YEAR IN REVIEW 2019

YEAR IN REVIEW 2019

Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice

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CONTENTS

Head of Department Report

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International Workshops

13

Australia-First Research Centre into Paramedic Health

Welcome to New Adjunct Staff

14

Launches in Melbourne

2

Ramadan Iftar

16

Ambulance Victoria and DCEHPP: A 20-year partnership 3

Memorandum of Understanding

16

Recognition and Awards

4

Emergency Medical Response (EMR)

17

NAEMT Courses

5

International Delegation Visits

18

Extrication Simulation Car

6

2019 PhD Graduands

19

Restart a Heart Day ? 16th October 2019

7

PhD Students

20

Community Education by Monash Paramedic Students 8

Masters by Research Students

22

Heart Smart Program

8

Masters by Coursework Students

22

AED Presentation to the Search and Rescue Dog

Honours Students

23

Association (SARDA)

9

Grants

24

Letter of Intent

9

Journal Publications

24

Dr Ric Bouvier Honours Research Program Scholarship 11

Book Chapters

26

Paramedicine Research Symposium

12

Staffing

27

2019 Near Peer Review

12

Indo-Pacific Collaborative Health Immersion Program 2019 13

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WELCOME

Dear colleagues, It is with great pleasure that I introduce the 2019 Year in Review for the Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice (DCEHPP), Monash University. This review provides an overview of key activities and our growing scope in education, research, and engagement with our community and industry partners throughout the past 12 months. Our commitment with working closely with our partners locally and internationally remains a priority, aiming to create and demonstrate excellence in teaching, research and scholarship. Once again 2019 has been another very successful year for the Department. Some of our key achievements include: ? We have maintained our high teaching satisfaction and outcomes across all teaching areas. ? Our peer-reviewed publication output has again reached over 100 this year (consecutive years). ?Our formal education partnerships with Ambulance Victoria and Metropolitan Fire Brigade both reached their 20-year

anniversaries. ? Higher degree student enrolments now sit at 22, coming from seven different countries. ?Our international involvement in research and educational projects continues to grows including countries including Jordan,

Taiwan, Japan, Scotland, Canada, Malaysia, and Singapore. ? Official launch of the inaugural Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit (PHAWRU). A number of personal awards and achievements have also been achieved throughout the year. Congratulations to those staff members, and congratulations to everyone involved in making 2019 a success and contributing to DCEHPP being one of the world's top paramedic university departments. I hope you enjoy reviewing the DCEHPP 2019 Year in Review, and we look forward working with you again in 2020. Professor Brett Williams PhD, FPA, RP Head, DCEHPP

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AUSTRALIA-FIRST RESEARCH CENTRE INTO PARAMEDIC HEALTH LAUNCHES IN MELBOURNE

Monash University, through DCEHPP launched Australia's first research unit looking at the mental and physical health and wellbeing of paramedics. The idea for the Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit PHAWRU came about when MICA Flight Paramedic Ben Meadley started his PhD at Monash University, on the physical and metabolic health of paramedics.

The PhD involves examining a range of health factors that impact paramedics across the career spectrum ? from graduate paramedics to the most senior MICA paramedics. Paramedics undertake a very important role in our society ? providing emergency care and assistance to those in need. This role is often associated with poor sleep, stress and an increased risk of health problems. Left unchecked, these problems may escalate into higher levels of anxiety, stress, fatigue, cardiovascular disease, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The PHAWRU envisions a healthy paramedic and volunteer workforce that can provide optimal care to the community. To help achieve this we strive to: ? understand the causes of health and wellbeing challenges for paramedics and paramedic students; ? develop projects that result in translatable outcomes; ? constantly engage with the paramedic workforce to support them throughout their careers; and ? provide an evidence base for international best care health improvement strategies PHAWRU at our Peninsula campus in Frankston, will bring together multiple disciplines to research ways to improve the lives and resilience of Victoria's more than 3400 paramedics and 578 MICA paramedics, according to the Unit's Director, Dr Kelly Bowles. "We will be working with psychologists, nutritionists, exercise physiologists as well as Ambulance Victoria to look at the current health and mental wellbeing of our paramedics and researching ways to make them healthier, mentally and physically."

Images Top to Bottom: Researching the fitness of MICA flight paramedics Official launch of PHAWRU

AMBULANCE VICTORIA AND DCEHPP: A 20-YEAR PARTNERSHIP

Our formal postgraduate education and training partnership with Ambulance Victoria was again extended this year. This partnership since 1999 has seen many changes to our postgraduate programs in intensive care, aeromedicine and extended care for Ambulance Victoria paramedics. It has been our privilege to train 563 qualified MICA and Flight MICA paramedics and we look forward to our continued partnership with Ambulance Victoria.

Assoc Prof Tony Walker, Prof Brett Williams, Assoc Prof Michael Stephenson

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Top to Bottom: Dr Ziad Nehme presenting at the European Resuscitation Council. Ahmad Alrawashdeh and his winning research poster. Justin Hunter and his winning research poster

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RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

Dr Ziad Nehme continues his scholarship excellence with success as the Ian Jacobs Young Investigator Award at the European Resuscitation Council. This prestigious award recognises Dr Nehme's contribution to cardiac arrest science as one of the world's youngest and brightest research scientists. Brian Haskins PhD work continues to impress was awarded the `Best Free Paper' for his presentation at the Spark of Life ? Best Open Paper Award, `What is the relationship to the patient and level of medical training of the person giving CPR? While Saeed Alqahtani's impressive PhD work also continues being recognised as the best oral presentation at the PAIC international paramedic conference, as do the work by Ahmad Alrawashdeh and Justin Hunter who were both awarded the best scientific posters at the School of Allied and Primary Health Care symposium and Prehospital Care Research Symposium at the National Association of EMS Educators Conference respectively Final year students Olivia Perazza and Renee Webster won the Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedic student simulation challenge in Melbourne. Olivia and Renee excelled in their simulation scenario and oral case defence, demonstrating excellent knowledge, and skills ? congratulations to both! David Page was awarded the prestigious Dr. Scott B. Frame Service Award by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). The Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Awards honour those individuals who have made significant contributions to the development and/or global promulgation of PHTLS. These awards were presented annually at the World Trauma Symposium held in conjunction with NAEMT's Annual Meeting and EMS World Expo.

NAEMT COURSES

This Department of Paramedicine is approved by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) US as a training site to teach the following course nationally and internationally.

The courses include: ? Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) ? Standard ? 2-day course ? Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) ? Hybrid - online and 1-day course ? Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) ? Geriatric Education for EMS (GEMS) In 2019 we ran our first PHTLS hybrid course for Monash Paramedic students and external participants. The facilities at the post-graduate Nothing Hill campus and our wonderful 2nd year paramedic student actors enabled us to deliver realistic scenarios for the participants to practise their trauma management skills.

Olivia Perazza and Renee Webster

David Page receiving his award.

PHTLS course held at our Notting Hill Department

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Extrication Simulation Car

EXTRICATION SIMULATION CAR

We are delighted to have taken delivery of our new Department of Paramedicine Extrication Simulation Car, which has been funded by an equipment grant from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

The Extrication Simulation Car has been designed by paramedic Lecturer Brian Haskins and is constructed from a Holden Falcon Wagon which was generously donated by the RACV Group. The Extrication Simulation Car has removable doors, A and B support pillars, front windshield and roof. This allows our undergraduate paramedics students and participants on our PHTLS courses to practice extrication techniques that are utilised when the `Jaws of Life' are required to gain access to a patient.

RESTART A HEART DAY ? 16TH OCTOBER 2019

This year paramedic lecturers Brian Haskins, Cameron Gosling and Carlos Garcia Gonzalez and paramedic students once again participated in the `International Restart a Heart Day' on October the 16th. The teams taught members of the general public bystander CPR and AED use at three sites this year; the Bayside Shopping Centre, Frankston, the Monash Peninsula Campus and the Brandon Shopping Centre, Clayton.

This year we are delighted to be able to partner with the `Heart Wings' charity and send four AEDs and training manikins to Vietnam with Paramedic Lecturer Priya Reddy, as gifts for the four hospital hosting students from Monash University's Indo-pacific collaborative health immersion program 2019. Remember for a person to survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest they need to have all the links of the chain of survival in place which are: 1. Recognise someone is in cardiac arrest 2. Call 000 3. Push hard and fast on their chest (120/min - think `Baby Shark') 4. Get a public access AED (the earlier a person is defibrillated the better their chance of survival) 5. Keep going until paramedics arrive

Restart a Heart Day at Peninsula and Bayside Shopping Centre

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