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Ambulance Driver or Paramedic?

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

As paramedics, whilst we often take great offence at being called ambulance drivers, the question is, when it’s our turn to drive, what exactly is it that we are providing? Do we fully engage in shared patient care with our attending partner, or do we switch off so that we can simply drive the ambulance and take it easy? Weaver, M.

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The Reality of Ramping for Student Paramedics

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

Those drawn towards more mobile, emergent, autonomous roles found their place in paramedicine. National industry insight reporting from the Australian Industry and Skills Committee suggests that, in 2019 alone, Australia wide, there were over 4,500 enrolments in ambulance and paramedic qualifications1.

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Examining the 2020 Vision of EMS

High Performance EMS

The NHTSA Office of EMS released a significant document last year called the EMS Agenda 2050 that was carefully crafted to set a bold vision for the next 30 years of paramedicine by clearly differentiating the focus of care from its original definition in the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future.

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Implementing prehospital thrombolysis in regional Tasmania

International Journal of Paramedicine

Ambulance Tasmania recently implemented prehospital thrombolysis (PHT) as part of a pharmacoinvasive strategy. Methods: This was a descriptive, retrospective cohort study of the first 30 consecutive patient encounters involving PHT for STEMI at Ambulance Tasmania from August 2021 to October 2022. minutes shorter than pre-PHT.

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Paramedic vs Combat Medic: What’s the Difference?

Paramedic Training Spot

EMTs typically operate in the pre-hospital setting with the standard ambulance equipment. Furthermore, candidates will need to enroll in additional training in order to specialize in a particular discipline of paramedicine; specialties include flight , shipboard, critical care, and firefighting. paramedic was $36,650, or $17.62