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Paramedic Roles and Career development –
The remote industrial paramedic
Dr James RossMedical Director
‘Traditional’ Paramedic
• Diversion programs to reduce hospital demand• Sheffield, Oxford UK• Adelaide, Wellington• Triage system to identify potential callers for
ECP• Responds with a non‐patient transport vehicle• Determines if needs
– Transfer to A&E– Referral to GP– Referral to other health services– Advice and follow up
Extended Care Paramedic
Remote Industrial paramedic?
Paramedic, preferably Intensive Care
Operates Remotely
Substantially independently
On industrial sites or for commercial clients
Extended scope of practice
Extended Scope of Duties
Manage health facility Procurement Client interface Basic primary care Occupational health and safety Incident investigation Training Return to work coordination Emergency response coordination Emergency health care
Not registered No minimum standards regulated Many with no tertiary qualifications Anyone can claim to be a paramedic Standards set by employer No acceptance as yet for registration Move by ACAP to get registration, perhaps in 2014
Based on the old paradigm of ambulance based practice
Paramedic
Aspen Paramedic
Advanced paramedic Intensive Care Paramedic AME paramedic Adoption of the Ambulance Victoria CPGs
Assessment of paramedics against the CPGs
Where outside scope of practice, and where controlled drugs to be administered, must only function under the direction of a medical practitioner
Clinical scope of practice
Career Progression
Cert IV in workplace training and assessmentAccident investigation/root cause analysisOccupational health and safety Presentation skillsManagement skills
Career Progression
MIMMS BOSIET and HUETGraduate Certificate / Diploma in Emergency Health (Emergency preparedness and disaster health stream)
Aeromedical EvacuationGraduate Certificate in Remote Industrial Health
Skills maintenance
Attachments to ambulance service
Refresher courses
Sessions in hospital
Assessments
New Course
Graduate Certificate in Remote Industrial Health Delivered online Commencing in Semester 1 2011 Targeting medics and nurses
Subjects
Core Subjects
Clinical aspects of remote work
Administrative aspects of remote work
Subjects
Elective Subjects
Community and Public Health NutritionHealth CommunicationContemporary Health DevelopmentMultiple Perspectives in HealthcareProgram Planning and Evaluation Public Relations StrategyMental Health Assessment and InterventionPathophysiology of Critical Illness Managing Change and Innovation
For more information and to register your interest in the course visit:
aspenmedical.com.au/gcrih