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dc.contributor.authorVeronese, JP
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-01T23:53:51Z
dc.date.available2019-12-01T23:53:51Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn2202-7270
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/389394
dc.description.abstractBuilding and maintaining skilled paramedics is a key component within the health system. Most paramedics never forget their first day as a new graduate or newly qualified paramedic, often with mixed feelings about being ‘unleashed on the world’. Many new paramedics will be given the keys to a freshly stocked ambulance and be expected to attend to a vast array of calls ranging from minor to challenging. My own experience was not different to most others, with the first day consisting of two paediatric drowning resuscitations an hour apart followed by a motor vehicle accident entrapment and a fall from height with spinal injury. For the most part, these calls went surprisingly well. However, for those parts that didn’t go as well or could have been better, the clinician is often left with thoughts of ‘what if’ and ‘if only I had…’. Herein lies the importance of quality education followed by an appropriate work environment that fosters good practice. Medical education is typically delivered across health sciences faculties within higher education institutions. Departments that have traditionally fallen under the banner of health science education include medicine and allied health professions such as nursing and physiotherapy, with paramedicine one of the latest disciplines to join the professions. Despite paramedicine being relatively new by comparison – only having been around for several decades – as a profession it has grown rapidly. However, despite its rapid growth there remain some areas that reflect this infancy. One area is the variation in practice and educational standards, both locally and internationally.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherParamedics Australasia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://ajp.paramedics.org/index.php/ajp/article/view/653/695
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralasian Journal of Paramedicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleBuilding paramedics, maintaining skilled practitioners
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVeronese, JP, Building paramedics, maintaining skilled practitioners, Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 2018, 15 (2)
dc.date.updated2019-11-29T03:03:08Z
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gro.griffith.authorVeronese, Jean-Paul


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