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Victorian Ambulance CPGs

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Please Note
All the study cards are being updated at present for the new September 2011 CPGs. 
The Smart Phone Drug Cards and the Paedatric Drug Calculation Slide Card have been updated so far.

For those with a Smart Phone, study cards have been developed for the new September 2011 AV CPG drugs to avoid the need to carry the bulky cards around and to allow the drugs to be studied anywhere.  To use the Drug Study Cards,  it is necessary to download  Flashcards Deluxe program from the iTunes store for $3.99.  The cards are then downloaded for free from the Flashcards Deluxe Shared Files website.  Simply type in 'AV Drugs' in the Flashcards Deluxe search engine and download the sets you want to place on your phone.

Cards are divided into the following Card sets:

1.  Individual Drug Sets
2.  ALS Drugs Complete Set
3.  MICA Drugs Complete Set
4.  MICA Drugs Only Set
5.  ALS Drugs Contra-indications only Set
6.  MICA Drugs Contra-indications only Set:
7.  RSI Drugs Complete Set

Updated September 2011

The Paediatric Drug Calculation Slide Card is designed as a learning tool to assist in calculating the number of mls in a syringe to give of drugs used in the new September 2011 Victorian Ambulance Service Clinical Practice Guideline updates.  It has been specially designed for use by both ALS (green writing) and MICA Paramedics (blue writing).

Click here to download instructions on how to assemble the Card

Click here to download the Outer Cover

Click here to download the Inner Slide Card

The MICA CPG Study Cards provided in this booklet are designed as a learning tool to assist in highlighting the major points of each MICA guidelines as found in the May 2009 Victorian  Ambulance Service Clinical Practice Guidelines.   There are approximately 300 study cards in this booklet. This booklet has been updated to the new Version 3.1 on the 18 February 2010 and fixed some minor spelling mistakes and corrected drug dosages of Midazolam in a range of protocols.

Click here to download the full Version 3.1 February 2010 PDF booklet.

For those who have already downloaded Version 3.0 (August 2009),  to avoid having to download the full Version 3.1, Click here for a booklet that provides just the corrected updated cards found in Version 3.1.

The ALS Study Cards provided in this booklet are designed as a learning tool to assist in highlighting the major points of each ALS guidelines as found in the May 2009 Victorian  Ambulance Service Clinical Practice Guidelines. There are approximately 130 study cards in this booklet.

This booklet has been updated to the new Version 3.1 on the 14 February 2010 and fixed some minor spelling mistakes and corrected drug dosages of Midazolam in a range of protocols.   Click here to download the full Version 3.1 February 2010 PDF booklet.

For those who have already downloaded Version 3.0 (August 2009),  to avoid having to download the full Version 3.1, Click Here for a booklet that provides just the corrected updated cards found in Version 3.1.

The MICA Drug Study Cards provided in this booklet are designed as a learning tool for the ALS drugs found in the May 2009 Victorian  Ambulance Service Clinical Practice Guidelines.  There are approximately 300 study cards in this booklet.  

Click here to download the PDF booklet.

The ALS Drug Study Cards provided in this booklet are designed as a learning tool for the MICA drugs found in the May 2009 Victorian  Ambulance Service Clinical Practice Guidelines. There are approximately 190 study cards in this booklet.

Click here to download the PDF booklet.

Please Note
iFlip was temporarily down on the AppsStore, but is now back on line.
The protocols are presently being updated to the new guidleines.
 

Study cards are being updated at present to a new program known
as Flashcards Deluxe which has some significant advantages over iFlipr.  This will
be progressively introduced as time permits.

For those with an iphone, study cards have been developed for the MICA Protocols to avoid the need to carry the bulky cards around so as to allow the protocols to be studied anywhere.  To use the MICA Protocol Study Cards,  it is necessary to download iFlipr from the itunes store for $5.99.  The set of cards are then downloaded for free from the  iFlipr website.  Simply type in 'MICA'  or 'Victorian Ambulance' in the iFlipr search engine and the MICA CPG Card Deck will come up for download to your phone.  

For more information on the iFlipr program,  click here

For those with an iphone, study cards have been developed for the ALS Protocols to avoid the need to carry the bulky cards around so as to allow the protocols to be studied anywhere.  To use the ALS Protocol Study Cards,  it is necessary to download iFlipr from the itunes store for $5.99.  The set of cards are then downloaded for free from the  iFlipr website.  Simply type in 'AV ALS' in the iFlipr search engine and the ALS CPG Card Deck will come up for download to your phone.  

For more information on the iFlipr program,  click here

For those who want the full 2011 CPG manual on their iphone or Smartphone,  click here to go John Till's website for the full program.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING MANUALS

The manual 'A Photographic Guide To Prehospital Spinal Care' is available by clicking here.  This 237 page 9.4 meg downloadable PDF file provides a detailed photographic guide to multiple aspects of prehospital spinal care.

The full manual 'Vehicle Extraction Techniques' is available by clicking here.  This 70 page downloadable 4.4meg PDF file provides a detailed photographic guide on a wide range of situations patients may be found in, and offers numerous techniques for removal which have been well tested during the 12 year development of this manual.

Click here for videos of the Vehicle Extraction Techniques

The 2011 AV CPGs have made changes to the Spinal protocols requiring staff to pad the Board as per CWI 5.1.11, and the immobilisation time has increased from 30 minutes to 60 minutes before considering removal of the Board.

Click here for a summary of the studies that led to the change in the guideline.

Please note that the word 'consideration' is NOT a requirement to remove the Board,  but a suggestion only for staff to review patient comfort.  If remaining on the Board is causing patient discomfort and deterioration in care, only then after 60 minutes should consideration for removing the Board be considered.

Confusion exists over how to secure the Long Board and Scoop stretcher to the Ferno Stretcher.

Click here for the  photographic guide that demonstrates an effective, safe and proven securing process.

No process exists for securing the patient directly to the Ferno 50E Stretcher, and the Manufacturer does not condone this practice.

With the introduction of SAM Splints into Ambulance Victoria in 2010,  permission was also granted for Branches to purchase through Auxillaries, Community groups and other funding programs to purchase the NEANN Vacuum Splints through the Ambulance Stores as an additional extremity splinting device.

Click here for the training manual on the Vacuum Splints.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS

With the restriction of using the VACIS in the Ambulance, the Patient Care Information VACIS Collection Sheet has been trialled and developed to by Paramedics at Colac over the last few years to allow staff to collect and jot down information during the care of the patient, which can then be transferred to the VACIS on arrival at hospital.

Click here for the downloading the sheet.

For additional training links relating to the Victorian Ambulance CPGs,  go to

http://www.paramedic-info.com/index.html

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