Your monthly clinical update covering:
· CPG updates: New measles CPG + updated CPP for ACOs & CERTs
· Hand hygiene refresher: Back to basics in challenging environments
· Cardiac arrest outcomes: Conversation with Ziad Nehme on recent improvements
· Survey plug: Clinical & Operational Service Delivery Plan
· Patient safety: Case review – consulting via the Clinician when engaging external agencies (e.g. PIPER)
· Tourniquets: Balancing risks and benefits
· Paper of the month: Ambulance offload delays and causes of ramping
· Equipment update
· Professional development highlights
· Small steps: Practical changes to transform your practice
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CPG update: CPG update – April 2026
VOD update: Updated guidance - Requests for Verification of Death (VOD)
Hand hygiene:
Take Five for Hand Hygiene
Transmission based precautions clinical work instruction
CWI OPS 184 Infection Prevention and Control Transmission Based Precautions.pdf
Paper of the month: Initiatives to reduce ambulance offload delays in emergency departments: a scoping review - PubMed
Professional development:
Fast Tracked Higher Education Pathway for AV Clinical Instructors – Now Open for Mid-Year Intake
Clinical Insights: Issue 8 now available
The Australasian College of Paramedicine Conference | ACPIC26
CAA Congress | The Council of Ambulance Authorities Inc.
Trauma 2026 Conference - Trauma Conference
SAS Events – Safe Airway Society
Clinical Technology and Equipment Committee Idea Sharing: Clinical Technology and Equipment Committee / CTEC@ambulance.vic.gov.au
Get in touch: clinicalguidelines@ambulance.vic.gov.au
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