The Prehospital, Resuscitation and Emergency Care Research Unit (PRECRU) at Curtin University conducts clinical research to improve prehospital patient outcomes
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Join the Curtin School of Nursing as a Research Associate/Research Fellow in an exciting programme of research funded by NHMRC and St John WA. Applications close Wednesday, the 26th of March 2025.
More info: seek.com.au/job/82553074
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Well done to PRECRU PhD student Ashlea Smith on her recent publication that looked at the impact of rurality on bystander interventions, pre-hospital management and survival of OHCA patients.
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2. The epidemiology and prehospital management of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in rural/remote Western Australia. scholarships.curtin.edu.au/S…
Applications close 18th August.
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PRECRU has two scholarships currently available at @CurtinUni :
1. Investigating strategies to achieve early defibrillation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients, using spatial analysis methods. scholarships.curtin.edu.au/S…
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PhD student Paige Watkins' final falls paper has been published in the Prehospital Emergency Care Journal: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Well done Paige!
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A collaborative paper between @precru, @stjohn_wa and @NDRIau entitled “Descriptive before-and-after study of the introduction of a ‘Leave Behind’ take-home naloxone dispensing/distribution program by the ambulance service in Western Australia” has now been published.
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available online at doi.org/10.1177/275363862312…
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PhD candidate Emogene Aldridge's descriptive study has been accepted for publication in Resuscitation. Well done, Emogene!
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Read the full article here: injuryjournal.com/article/S0…
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As has become tradition, another one of our amazing PhD students has won the Expert Panel Award for her three minute presentation at the Mark Liveris Research Student Seminar @CurtinUni. Well done Emogene!!
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PhD student Paul Braybrook's systematic review on hiking and mountain biking injuries found that for participants in both activities the majority (of injuries) were of minor severity.
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Applications for a new RTP (full-time) PhD scholarship with PRECRU, located at Curtin University is open now:
“ Spatial analysis and modelling of strategies to reduce the time to defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)”.
More info: scholarships.curtin.edu.au/S…
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A new joint PRECRU/St John WA publication – "Use of ketamine wafer for pain management by volunteer emergency medical technicians in rural Western Australia"
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PRECRU retweeted
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A person may be in cardiac arrest if...
❤️ They have collapsed and lost consciousness
❤️ Their breathing is absent or not normal
❤️ They have no pulse
If you've identified these signs it's crucial you call 000 AU /111 NZ & begin CPR compressions.
#CallPushShock #RestartAHeart
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A fascinating insight into how call takers manage OHCA calls, during and after:
“If you miss that first step in the chain of survival, there is no second step”–Emergency ambulance call-takers’ experiences in managing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest calls. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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Congratulations to PRECRU PhD student Ashlea Smith on her first publication! Her systematic review found the odds of OHCA survival were estimated to be approximately 50% lower in rural areas compared to metro areas.
Interested? Read more here: resuscitationjournal.com/art…
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