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Communication in Paramedic Practice published

I was delighted to receive a few copies of ‘Communication in Paramedic Practice’ in the post this week which I recently co-authored with Gjyn OToole[…]

Eastwood et al. Paramedicine – an evolving identity

Eastwood K, Johnson M, Williams J, Batt AM, Tavares W. Paramedicine: An evolving identity. Paramedicine. 2023;20(6):177-180. doi:10.1177/27536386231203401

Mausz et al. Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against Paramedics in a Single Canadian Site

Mausz, J.; Johnston, M.; Arseneau-Bruneau, D.; Batt, A.M.; Donnelly, E.A. Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against Paramedics in a Single Canadian Site. Int. J. Environ.[…]

Bolster: PhD scholarship

Congratulations to Jennifer Bolster, who has been awarded the inaugural Monash University/McNally Project PhD scholarship! Jen is doing amazing work researching the care of people[…]

Shannon et al. The advantages and challenges experienced with the implementation and delivery of community paramedicine programmes

Shannon, B; Batt, AM; Eaton, G; Leyenaar, M; O’Meara, P; Barry, T; Lanos, C; Wingrove, G; Williams, B; Nolan, M; Carney, R; Heffern, J; Bowles,[…]

Brydges and Batt. Untangling the web. The need for theory, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual frameworks in paramedic research.

I was delighted to collaborate with a friend of mine, Dr. Madison Brydges, to write this recent editorial piece for Paramedicine. In this editorial, we[…]

Johnston et al. Barriers and enablers to implementing intranasal ketamine for Primary Care Paramedics in Canada – a parallel convergent mixed methods study.

A team led by Tania Johnston have published a study on intranasal ketamine for PCPs in Paramedicine. Tania led this large-scale project over the past[…]

Bolster et al. The Paramedic Role in Caring for People Who Use Illicit and Controlled Drugs: A Scoping Review

Jennifer Bolster has just had her scoping review related to the paramedic role in substance use accepted for publication in Paramedicine. She completed this as[…]

Batt et al. Canadian Paramedicine Landscape Review and Standards Roadmap

Download the report for free here Executive Summary The paramedic profession in Canada has evolved significantly in the last decade in terms of the professional[…]

Batt et al. Developing the National Occupational Standard for Paramedics in Canada – update 4.

Alan M. Batt, Jennifer Bolster, Pierre Poirier, Jeanne Bank, Michael Austin, Cheryl Cameron, Elizabeth Donnelly, Becky Donelon, Noël Dunn, Tim Essington, Sean Hackett, William Johnston,[…]