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Publications Archive

2008

Williams B, Boyle M, Lord B. Paramedic Identification of Electrograph J-Point and ST-Segments. Prehospital Disaster Med. 2008;23(6):526-9.

Williams B, Lewis B, Boyle M, Brown T, Holt T. A survey of undergraduate health science students’ views on interprofessional education and the use of educational technology: Preliminary analyses and findings. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2008;6(4).

Boyle MJ, O'Meara P. From roadside to hospital: an investigation of the factors influencing the time taken to deliver trauma patients to a regional hospital. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2008;6(3).

Boyle MJ. The experience of linking Victorian emergency medical service trauma data. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008;8(52).

Williams, B. Bearman, M. Podcasting Lectures: the next silver bullet? Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2008;6(3).

Koritsas S, Coles J, Boyle M. Workplace Violence towards Social Workers: The Australian Experience. Br J Soc Work 2008; [Published Online: 26 September 2008. DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn134 ].

Boyle MJ, Smith EC, Archer F. Is mechanism of injury alone a useful predictor of major trauma? Injury. 2008;39(9):986-92.

Boyle M, Smith E, Archer F. A review of patients who suddenly deteriorate in the presence of paramedics. BMC Emerg Med. 2008;8(9).

Tracy, J, Williams, B. Iacono, T. Galea, J. Hanson, S. Brack, C.Burbide, M.  Health and disability: Interprofessional education of healthcare students.  J Interprof Care. 2008 22(5):1-3.

Boyle M, Williams B, Cooper J, Adams B, Alford K. Ambulance clinical placements – a pilot study of students' experience. BMC Med Educ 2008;8(19).

Nehme Z, Boyle M. Silent Myocardial Ischaemia: A Review of the Literature for Prehospital Care Providers. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2008;6(1).

Perry, E. Williams, B. The quandary of pre-hospital oxygen administration in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a review of the literature. Journal of Primary Emergency Health  Care. 2008;6.

Boyle M, Koritsas S, Coles J. Response: Demographics of workplace violence-methodology is the key. Emerg Med J. 2008;25(9):617-a-8.

Boyle M, Smith E, Archer F. Trauma incidents attended by EMS in Victoria, Australia. Prehospital Disaster Med. 2008;23(1):20-8.

Williams B, Boyle M. First Year Undergraduate Emergency Health Students’ Interprofessional Learning Experiences using Interactive Wireless Keypads. International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology.2008;4(1).

2007

Boyd L, Archer F. Developing a web-based education program for people with asthma in rural and remote areas. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2007;5(4).

Williams B, Boyle M. Estimation of External Blood Loss by Paramedics: Is There any Point? Prehospital Disaster Med. 2007;22(6):500-4.

Williams B, Boyle M. Can undergraduate paramedic students accurately estimate a patient’s weight? – A Short Report. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2007;5(4).

Boyle M. Is mechanism of injury alone in the prehospital setting a predictor of major trauma - a review of the literature. J Trauma Manag Outcomes. 2007;1 (4).

Koritsas S, Coles J, Boyle M, Stanley J. Prevalence and predictors of occupational violence and aggression towards GPs: a cross-sectional study. Br J Gen Pract. 2007;57:967-70.

Boyle M, Williams B, Burgess S. Contemporary simulation education for undergraduate paramedic students. Emerg Med J. 2007;24(12):854-7.

Boyle M, Williams B. Are undergraduate paramedic students able to accurately identify breath sounds? – A Pilot Study. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2007;5(3).

Williams B, Fallows B, Allan J. Investigating the Benefits of Out-of-Hospital External Chest Compression. Journal of Primary Emergency Health Care. 2007;5(3).

Boyle M, Williams B. Are undergraduate paramedic students able to accurately estimate a patient’s age? – a short report. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care.2007;5(3).

Williams, B. Brown, T. Should DVD simulations replace hospital-based clinical placements? Medical Education; 41(11):1089.

Boyle M, Koritsas S, Coles J, Stanley J. A pilot study of workplace violence towards paramedics. Emerg Med J 2007;24(11):760-3.

Wyatt A, Archer F, Fallows B. Use of simulators in teaching and learning: Paramedics’ evaluation of a Patient Simulator. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care 2007;5(2).

Williams B, Boyle M, Lord B. Paramedic identification of ECG J Point and ST Segments: A pilot study. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care 2007;5(2).

Smith E. Emergency health care workers’ willingness to work during major emergencies and disasters. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 2007;22(2):21-24.

Boyle M. A dramatic drop in blood pressure following prehospital GTN administration. Emerg Med J. 2006;24(3):225-226.

Coles J, Koritsas, Boyle M, Stanley J. GPs, violence and work performance ‘Just part of the job?’ Australian Family Physician. 2007;36(3):189-191.

Smith E, Jennings P, McDonald S, MacPherson C, O’Brien T, Archer F.  The Cochrane Library as a Resource for Evidence on Out-of-Hospital Care Interventions. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2007;49(3):344-50.          

Williams B.   Students’ perceptions of prehospital web-based examinations. International Journal of Education and Development Using Information and Communication Technology. 2007;3(1).

2006

Burgess S. Social and environmental influences affecting the risk of development of meningococcal disease; considerations for prehospital care. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(1).

Flynn J, Archer F, Cooper A.  Sensitivity and specificity of the Medical Priority Dispatch System in detecting cardiac arrest emergency calls in Melbourne. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2006;21(2):72-76.

Macdonald R, Boyle M. Readers’ Perceptions of the Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(4).

Moore B. Blast injuries – A prehospital perspective. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(1).

Smith E. National disaster preparedness in Australia – before and after 9/11.  Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(2).

Smith E, Coghlan B, Leder K. Avian influenza: clinical and epidemiological information for paramedics and healthcare workers. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(1). 

Smith E, Macdonald R. Managing health information during disasters. Health Information Management Journal. 2006;35(2):8-13.

Spencer C, Archer F. Paramedic education and training on cultural diversity: conventions underpinning practice. J ournal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(3).       

Williams B. The Internationalisation of prehospital education: a merging of ideologies between Australia and the U.S.A. Emergency Medicine Journal. 2006;23(7)573-577.

Williams B. Qualitative analysis of undergraduate paramedic students’ perceptions of using case-based learning in an online learning environment. J ournal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(3).

Williams B. Using creative and contemporary teaching strategies to promote emancipation, empowerment and achievement in undergraduate paramedic students – a personal reflection.Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(2).

Waxman A, Williams B. Paramedic pre-employment education and the concerns of our future: What are our expectations? Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2006;4(4).

2005

Hertelendy A, Lord B. EMS Down Under. Emergency Medical Services. 2005; 34(8):174-78.

Morgans AE, Archer F, Walker T & Thuma E. Barriers to Accessing Ambulance Services in Rural Victoria for Acute Asthma: Patient's and Medical Professional's Perspectives. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 2005;13(2):116-20.

Morgans AE, Allen F. Getting Ethics Committee Approval for Research: A Beginners Guide.  Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2005;3(3).

Sheen L, Oates JA  Phenomenological study of medically induced unconsciousness in intensive care.  Australian Critical Care. 2005;18(2).

Smith E, Cook M, Woollard M, Ferri M. Dispatcher-assisted CPR for out of hospital cardiac arrest. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2005;3(3).

Smith E, Boyle M, MacPherson J. The development of a quality assessment tool for ambulance patient care records. Health Information Management Journal. 2005;3(4).

Williams B. Case based learning – a review of the literature: is there scope for this educational paradigm in prehospital education? Emerg. Med. J. 2005;22:577-581.

2004

Lord, B. The Paramedic’s Role in Pain Management.  American Journal of Nursing.  2004;104(11).

Seynaeve G, Archer F, Fisher J, Lueger-Schuster B, Rowlands A, Sellwood P, et al. International standards and guidelines on education and training for the multi-disciplinary health response to major events that threaten the health status of a community. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine. 2004;19(2):Apr-Jun.

Smith E, Fedson A, Meek R and Pasque C. Automatic External Defibrillation by First Responders for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2004;2(3-4).

Smith E, McDonald S, Wasiak J, Jennings P, MacPherson C  and Archer F. The development of a prehospital search filter for the Cochrane Library. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2004;2(1-2).

Smith E, Wasiak J, Boyle M.  Prophylactic antiemetic therapy to prevent opioid induced nausea and vomiting in the hospital emergency department and ambulance paramedic treatment of acute pain.  The Cochrane Library. 2004; Issue 4.

Smith E, Boyle M, Wasiak J. Prophylactic metoclopramide for opioid induced nausea and vomiting following treatment of acute pain in the prehospital setting.  Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2004;2(1-2).

Williams B.  The Implementation of Case-Based Learning – Shaping the Pedagogy in Ambulance Education. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care. 2004;2(3-4).

Chilton, M. Professionalism: A Brief Analysis of Trends in Prehospital Care and a Vision for the Future.  Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care . 2004;2(1-2).

Education Committee Working Group, World Association for Disaster & Emergency Medicine, Seynaeve G, Archer F, Fisher J, Leuger-Schuster B, Rowlands A, Sellwood P, Vandevelde K, Zigoura A.  Issues Paper: International standards and guidelines on Education and Training for the Multi-disciplinary Health Response to Major Events that threaten the health status of a community (Abbreviated version). Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2004;19(2); Supplement 2.

Education Committee Working Group, World Association for Disaster & Emergency Medicine, Seynaeve G, Archer F, Fisher J, Leuger-Schuster B, Rowlands A, Sellwood P, Vandevelde K, Zigoura A.  Issues Paper: International standards and guidelines on Education and Training for the Multi-disciplinary Health Response to Major Events that threaten the health status of a community (Full version) 2004.

Technical Papers

 Incident Monitoring Literature Review

  • Incident Monitoring - A Review of the Literature and Development of a Pre-Hospital Model (includes workshop report)
  • Incident Monitoring - A Review of the Literature and Development of a Pre-Hospital Model Report
  • Incident Monitoring - National Workshop Report