The Queensland
ACAP AGM 2008, was held at Diana Plaza Hotel, Brisbane,
on Saturday 16th
August. After an address by the Commissioner of QAS, awards,
nominations, voting and general business were conducted.
Commissioner David Melville exhorted the College by
outlining the focus on the 5 'P's of Patients, People,
Performance, Professionalism, and Process. David was awarded
an honorary fellowship into ACAP by the National President,
Ian Patrick.
Kevin Rapley received the
Queensland Police Credit Union Scholarship to assist in his
ongoing work with
Indigenous Issues in the Ambulance Service and Rod Sheather
was presented with a plaque of gratitude from both National
ACAP and Qld ACAP for his many years of untiring service to
both entities. Rod has also provided
exemplary service to QAS, in the field,
through educational
programs and more recently in innovative restructuring.
Lawrence
Brown (USA) is a paramedic with more
than 20 years of emergency services experience.
Lawrence is a member of the Board of Advisors
for the Prehospital Care Research Forum, served
as a co-investigator for the National EMS
Research Agenda project, and is the lead author
for the text, “An Introduction to EMS Research.”
In 2006, Lawrence moved to Queensland, Australia
to study at the Anton Breinl Center at James
Cook University, earning a Master of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine degree in February
of 2007. Since returning to the U.S., Lawrence
has worked to strengthen the links between
research, EMS and public health, specifically in
resource-poor settings.
Jerry
Nolan(UK) is a Consultant
in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK. He
is Co-chairman of the International Liaison
Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), Chairman
of the Resuscitation Council (UK), a Board
Member of the European Resuscitation
Council, Editor of the journal Resuscitation
and the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Representative on the Council of the College
of Emergency Medicine, UK. Jerry’s research
interests include airway management, post
resuscitation care, therapeutic hypothermia,
and life support course development.
Paramedics for the Real World - First graduates
from the Queensland University of Technology
Students graduating from the Bachelor of Health
Science (Paramedic) program at Queensland University
of Technology (QUT) in November 2007, made history
as they received the first pre-employment ambulance
paramedic degree of its type in Queensland.
Described as a leader in its class,
the degree program was developed by QUT, in close
co-operation with the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS)
to ensure students would obtain all of the practical and
clinical skills necessary to become competent ‘on road’
paramedics, while undertaking studies within the
curriculum based academic framework of the university
pre-employment setting.
The degree at QUT stands apart from
many similar degrees offered in other Australian States
with the main differences being in a 12-week
‘internship’ and opportunity for students to work as
casual student paramedics with the QAS. These unique
elements provide students with invaluable patient
contact which is necessary for achieving excellence in
ambulance paramedic practice.
The
students not only study paramedic based subjects but
also focus on a broad spectrum of health related topics
with the aim of strengthening interdisciplinary health
relationships. On successful completion of the program
the students graduate as recognised ‘job ready’ Advanced
Care Paramedics.
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Kevin Rapley received the
Queensland Police Credit Union Scholarship to assist in his
ongoing work with
Indigenous Issues in the Ambulance Service and Rod Sheather
was presented with a plaque of gratitude from both National
ACAP and Qld ACAP for his many years of untiring service to
both entities.
Lawrence
Brown (USA) is a paramedic with more
than 20 years of emergency services experience.
Lawrence is a member of the Board of Advisors
for the Prehospital Care Research Forum, served
as a co-investigator for the National EMS
Research Agenda project, and is the lead author
for the text, “An Introduction to EMS Research.”
In 2006, Lawrence moved to Queensland, Australia
to study at the Anton Breinl Center at James
Cook University, earning a Master of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine degree in February
of 2007. Since returning to the U.S., Lawrence
has worked to strengthen the links between
research, EMS and public health, specifically in
resource-poor settings. 
Jerry
Nolan (UK) is a Consultant
in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK. He
is Co-chairman of the International Liaison
Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), Chairman
of the Resuscitation Council (UK), a Board
Member of the European Resuscitation
Council, Editor of the journal Resuscitation
and the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Representative on the Council of the College
of Emergency Medicine, UK. Jerry’s research
interests include airway management, post
resuscitation care, therapeutic hypothermia,
and life support course development.
