St John Ambulance launches defibrillators to boost bystander rescues
17 February, 2021St John Ambulance has launched two groundbreaking defibrillators to improve bystander participation during sudden cardiac arrest emergencies.
Electric air ambulance unveiled
30 November, 2020AMSL Aero and aeromedical organisation CareFlight have launched Vertiia — an efficient electric air ambulance built to tackle rural and regional healthcare inequality and save more lives.
School poisoning incidence calls for improved safety
09 November, 2020Child and adolescent exposure to poisoning while at school is relatively common and appears to be increasing, according to research from the University of Sydney.
A Day in the Life of a Sydney paramedic
29 October, 2020It is sometimes said that paramedics see more trauma in one shift than most people see in a lifetime. We ride along with Steve Perryman for the day.
Why do some people develop life-threatening COVID-19?
30 September, 2020More than 10% of healthy people who develop severe COVID-19 produce misguided antibodies that attack the patient's own immune system.
Stroke numbers head south
21 July, 2020A report published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals that more Australians are surviving stroke.
Serious assault injures paramedic
12 June, 2020A paramedic has been taken to hospital suffering severe pain and a partially dislocated shoulder after being assaulted while attempting to treat a patient.
Reducing the burden of sepsis
23 April, 2020 by Dr Brett Abbenbroek* and Associate Professor Luregn Schlapbach**The Australian Sepsis Network is on a mission to facilitate a coordinated national approach to tackling sepsis in Australia.
Red Cross at the fires' front line
19 April, 2020 by Amanda LamontI am a volunteer with the Australian Red Cross, a volunteer firefighter and co-founder of the Australasian Women in Emergencies Network...
Paramedics association warns of plans to deploy students
31 March, 2020NSW Ambulance has announced a plan to temporarily introduce paramedic students to out-of-hospital emergencies, raising concerns from the NSW Australian Paramedics Association.
Australian ICUs will be at overcapacity by 5 April, says modelling study
30 March, 2020Modelling published by the Medical Journal of Australia suggests that Australian hospitals do not currently have the capacity to accommodate possible demand.
Raising awareness of seizure-related injuries
30 March, 2020One in 10 of the 250,000 Australians living with epilepsy experience a seizure-related injury each year, many of which can be life-threatening.
Doctors and nurses called to arms
23 March, 2020Medical recruitment companies MedWorld and MedRecruit have joined forces to launch a campaign to help find the workforce needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
'Fever clinics' are opening in Australia for people who think they're infected with the coronavirus. Why?
09 March, 2020 by Gerard Fitzgerald, Queensland University of TechnologySo what are these clinics? And why are people being advised to use them rather than seeing their GP or going straight to the emergency department?
NSW sepsis pathway outperforms international model
14 February, 2020The NSW model is more likely to trigger a warning of patient deterioration from sepsis than the internationally recommended model.
