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  • By David Arnold on August 07th, 2010

    Notice of Annual General Meeting – ACAP Qld

    Australian College of Ambulance Professionals (Queensland Chapter) Annual General Meeting Notice
     Date:              Saturday 21st August 2010
     Time:             Commencing 0930- concluding 1245
     Venue:           Diana Plaza Hotel – 12 Annerley Road Woolloongabba Brisbane
     Agenda:    
    1             Open, welcome and member registration (Proxy Voting Form)
    2             Valediction for members lost to us
    3             Apologies
    4             Part A
    Letter of address from the Commissioner, Qld Ambulance Service to [...]

  • MINUTES OF ACAP QLD MEETING, May 2010
    By David Arnold on July 14th, 2010

    MINUTES OF ACAP QLD MEETING, May 2010

    Present: Chairperson: R. Sheather, Treasurer: M. Davis,  Secretary: R. Gibson, Col Allen, Michael Lazell, Tim Rider, Dan Townson                 
    Apologies: Des Kurz & Helen Eyeles
    Branch Chairperson Rod Sheather welcomed all Committee Members to the meeting.
    Business Arising: Hold over purchasing the new banners until the College name change has happened. Dan has found 1 banner at QUT and will [...]

  • By David Arnold on July 14th, 2010

    Students Receive SPA Funding (by Paul Oliveri)

    As a paramedic with more years of service than hairs on my head, I can recall a time in our history when formal education opportunities were considered rare at best.
    In this land before Associate Diplomas, Degrees and Graduate Diplomas, ACAP (then the Institute of Ambulance Officers) played a huge role in the education and continuing [...]

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    By Amy Cotton on June 07th, 2010

    Queensland Health Quality and Complaints Commission seeks comment

    The Queensland Health Quality and Complaints Commission (HQCC) is seeking feedback on the proposed changes to their healthcare standards. The HQCC has recently reviewed these Standards with a view to incorporating greater consumer focus and clearer guidelines on improving the safety of health services.
    ACAP intends to prepare a submission to provide comment on the new standards [...]

  • Jamie Jackway Appeal
    By David Arnold on April 24th, 2010

    Jamie Jackway Appeal

    ACAP Qld is asking members to support the appeal for Jamie Jackway.
    Jamie, a flight paramedic based in far north Queensland, was tragically injured during the course of his duties in early November. Due to the extent of his injuries Jamie will have a long period of rehabilitation. (for more details see Emergency Magazine, Dec [...]

  • By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

    Media Release: Look alive, help our kids survive

    If you were one of the multitudes of Australians whose New Year’s resolution was to stop letting life’s petty annoyances get to you, it is now test time.  Schools back!
    Australian College of Ambulance Professionals Queensland Chair, Rod Sheather says, “Having raised children I understand the daily frustrations of kids forgetting their lunch, shoes and the [...]

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By David Arnold on August 07th, 2010

Notice of Annual General Meeting – ACAP Qld

Australian College of Ambulance Professionals (Queensland Chapter) Annual General Meeting Notice
 Date:              Saturday 21st August 2010
 Time:             Commencing 0930- concluding 1245
 Venue:           Diana Plaza Hotel – 12 Annerley Road Woolloongabba Brisbane
 Agenda:    
1             Open, welcome and member registration (Proxy Voting Form)
2             Valediction for members lost to us
3             Apologies
4             Part A
Letter of address from the Commissioner, Qld Ambulance Service to [...]

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MINUTES OF ACAP QLD MEETING, May 2010
By David Arnold on July 14th, 2010

MINUTES OF ACAP QLD MEETING, May 2010

Present: Chairperson: R. Sheather, Treasurer: M. Davis,  Secretary: R. Gibson, Col Allen, Michael Lazell, Tim Rider, Dan Townson                 
Apologies: Des Kurz & Helen Eyeles
Branch Chairperson Rod Sheather welcomed all Committee Members to the meeting.
Business Arising: Hold over purchasing the new banners until the College name change has happened. Dan has found 1 banner at QUT and will [...]

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By David Arnold on July 14th, 2010

Students Receive SPA Funding (by Paul Oliveri)

As a paramedic with more years of service than hairs on my head, I can recall a time in our history when formal education opportunities were considered rare at best.
In this land before Associate Diplomas, Degrees and Graduate Diplomas, ACAP (then the Institute of Ambulance Officers) played a huge role in the education and continuing [...]

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By Amy Cotton on June 20th, 2010

Board: Shadow Minister for Health (Queensland)

On Thursday 17 June 2010, ACAP policy consultant Ray Bange met with Mr Mark McArdle MLA, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and Shadow Minister for Health in Caloundra.
Discussions ranged over several of the current issues involving the delivery of EMS including funding arrangements, portfolio responsibilities, community based emergency health services, and the need for [...]

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By Amy Cotton on June 07th, 2010

Queensland Health Quality and Complaints Commission seeks comment

The Queensland Health Quality and Complaints Commission (HQCC) is seeking feedback on the proposed changes to their healthcare standards. The HQCC has recently reviewed these Standards with a view to incorporating greater consumer focus and clearer guidelines on improving the safety of health services.
ACAP intends to prepare a submission to provide comment on the new standards [...]

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By Amy Cotton on May 13th, 2010

Media Release: New targets for Canecutter’s disease

“Backpackers, Bushwalkers, Campers, Canoeists and Gardeners are all at risk of contracting Canecutter’s Disease”, warns Rod Sheather, Queensland Chair of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals.
With these activities being extremely popular, Mr Sheather said, “We wanted to alert people to the potential for contracting leptospirosis or Canecutter’s Disease as it is largely referred to in [...]

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Jamie Jackway Appeal
By David Arnold on April 24th, 2010

Jamie Jackway Appeal

ACAP Qld is asking members to support the appeal for Jamie Jackway.
Jamie, a flight paramedic based in far north Queensland, was tragically injured during the course of his duties in early November. Due to the extent of his injuries Jamie will have a long period of rehabilitation. (for more details see Emergency Magazine, Dec [...]

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By Amy Cotton on April 13th, 2010

ACAP Qld supporting students

ACAP QLD recognises that the students are the future of our organisation and profession and supports their engagement through the sponsoring of awards, funding student attendance at forums, involving a student representative and organising state-wide professional development events. It is ACAP QLD’s view that through these motions, Queensland paramedic students can begin to build a [...]

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By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

Media Release: Look alive, help our kids survive

If you were one of the multitudes of Australians whose New Year’s resolution was to stop letting life’s petty annoyances get to you, it is now test time.  Schools back!
Australian College of Ambulance Professionals Queensland Chair, Rod Sheather says, “Having raised children I understand the daily frustrations of kids forgetting their lunch, shoes and the [...]

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By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

Media Release: Bruises, bones and bikes

With the Christmas tree put away and the last of the tinsel picked out of the carpet now starts the dangerous part of the holidays, actually using some of the gifts.
Video game consoles were reported to be an extremely hot seller this year, but in our land of the great outdoors another very popular kid’s [...]

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By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

Media Release: Drowning

“We were having a fantastic day.  Friends we hadn’t seen in years were up from down South.  It was hot but everyone was enjoying a couple of drinks…nothing over the top.  The kids were cooling off in the pool… unquestionably it was the worst day of my life!”
“Everyone was watching the kids but we couldn’t [...]

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By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

Media Release: The heat is on, buddy up

 “Predictions of a long sweltering summer are set to endanger the lives of some of Queensland’s most vulnerable people”, says Rod Sheather, Queensland Chair of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals.
“To prevent untimely deaths this summer we are urging anyone with friends or family, or those caring for people in the risk categories to ‘buddy [...]

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By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

Media Release: The sting of summer

With the hot weather triggering stampede numbers to pristine beaches from Central to Far North Queensland, some will leave in the back of an ambulance.  Numbers have been known to be around one hundred in a single summer.
Queensland Chair of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals, Rod Sheather says, “At this time each year people [...]

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By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

Media Release: Swine Flu busies ambos

With the hailing of Ambulance Week from September 7 to 11 Paramedics will pause to remember colleagues who have died whilst in the service of Queensland.
While these celebrations highlight the many dangerous tasks performed in an attempt to save the lives of Queenslanders, the day to day, shift to shift workload for this highly trained [...]

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By Amy Cotton on March 26th, 2010

Media Release: Road Toll impacts Ambos

With constant and horrifying rises in Queensland’s road toll figures since 2004 this state looks set to return to the ‘bad old days’ of the 70s (peak of 638 deaths in 1973).
Queensland Chair of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals, Rod Sheather warns, “While we are all focusing on the tragic loss of life on [...]

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