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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Mar 26

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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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Mar 16

1) A lot of these patients will die no matter what anyone does.
2) Care is best done with staff empowered to vary the guidelines when circumstances dictate.

Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Mar 16

Resuscitative thoracostamies need to be prehospital if you are going to do then at all. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Feb 28

Paramedics in GP practices reduce load on GP but some fine-tuning needed.
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

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Feb 7

Victoria passed legislation to enable Masters level Paramedics to prescribe medication.
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

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 26

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...

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 22

Yes please

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 17

From OED
1951 Para-medics from air-sea rescue squadrons..were in the search planes.
Sunday Mirror (New York) 8 April 3Citation details for Sunday Mirror (New York)
1964 was the first reference to paramedic without the hyphen.

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 17

The initial reference to paramedics were medics that were parachuted into a scene in the 1960s

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 16

It is the season for a Santa hat! 🎅

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 12

Paramedicine in 2080. Now there is a crystal ball session worthy of a conference.

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 9

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...

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

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 6

Evidence Based graffiti.

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 5

Absolutely paramedicine has evolved much faster now we have broken down the silos between services and nations. It is a function having a bigger critical mass.

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 4

The Northern Territory is a very challenging place to deliver paramedical services.
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

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 3

@capsutton.bsky.social

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 3

UK based Online Critical Care Symposium. Great to see Callum Sutton and Ben Meadley presenting
collegeofparamedics.co.uk/COP/Events/E...

Display event - International Critical Care Symposium 2025

collegeofparamedics.co.uk

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Dec 1

The Irish Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council has released their Research Strategy.
www.phecit.ie/PHECC/Resear...

Research

www.phecit.ie

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · Nov 30

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

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Nov 29

Add me please

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Nov 27

A terminal patient contemplates Rembrandt paintings at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, one final time. March 2015.
Photo credit: St. Ambulance Wens.

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Nov 28

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

Paramedics in Primary Care - toolkit | Toolkit to provide information to patients and members of the public, general practitioners and primary care teams

paramedicsinprimarycare.info

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Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Nov 28

@georgette-eaton.bsky.social

Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Nov 27

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

Dr Scott Stewart @drscottstewart.bsky.social · Nov 25

Actualy RFK JR, not using JFK Jr without an Ouija board.