Doctorate
Doctorate Title: The clinical utility of ultrasound for paramedics.
Doctorate Description: This project aims to investigate the utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by paramedics in the out-of-hospital setting for both medical and traumatic pathologies. Utilising the planned rollout of ultrasound to paramedics in a jurisdictional ambulance service, this project will examine; i) The education and training requirements for paramedics performing POCUS. ii) The systems of governance required for a successful POCUS program. iii) A comparison of paramedic interpretation of images with expert reviewer interpretation.
Details:
Type: PhD
University: Monash University
Primary Supervisor: Associate Prof Kelly-Ann Bowles
Category: Other
Funding:
Start Date: 2022
End Date: 2028
Status: Ongoing
Thesis
Awaiting
Research Interests
Ultrasound, Advanced Practice
Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7909-4625
Jake K. Donovan, Samuel O. Burton, Samuel L. Jones, Luke M. Phillips, David Anderson, Benjamin N. Meadley. Use of point-of-care ultrasound by intensive care paramedics to assess respiratory distress in the out-of-hospital environment: A pilot study. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2022 Jul 27;1–12.
Jake K. Donovan, Samuel O. Burton, Samuel L. Jones, Meadley B. Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound by Non-Physicians to Assess Respiratory Distress in the Out-of-Hospital Environment: A Scoping Review. Prehospital Disaster Med. 2022 May 4;1–9.
Burton, S., Donovan, J., Jones, S., & Meadley, B. (2022). Can Non-Physician Providers Use Ultrasound to Aid in Establishing Peripheral IV Access in Patients Who are Difficult to Cannulate? A Scoping Review. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 37(4), 535-546.
