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Queensland Ambulance Service

WEBThe MHLS also provides direct clinical support to patients experiencing a mental health crisis via telemedicine, including de-escalation, risk assessment and management, …

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Queensland Ambulance Service

WEBThe Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Patient Transport Service (PTS) is available for patients who require transport to, or from medical appointments in a …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Other/The older patient

WEBDementia. Dementia is a clinical syndrome that can be caused by underlying diseases, including Alzheimer’s. Although dementia can occur at any age, it is far more prevalent …

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Queensland Ambulance Service

WEBQAS Priority One Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer/Questioning and Allied/Asexual (LGBTIQA+) service.

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Mental illness – The legal framework

WEBMental illness is a condition characterised by a clinically significant disturbance of thought, mood perception or memory. A person must not be considered to have a mental illness …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Cardiac/Acute aortic …

WEBAcute aortic dissection is a rare but extremely serious vascular emergency that is challenging to diagnose in the pre-hospital environment.[1] Acute aortic dissection is a …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: …

WEBThe Digital Clinical Practice Manual is expressly intended for use by appropriately qualified QAS clinicians when performing duties and delivering ambulance services for, and on …

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Clinical Practice Procedures: Assessment/Non …

WEBProcedure – Non-invasive blood pressure. Expose arm. Select the appropriate cuff for the patient. The arm circumference range is printed on the artery index marker should fall …

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Queensland Ambulance Service

WEBThe Indigenous Paramedic Program focus areas include: providing access and equity in education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aspiring to work …

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Queensland Ambulance Service

WEBThe QAS Cultural Safety Framework incorporates the strategies, policies, procedures and commitment to co-design and collaborate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Trauma/Traumatic brain injury

WEBTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Australia, with over 22,000 people admitted to hospital per annum. The most common causes of TBI …

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Clinical Practice Procedures: Airway management/Suctioning

WEB1. Select the appropriate size Y-suction catheter (suction catheters should be half the size of the tracheostomy tube). 6. Remove the suction catheter from the packaging ensuring …

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Clinical Practice Procedures: Assessment/Primary and …

WEBThe Digital Clinical Practice Manual is expressly intended for use by appropriately qualified QAS clinicians when performing duties and delivering ambulance services for, and on …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Other/Pain management

WEBThis definition encompasses both the objective sensory aspects of pain as well as the subjective psychological and emotional aspects. The perception of pain is individual, …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Medical/Sepsis

WEBThe Third International Consensus Definition for Sepsis and provides the following updated terms and definitions: Sepsis (organ dysfunction + infection): Life-threatening …

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Clinical Practice Procedures: Other/Acute stroke referral

WEBState of Queensland (Queensland Ambulance Service) 2022. You are free to copy and communicate the work in its current form for non-commercial purposes, as long as you …

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Clinical Practice Procedures: Trauma/Cervical collar

WEBThe Digital Clinical Practice Manual is expressly intended for use by appropriately qualified QAS clinicians when performing duties and delivering ambulance services for, and on …

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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Cardiac/Cardiac arrest

WEBPulseless Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) is a regular broad complex tachycardia (> 100 bpm) which usually occurs when the pacemaker of the heart originates from a single point …

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Clinical Practice Procedures: Assessment/Mental status

WEB2. Exclude and/or manage causes of abnormal behaviour where possible. 3. Attempt to treat the patient only if safe to do so. 4. Using the guide to mental status examination; …

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