👏👏👏 Huge thanks to @AmbulanceVic's Resuscitation Coordinator, @BelDel_, and our Danish colleague, @mads_tofte for leading this work, and to our @AmbulanceVic colleagues responsible for the GoodSAM program who grow the initiative from strength to strength every year!.

🚨🚨🚨 Impact of #GoodSAM on Cardiac Arrest Outcomes in Victoria published in #MJA. Survival to discharge was 37% more likely (risk-adjusted) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest if smartphone-activated volunteer responders arrived before #EMS. ‼️ Read on:

RT @pretzeldr: My 100th publication was a bit of a passion project and very reassuring in its findings - you are far more likely to do your….

RT @Aidan_Baron: Fantastic paper by @KristaSFisher and team + @Ziad_Nehme1 . Analysis of 694 young men 15-25yo presenting with anxiety Sym….

Driven by targeted improvements in #AED use and registrations, best-ever #CPR quality by our paramedics, and better feedback about patients and their outcomes. See the full report: #ItTakesASystemToSaveALife @expensivecare @emandrew1 @aus_roc 2/2

🚨🚨 We are so pleased to release the @VACAR_AV Annual Report 2023-24, highlighting the incredible achievements of community, @AmbulanceVic and our health system in improving outcomes from #OHCA. We have achieved our highest ever Utstein survival outcomes 1/2

RT @AmbulanceVic: Reuben Fisher is a happy, healthy baby, but in October last year he was fighting for his life. Luckily, Amy knew what to….

RT @ARC_resus: We are pleased to announce the Australian Resuscitation Council is now accepting applications for our 2025 Research Grant Sc….

RT @Resus_Plus: Clinical paper: Cricothyroidotomy in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study. 🔗 #Re….

RT @TurningPointAU: New study reveals increased ambulance attendances among Victorian children in out-of-home care: .

🚨🚨 18 year review of #FONA in Victorian #EMS: "Cardiac arrest and needle techniques were associated with lower odds of procedural success, while male sex was associated with higher odds." @MatthewHumar @ben_meadley @emandrew1 @expensivecare @Ziad_Nehme1

RT @agwalker01: This is what happens when you take a whole of organisation approach to improving cardiac arrest outcomes. Kudos to all the….

🚨🚨 20 years of cardiac arrest in Victoria in @theMJA: Utstein survival increased threefold bw 2003–2022 [but] the C19 pandemic was associated with a significant reduction in survival @emandrew1 @Ziad_Nehme1 @expensivecare @RosscoSalathiel @prof_cameron

RT @monash_para: It is a pleasure to share another publication from @BelDel_ and team in the latest edition of Aust J Prim Health, "Paramed….

RT @EmergencyMedBMJ: #OriginalResearch. Outcomes of adult patients discharged at scene by emergency medical services. "The occurrence of ho….

RT @RyanJBaldwin: 🚑 New study reveals children in out-of-home care (OOHC) are 2.65 more likely to need multiple ambulance attendances due t….

RT @EMAJournal: Prehospital stress-induced hyperglycaemia in major trauma patients. @MikeNoono @Ziad_Nehme1 @matts….

🚨 A first 🧐 into changes in #CPR quality during the pandemic. The findings suggest that PPE and other changes may have resulted in lower #CPR quality. Has the situation improved? Take a look @expensivecare @emandrew1 @CharKennedy_ @BelDel_ @Ziad_Nehme1

RT @agwalker01: Nice work by @BrianHaskinsPhd and the @MonashUni and @VACAR_AV team #CallPushShock.

RT @AmbulanceVic: 📢 Bystander defibrillation is key to cardiac arrest survival and recovery - and typically halves the time to first shock,….