Your monthly clinical update covering: · Clinical Practice Update: Forthcoming CPG changes including AF referral pathways, low‑risk chest pain risk scoring, and paediatric gastro guideline Ebola bulletin and CHO advisory Cardiac Arrest Team Performance Report: insights and practical takeaways for improving CPR quality PANDA trial update · Patient safety update: Non-transport decisions, assessment, trusting our equipment · Paper of the month: Naloxone and Clinical Outcomes in Suspected Opioid-Associated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests | Emergency Medicine | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network Naloxone for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Opioid Toxicity | Emergency Medicine | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network · Equipment update: Hypothermia, auxiliary purchase list updates, and giving sets · Professional development opportunities: Expression of Interest - 2026 CAA Congress Attendance Grand Round | 23 June 2026 · Small steps to improve your practice ======= Get in touch clinicalguidelines@ambulance.vic.gov.au Linkedin James Ben
Producer: Liam Mylebry
Clinical Updates: May 2026
11/05/2026 | 37 mins.
Your monthly clinical update covering: · CPG updates: New measles CPG + updated CPP for ACOs & CERTs · Hand hygiene refresher: Back to basics in challenging environments · Cardiac arrest outcomes: Conversation with Ziad Nehme on recent improvements · Survey plug: Clinical & Operational Service Delivery Plan · Patient safety: Case review – consulting via the Clinician when engaging external agencies (e.g. PIPER) · Tourniquets: Balancing risks and benefits · Paper of the month: Ambulance offload delays and causes of ramping · Equipment update · Professional development highlights · Small steps: Practical changes to transform your practice ======= CPG update: CPG update – April 2026 VOD update: Updated guidance - Requests for Verification of Death (VOD)
Hand hygiene: Take Five for Hand Hygiene Transmission based precautions clinical work instruction CWI OPS 184 Infection Prevention and Control Transmission Based Precautions.pdf
Paper of the month: Initiatives to reduce ambulance offload delays in emergency departments: a scoping review - PubMed
Professional development: Fast Tracked Higher Education Pathway for AV Clinical Instructors – Now Open for Mid-Year Intake Clinical Insights: Issue 8 now available The Australasian College of Paramedicine Conference | ACPIC26 CAA Congress | The Council of Ambulance Authorities Inc. Trauma 2026 Conference - Trauma Conference SAS Events – Safe Airway Society
Clinical Technology and Equipment Committee Idea Sharing: Clinical Technology and Equipment Committee / CTEC@ambulance.vic.gov.au
Get in touch: clinicalguidelines@ambulance.vic.gov.au Linkedin James Ben
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Clinical Updates: March 2026
27/03/2026 | 18 mins.
Your monthly clinical update from James Oswald (Clinical Practice Guideline Specialist) and A/Prof Ben Meadley (Director of Paramedicine). This month's episode covers: Planned updates to CPGs in 2026 Posterior Stroke Patient Care Records Evaluation data of droperidol and dexamethasone as antiemetics Paper of the Month: IV vs IO in cardiac arrest Equipment update Professional development opportunities Small steps to transform your practice Paper of the Month Vascular access by paramedics during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective study of insertion success rates and survival outcomes of intravenous versus intraosseous route https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675726000628 Professional Development Opportunities The Australasian College of Paramedicine | Primary Care Conference 2026 ACP 2026 Education Grants: 2026 Education Grants Open Posterior Stroke Not so FAST: pre-hospital posterior circulation stroke - PMC Get in touch clinicalguidelines@ambulance.vic.gov.au X / Twitter James: @JamesOz1 Ben: @ben_meadley Linkedin James Ben Producer: Liam Hennebry
Paramedics DO diagnose: diagnostic safety with A/Professor Carmel Crock
01/03/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
In this episode of Clinical Conversations, we're joined by Associate Professor Carmel Crock (Director of the Emergency Department at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and Chair of the Quality & Patient Safety Committee at the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine) to unpack what diagnosis is, how diagnostic error happens, and how we can make diagnosis safer. We explore common pitfalls like premature closure and diagnostic momentum, and practical ways to improve diagnostic safety.
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Your monthly clinical update from James Oswald (Clinical Practice Guideline Specialist) and A/Prof Ben Meadley (Director of Paramedicine). Cardiac Arrest Update with AV Resuscitation Coordinator Steve Musgrave Patient Safety Update: Stroke Assessment and Elderly Falls Alpine and Wilderness Response Alagaesia Toxicology Evaluation Alcohol Withdrawal Guideline Equipment Update: Syringe Drivers Paper of the Month Prehospital transesophageal echocardiography versus conventional advanced life support in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (PHTEE–OHCA) – a randomized controlled pilot study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-025-05805-w Professional Development Opportunities Fast-Tracked Higher Education Pathway for AV Clinical Instructors: https://ambulancevic.sharepoint.com/sites/OneAV-news-and-updates/SitePages/Exciting-Opportunity-Fast-Tracked-Higher-Education-Pathway-for-AV-Clinical-Instructors.aspx?web=1 ACP Primary Care Conference Canberra: 21-22 May ACPIC Melbourne : 8-11 September EMS Asia Singapore 7-13 November Grad Cert MH: https://victoriauniversity.online/ppc/graduate-certificate-mental-health https://www.latrobe.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-in-mental-health#/overview?location=ON&studentType=dom&year=2026 https://online.scu.edu.au/online-courses/graduate-certificate-mental-health https://handbook.monash.edu/2024/courses/m4039 AICG: Clinical Governance, Effective Leadership, Clinical Education, Clinical Feedback. https://www.aicg.edu.au/education/online-courses/
Get in touch clinicalguidelines@ambulance.vic.gov.au X / Twitter James: @JamesOz1 Ben: @ben_meadley Linkedin James Ben Producer: Liam Hennebry
The podcast for paramedics and anyone involved in out-of-hospital care that is critical, urgent, or unplanned. Hosted by James Oswald (Paramedic and clinical guideline developer) and A/Prof David Anderson (Medical Director).Keyword: Paramedic, paramedicine, Emergency Medical Service, EMS, Emergency Medical Technician, EMT, prehospital, pre-hospital critical care, retrieval medicine, ambulance, Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, HEMS, air ambulance, emergency, first responder, first aid.
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