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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · May 19

📱🚑 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

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · May 19

📱 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...

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Apr 1

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/

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

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Mar 31

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/...

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 ...

www.ahajournals.org

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · Mar 29

"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.

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 29

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
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Mar 28

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...

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

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Mar 27

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-...

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Mar 23

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...

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Dr Mike Brady (PhD) Consultant Paramedic / Academic @drmikebradyphd.bsky.social · Mar 8

Wartime bravery of ambulance women revealed in photos.

www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

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.

www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Feb 2

A fantastic time joining with my Life Saving Victoria colleagues at today's Midsumma Pride March

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Jan 29

A fabulous opportunity to lead iconic Ambulance Victoria as their next Chief Executive Officer

www.watermarksearch.com.au/blog/2025/01...

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Jan 17

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...

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Jan 10

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?...

Professor Richard Scolyer: The Man Who Defied The Odds Of Cancer Survival

YouTube video by The Project

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · Dec 29

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...

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

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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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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · Dec 26

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...

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.

www.npr.org

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Dec 16

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 ❤️

www.facebook.com/share/v/15oy...

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Kellie O’Callaghan @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social · Dec 14

💭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

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · Dec 14

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...

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.

www.npr.org

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Dec 10

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Dec 4

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. 🙌

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Bill Lord AM @billlord.bsky.social · Dec 1

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.

www.abc.net.au

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Dec 2

Thanks for sharing Bill. A fascinating read!

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Dec 1

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

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Tony Walker ASM @agwalker01.bsky.social · Nov 30

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

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