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CRANA is dedicated to the development and delivery of safe, high quality primary healthcare to remote and isolated areas of Australia through the education and support of remote health practitioners and advocacy for the issues affecting them and the people in their care. More information can be found by accessing their website at http://www.crana.org.au/
This project will support implementation of an Extended Care Paramedic model at a number of sites across Australia. The model enables provision of care to patients in their usual place of residence; thereby reducing emergency department presentations.
Paramedics Australasia (PA) Vice President Richard Larsen accompanied by Board Director Nicole Nott and Policy Advisor Ray Bange met with representatives from Health Workforce Australia (HWA) on the 7th March 2012. These meetings were a continuation of previous liaison work with HWA and built on submissions made by PA on Health Workforce Innovation and Reform. Two major matters were discussed.
Health Workforce Australia is looking at extending the role of paramedics in the community. Read more here.
Project Overview
Standing On the Shoulders of Giants:
Developing Paramedic Student Resilience: An Introduction to Paramedic Psychological Health and Coping
Presented by David Dawson, Lecturer, Mental Health & Wellbeing for Paramedics, Victoria University
This session will cover:
Date: Tuesday, 3rd April, 2012.
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm.
Venue: Victoria University, St Albans Campus, Building 3, Room 3C42 (Auditorium).
A light supper will be provided.
Bookings are essential and can be made on an individual basis by following this link: http://www.paramedics.org.au/elearning/cpeevent-booking-form/
Download an A4 poster version of this announcement here: PA Resilience Workshop April 2012
The Victorian Chapter of Paramedics Australasia is holding an evening Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event on Tuesday 13 March 2012, commencing at 1900 hours.
The Victoria Police Major Collision Investigation Unit (MCIU) will be attending to discuss the management and investigation of serious and fatal road crashes within Victoria, and the role that paramedics can play in assisting with this process.
The session will be held at the Ambulance Victoria training facility, 75 Brady Street, Port Melbourne. The session will run from 1900 – 2100 hours and may extend beyond this depending upon the number of questions.
Parking is unmetered, and is available in the street.
Bookings are essential for this event. Seats are strictly limited.
Bookings are individual (no bulk / block bookings), and must be lodged using the website based booking widget http://www.paramedics.org.au/elearning/cpeevent-booking-form All bookings will be acknowledged by an email within 36 hours, and no bookings will be accepted after 1500 hours 12 March 2012.
Youngcare is an incredible charity working towards providing alternate housing options for young people with disabilities currently living in aged care facilities. Even just one ticket purchased will go a long way towards helping this worthy cause and also puts you into the draw to win some great prizes.
The prizes are amazing:
This is a serious raffle with fantastic prizes up for grabs, tickets are only $20 each or 6 for $100, available to purchase here. If this is a little above your price range check out the young care online shop for a range of other merchandise you can purchase in support of young Australians with disabilities.
Youngcare raffle will be drawn on March 15, 2012. Results will be published in The Australian on Wednesday 21 March 2012.
