executive Director I Former Emergency Services and Health CEO
📱🚑 New research from Victoria shows survival after cardiac arrest is 37% more likely when GoodSAM smartphone-activated responders arrive before paramedics.
Early CPR: ✅
Early defib: ✅
Lives saved: ✅
Tech + community = impact
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
#CPR #AED #CallPushShock
Early CPR: ✅
Early defib: ✅
Lives saved: ✅
Tech + community = impact
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
#CPR #AED #CallPushShock
May 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
📱🚑 New research from Victoria shows survival after cardiac arrest is 37% more likely when GoodSAM smartphone-activated responders arrive before paramedics.
Early CPR: ✅
Early defib: ✅
Lives saved: ✅
Tech + community = impact
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
#CPR #AED #CallPushShock
Early CPR: ✅
Early defib: ✅
Lives saved: ✅
Tech + community = impact
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
#CPR #AED #CallPushShock
📱 A new study from Singapore shows that activating smartphone first responders via the myResponder app led to:
✅ 6x ↑ in bystander CPR
✅ 2x ↑ in AED use
✅ Better neurologically intact survival
Smart tech is saving lives. "CallPushShock #OHCA #CPR #AED #DigitalHealth
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✅ 6x ↑ in bystander CPR
✅ 2x ↑ in AED use
✅ Better neurologically intact survival
Smart tech is saving lives. "CallPushShock #OHCA #CPR #AED #DigitalHealth
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
May 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
📱 A new study from Singapore shows that activating smartphone first responders via the myResponder app led to:
✅ 6x ↑ in bystander CPR
✅ 2x ↑ in AED use
✅ Better neurologically intact survival
Smart tech is saving lives. "CallPushShock #OHCA #CPR #AED #DigitalHealth
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
✅ 6x ↑ in bystander CPR
✅ 2x ↑ in AED use
✅ Better neurologically intact survival
Smart tech is saving lives. "CallPushShock #OHCA #CPR #AED #DigitalHealth
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
Do yourself a favour and take the time watch this incredible presentation from Dr Matt Morgan. Trust me - you won't regret it!
www.stemlynsblog.org/life-2-0-tbs/
www.stemlynsblog.org/life-2-0-tbs/
Life 2.0 - What the dead can teach us about living - Matt Morgan at TBS 2025
What would you do if you got a second chance at life? Matt Morgan's thought provoking talk from The Big Sick 2025
www.stemlynsblog.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Do yourself a favour and take the time watch this incredible presentation from Dr Matt Morgan. Trust me - you won't regret it!
www.stemlynsblog.org/life-2-0-tbs/
www.stemlynsblog.org/life-2-0-tbs/
New study shows patients transported by the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit had:
✅ 2x better odds of full recovery
✅ ½ the mortality rate at 90–180 days
✅ Higher thrombectomy rates (40% vs. 23%)
But better outcomes came with higher costs (~$17,949 more per patient).
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
✅ 2x better odds of full recovery
✅ ½ the mortality rate at 90–180 days
✅ Higher thrombectomy rates (40% vs. 23%)
But better outcomes came with higher costs (~$17,949 more per patient).
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Costs and Benefits of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit Compared With Standard Ambulance: Causal Analysis Using Observational Linked Data | Stroke
BACKGROUND: Evidence of the cost implications and health outcomes associated with the use of mobile
stroke units (MSU) is required to support their utilization. We aimed to evaluate
the causal effect ...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
New study shows patients transported by the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit had:
✅ 2x better odds of full recovery
✅ ½ the mortality rate at 90–180 days
✅ Higher thrombectomy rates (40% vs. 23%)
But better outcomes came with higher costs (~$17,949 more per patient).
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
✅ 2x better odds of full recovery
✅ ½ the mortality rate at 90–180 days
✅ Higher thrombectomy rates (40% vs. 23%)
But better outcomes came with higher costs (~$17,949 more per patient).
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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"a faecal immunochemical test-based programme was non-inferior to a colonoscopy-based programme for colorectal cancer-related mortality"
-so an easier test, among invitees, was as good as a more complex one. Excellent news for Australia's over 50s at-home, mail-in, faeces screening testing program.
-so an easier test, among invitees, was as good as a more complex one. Excellent news for Australia's over 50s at-home, mail-in, faeces screening testing program.
The first randomized trial comparing fecal occult blood testing (every other year) testing and (one-time) colonoscopy. No significant difference in colon cancer mortality among >56,000 participants
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March 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"a faecal immunochemical test-based programme was non-inferior to a colonoscopy-based programme for colorectal cancer-related mortality"
-so an easier test, among invitees, was as good as a more complex one. Excellent news for Australia's over 50s at-home, mail-in, faeces screening testing program.
-so an easier test, among invitees, was as good as a more complex one. Excellent news for Australia's over 50s at-home, mail-in, faeces screening testing program.
Great example of why Victoria is one of the safest places in the world to suffer a Cardiac Arrest. Willing bystanders, the integrated GoodSam app and a ground breaking trial of the CellAED ultraportable AED #CallPushShock
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The groundbreaking defibrillator trial helping Victorians save lives - ABC listen
Around 57,000 Australians suffer a heart attack or cardiac arrest every year.
www.abc.net.au
March 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Great example of why Victoria is one of the safest places in the world to suffer a Cardiac Arrest. Willing bystanders, the integrated GoodSam app and a ground breaking trial of the CellAED ultraportable AED #CallPushShock
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Join us on April 9 for the Global Resuscitation Alliance Webinar, marking 10 years of improving resuscitation worldwide! Hear top experts and help shape the future of care.
Register: www.globalresuscitationalliance.org/a-decade-of-...
Register: www.globalresuscitationalliance.org/a-decade-of-...
March 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Join us on April 9 for the Global Resuscitation Alliance Webinar, marking 10 years of improving resuscitation worldwide! Hear top experts and help shape the future of care.
Register: www.globalresuscitationalliance.org/a-decade-of-...
Register: www.globalresuscitationalliance.org/a-decade-of-...
Formula 1 teams obsess over data to shave milliseconds off lap times. 🚥🏁 Ambulance Victoria takes the same approach to cardiac arrest survival—their latest report shows a record 41% survival rate, making Victoria the 3rd safest place in the world for OHCA.
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/about-us/res...
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/about-us/res...
March 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Formula 1 teams obsess over data to shave milliseconds off lap times. 🚥🏁 Ambulance Victoria takes the same approach to cardiac arrest survival—their latest report shows a record 41% survival rate, making Victoria the 3rd safest place in the world for OHCA.
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/about-us/res...
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/about-us/res...
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Wartime bravery of ambulance women revealed in photos.
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Wartime bravery of female ambulance workers shown in photos - BBC News
The London Ambulance Service has unearthed old images of women who saved lives as wartime paramedics.
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March 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wartime bravery of ambulance women revealed in photos.
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A fantastic time joining with my Life Saving Victoria colleagues at today's Midsumma Pride March
February 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A fantastic time joining with my Life Saving Victoria colleagues at today's Midsumma Pride March
A fabulous opportunity to lead iconic Ambulance Victoria as their next Chief Executive Officer
www.watermarksearch.com.au/blog/2025/01...
www.watermarksearch.com.au/blog/2025/01...
January 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
A fabulous opportunity to lead iconic Ambulance Victoria as their next Chief Executive Officer
www.watermarksearch.com.au/blog/2025/01...
www.watermarksearch.com.au/blog/2025/01...
Wonderful to see the Ambulance Victoria Oversnow Ambulance project recognised as a finalist in the Workplace Health and Safety Solution of the Year category of the Worksafe Awards. Great work by all involved 🚑 ❄️ 🎉
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-01...
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-01...
January 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wonderful to see the Ambulance Victoria Oversnow Ambulance project recognised as a finalist in the Workplace Health and Safety Solution of the Year category of the Worksafe Awards. Great work by all involved 🚑 ❄️ 🎉
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-01...
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-01...
Excellent advice from the inspirational Prof Richard Scolyer AO
📍Enjoy your life - you don't know what's around the corner
📍Think Big
📍Be Bold
📍Be Courageous
📍Don't just Lean In - Leap In
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📍Enjoy your life - you don't know what's around the corner
📍Think Big
📍Be Bold
📍Be Courageous
📍Don't just Lean In - Leap In
youtu.be/D4_h9Sp2jX8?...
Professor Richard Scolyer: The Man Who Defied The Odds Of Cancer Survival
YouTube video by The Project
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January 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Excellent advice from the inspirational Prof Richard Scolyer AO
📍Enjoy your life - you don't know what's around the corner
📍Think Big
📍Be Bold
📍Be Courageous
📍Don't just Lean In - Leap In
youtu.be/D4_h9Sp2jX8?...
📍Enjoy your life - you don't know what's around the corner
📍Think Big
📍Be Bold
📍Be Courageous
📍Don't just Lean In - Leap In
youtu.be/D4_h9Sp2jX8?...
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A screening method that paired dogs with #AI was able to detect the odor of cancer carried on patients’ breaths. The canine-AI duo was both highly accurate and highly sensitive, successfully detecting four types of cancer in 94% of cases.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs...
www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs...
Dogs team up with AI to sniff out cancer
Scientists paired Labrador retrievers with an AI model in a new screening test for breast, lung, colorectal or prostate cancer.
www.sciencenews.org
December 29, 2024 at 4:26 AM
A screening method that paired dogs with #AI was able to detect the odor of cancer carried on patients’ breaths. The canine-AI duo was both highly accurate and highly sensitive, successfully detecting four types of cancer in 94% of cases.
www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs...
www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs...
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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...
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Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health.
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When kindness becomes a habit, it improves our health
Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.
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December 26, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Bystander CPR combined with a GoodSam Responder utilising an ultraportable AED has made it possible for Bernadette to celebrate this Christmas with her loved ones ❤️
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December 16, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Bystander CPR combined with a GoodSam Responder utilising an ultraportable AED has made it possible for Bernadette to celebrate this Christmas with her loved ones ❤️
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💭Kindness: Poor cousin or equal kin to Compassion and Empathy in the Healthcare Literature?
A Scoping Review
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#PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement
#CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth
#Research #ClinicalTrials
A Scoping Review
bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...
#PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement
#CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth
#Research #ClinicalTrials
December 14, 2024 at 7:59 AM
💭Kindness: Poor cousin or equal kin to Compassion and Empathy in the Healthcare Literature?
A Scoping Review
bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...
#PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement
#CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth
#Research #ClinicalTrials
A Scoping Review
bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...
#PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement
#CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth
#Research #ClinicalTrials
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More than 300,000 people die from drowning every year – and nearly all of these cases are preventable, according to a new report from the WHO. It's the first-ever global report from WHO on how to prevent drownings, drawn from surveying 139 countries.
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How to prevent drowning: a ground-breaking report that's startling yet hopeful
The World Health Organization gathered data from 139 countries for its first-ever report on how to prevent drowning.
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December 14, 2024 at 4:17 AM
More than 300,000 people die from drowning every year – and nearly all of these cases are preventable, according to a new report from the WHO. It's the first-ever global report from WHO on how to prevent drownings, drawn from surveying 139 countries.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Today, on International Volunteer Day, we celebrate all the incredible volunteers who make a difference in our communities. 💙 A special shoutout to those particularly close to my heart—you inspire us all! Join me in thanking a volunteer today and share the love. 🙌
December 4, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Today, on International Volunteer Day, we celebrate all the incredible volunteers who make a difference in our communities. 💙 A special shoutout to those particularly close to my heart—you inspire us all! Join me in thanking a volunteer today and share the love. 🙌
Reposted by Tony Walker ASM
Who would have thought that we would be worried about too much solar power? www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Market operator seeks emergency powers to switch off panels as solar tsunami 'threatens wipeout'
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.
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December 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Who would have thought that we would be worried about too much solar power? www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Such a joy to have had the opportunity to hear @profaliceroberts.bsky.social speak on our human journey from Cell to Civilisation over the weekend
December 1, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Such a joy to have had the opportunity to hear @profaliceroberts.bsky.social speak on our human journey from Cell to Civilisation over the weekend
A great privilege to attend the St John Ambulance Victoria Annual Awards Ceremony at Government House this morning. Wonderful organisation and people making such a difference to the Victorian community
November 30, 2024 at 10:03 AM
A great privilege to attend the St John Ambulance Victoria Annual Awards Ceremony at Government House this morning. Wonderful organisation and people making such a difference to the Victorian community
Fabulous work by the Ambulance Victoria team. Using video assisted triage to help them to deliver the right care at the right place and avoid unnecessary ambulance dispatch and transport. Great for patients and for the community
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Groundbreaking video technology is helping ease the strain on Victorian paramedics | 7NEWS
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
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November 29, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Fabulous work by the Ambulance Victoria team. Using video assisted triage to help them to deliver the right care at the right place and avoid unnecessary ambulance dispatch and transport. Great for patients and for the community
youtu.be/HCqy9ptKqzI?...
youtu.be/HCqy9ptKqzI?...