The dates for the upcoming Trauma 2010 conference have been announced.
Trauma 2010 is a combined annual scientific meeting of the Australasian Trauma Society (ATS) and the National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI).
The conference will be held in Melbourne on the 19-21 November 2010.
Click here to download the flyer.
More information will be available on the Trauma 2010 [...]
In 2011, Charles Sturt University is introducing a new distance education course in EMS Leadership and Management. The course is designed to provide a postgraduate academic pathway for paramedics and emergency medical services (EMS) managers who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in emergency medical service leadership and management. The program will have an [...]
Thursday 16th and Friday 17th September 2010
Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia
The conference will be themed “Resilience – in the face of adversity” and will be focused on health services preparedness for disaster response. Resilience is a word that is used often in multiple contexts to describe a corporate, business, enterprise, emotional, individual, organisational and/or [...]
Why and what for?
Throughout Australia, there is a growing need for paramedics with formal postgraduate qualifications in intensive care. Charles Sturt University has developed the Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies in consultation with ambulance industry representatives from New South Wales and other States and Territories to meet this need. The course has received [...]
ACAP NSW and NRMA Careflight came together recently to produce an information poster for Ambulance Officers and other emergency services regarding the function and produces of the Head Injury Retrieval Trial helicopter.
Copies of this poster were distributed to all Ambulance Stations and other facilities within the HIRT catchment area.
Click on the thumbnail of the poster [...]
ACAP (NSW) and Charles Sturt University, under the guidance of Professor Malcolm Woollard, are undertaking a randomised cross over trial comparing a conventional laryngoscope and the Airtraq in intubation. Participants for the mannequin trial will be sourced from the ACAP National Conference.
Professor Malcolm Woollard is the Director of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care Research Unit [...]
When: Tuesday, 21st September
Time: 5pm
Where: Ambulance Education Centre, Rozelle, Front Lecture Room
Register attendance to: srdavies@nsw.acap.org.au
The perspective of the patient and carer.
When: Tuesday, 21st September 2010
Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Where: Ambulance Education Centre, Balmain Road, Rozelle
Register attendance to: srdavies@nsw.acap.org.au
ACAP NSW recently sponsored Roger Price to attend the Healthcare Human Factors Symposium held in Sydney in April. The theme was: Realising the critical importance of human factors in patient safety & delivering optimal outcomes in the quality of healthcare. Roger attended as part of his Human Factors project at the Ambulance Research Institute.
The following summary provides [...]
On Friday 6th August 2010, a retirement function was held for a long serving member of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals and the Ambulance Service of NSW. ACAP was represented at this well attended function by the NSW Chapter Chair, Carpet Hughes and National Director John Hall. During the formal part of the evening [...]
In 2011, Charles Sturt University is introducing a new distance education course in EMS Leadership and Management. The course is designed to provide a postgraduate academic pathway for paramedics and emergency medical services (EMS) managers who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in emergency medical service leadership and management. The program will have an [...]
Thursday 16th and Friday 17th September 2010
Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia
The conference will be themed “Resilience – in the face of adversity” and will be focused on health services preparedness for disaster response. Resilience is a word that is used often in multiple contexts to describe a corporate, business, enterprise, emotional, individual, organisational and/or [...]
Why and what for?
Throughout Australia, there is a growing need for paramedics with formal postgraduate qualifications in intensive care. Charles Sturt University has developed the Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies in consultation with ambulance industry representatives from New South Wales and other States and Territories to meet this need. The course has received [...]
ACAP NSW and NRMA Careflight came together recently to produce an information poster for Ambulance Officers and other emergency services regarding the function and produces of the Head Injury Retrieval Trial helicopter.
Copies of this poster were distributed to all Ambulance Stations and other facilities within the HIRT catchment area.
Click on the thumbnail of the poster [...]
ACAP (NSW) and Charles Sturt University, under the guidance of Professor Malcolm Woollard, are undertaking a randomised cross over trial comparing a conventional laryngoscope and the Airtraq in intubation. Participants for the mannequin trial will be sourced from the ACAP National Conference.
Professor Malcolm Woollard is the Director of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care Research Unit [...]
The National President of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals (ACAP) which represents the professional interests of Australian paramedics has welcomed the Final Report of the Inquiry into the Management and Operations of the NSW Ambulance Service.
The report was released by the Chair of the New South Wales Parliament’s General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 [...]
