Immediate CPR and defibrillation can be key to surviving a cardiac arrest. A smartphone app is mobilising community responders who can help before emergency services arrive.
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Security guards won’t protect paramedics and community nurses from violent patients. And in hospital, some security guards can unwittingly escalate violence, unless they’re specially trained.
With attacks on paramedics on the rise, the public needs to be educated about the consequences of such senseless crimes.
Paramedics face traumatic situations every day. They need policies to ensure support is provided in the immediate aftermath of trauma, and early access to mental health care.
Given the persistent risk of terrorist attacks and large-scale accidents, it’s more critical than ever for EMTs, police, firefighters and others to learn from the past.
Top contributors
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Associate professor, Charles Sturt University
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Academic Lead in Paramedic Education and Program Director Paramedicine Programs, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Deputy Director Phoenix Australia Centre for Post-traumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University
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PhD Candidate, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Research Officer School of Health and Social Care, Swansea University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences., University of Melbourne; HIV Clinical Nurse Consultant with Bolton Clarke, Board Member Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, University of Manchester
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Associate, Health & Aged Care Program, Grattan Institute
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Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Director of the Acute Care Research Unit, Affiliated Adjunct and Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy