Industrial paramedics, out on site but not out of mind

A/Prof Joe Acker

qualifications: MA

contribution: original concept

position: Senior lecturer, Head of paramedic courses

Australia

Joe is the Chief Executive of Ambulance Tasmania and member of the Tasmanian Health Executive. Ambulance Tasmania provides air and ground ambulance service as well as primary care services and inter facility transport. Joe is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine at Charles Sturt University in NSW, Australia. Joe has a professional background as an Intensive Care Flight Paramedic and Executive Director roles in both Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Joe has research interests in paramedic professional practice, rural and remote paramedicine, community paramedicine, industrial paramedicine, and paramedic leadership.

Ms Tania Johnston

qualifications: MHS

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Lecturer

Australia

Tania is a lecturer at Charles Sturt University who teaches undergraduate and post graduate paramedicine. Her clinical background is as an intensive care flight paramedic and emergency nurse. Tania's research interests include non-traditional paramedic practice, paramedic identity, and the use of prehospital ketamine.

Dr Ann Lazarsfeld-Jensen

qualifications: PhD

contribution: supervised data collection

position: Lecturer

Australia

Dr Ann Lazarsfeld-Jensen lectures in a professional doctorate in public safety, as well as undergraduate law and sociology at CSU. Her inter disciplinary research includes serviced provision and ageing in remote and rural communities