Tony Walker ASM
@agwalker01.bsky.social
Paramedic I Professor I Vice Chancellor's Strategic Fellow I Non-Executive Director I Former Emergency Services and Health CEO
📱🚑 New research from Victoria shows survival after cardiac arrest is 37% more likely when GoodSAM smartphone-activated responders arrive before paramedics. Early CPR: ✅ Early defib: ✅ Lives saved: ✅ Tech + community = impact onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/... #CPR #AED #CallPushShock
📱 A new study from Singapore shows that activating smartphone first responders via the myResponder app led to: ✅ 6x ↑ in bystander CPR ✅ 2x ↑ in AED use ✅ Better neurologically intact survival Smart tech is saving lives. "CallPushShock #OHCA #CPR #AED #DigitalHealth 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
Do yourself a favour and take the time watch this incredible presentation from Dr Matt Morgan. Trust me - you won't regret it! www.stemlynsblog.org/life-2-0-tbs/
Life 2.0 - What the dead can teach us about living - Matt Morgan at TBS 2025
What would you do if you got a second chance at life? Matt Morgan's thought provoking talk from The Big Sick 2025
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New study shows patients transported by the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit had: ✅ 2x better odds of full recovery ✅ ½ the mortality rate at 90–180 days ✅ Higher thrombectomy rates (40% vs. 23%) But better outcomes came with higher costs (~$17,949 more per patient). www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Costs and Benefits of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit Compared With Standard Ambulance: Causal Analysis Using Observational Linked Data | Stroke
BACKGROUND: Evidence of the cost implications and health outcomes associated with the use of mobile stroke units (MSU) is required to support their utilization. We aimed to evaluate the causal effect ...
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"a faecal immunochemical test-based programme was non-inferior to a colonoscopy-based programme for colorectal cancer-related mortality" -so an easier test, among invitees, was as good as a more complex one. Excellent news for Australia's over 50s at-home, mail-in, faeces screening testing program.
Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · last yr.The first randomized trial comparing fecal occult blood testing (every other year) testing and (one-time) colonoscopy. No significant difference in colon cancer mortality among >56,000 participants www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social
Great example of why Victoria is one of the safest places in the world to suffer a Cardiac Arrest. Willing bystanders, the integrated GoodSam app and a ground breaking trial of the CellAED ultraportable AED #CallPushShock www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The groundbreaking defibrillator trial helping Victorians save lives - ABC listen
Around 57,000 Australians suffer a heart attack or cardiac arrest every year.
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Join us on April 9 for the Global Resuscitation Alliance Webinar, marking 10 years of improving resuscitation worldwide! Hear top experts and help shape the future of care. Register: www.globalresuscitationalliance.org/a-decade-of-...
Formula 1 teams obsess over data to shave milliseconds off lap times. 🚥🏁 Ambulance Victoria takes the same approach to cardiac arrest survival—their latest report shows a record 41% survival rate, making Victoria the 3rd safest place in the world for OHCA. www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/about-us/res...
Wartime bravery of ambulance women revealed in photos. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Wartime bravery of female ambulance workers shown in photos - BBC News
The London Ambulance Service has unearthed old images of women who saved lives as wartime paramedics.
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A fantastic time joining with my Life Saving Victoria colleagues at today's Midsumma Pride March
A fabulous opportunity to lead iconic Ambulance Victoria as their next Chief Executive Officer www.watermarksearch.com.au/blog/2025/01...
Wonderful to see the Ambulance Victoria Oversnow Ambulance project recognised as a finalist in the Workplace Health and Safety Solution of the Year category of the Worksafe Awards. Great work by all involved 🚑 ❄️ 🎉 www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-01...
Excellent advice from the inspirational Prof Richard Scolyer AO 📍Enjoy your life - you don't know what's around the corner 📍Think Big 📍Be Bold 📍Be Courageous 📍Don't just Lean In - Leap In youtu.be/D4_h9Sp2jX8?...
Professor Richard Scolyer: The Man Who Defied The Odds Of Cancer Survival
YouTube video by The Project
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A screening method that paired dogs with #AI was able to detect the odor of cancer carried on patients’ breaths. The canine-AI duo was both highly accurate and highly sensitive, successfully detecting four types of cancer in 94% of cases. www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs...
Dogs team up with AI to sniff out cancer
Scientists paired Labrador retrievers with an AI model in a new screening test for breast, lung, colorectal or prostate cancer.
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Respect for volunteers in experiments. Fascinating look back to the 1950s. One hopes they got informed consent. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Medical experiments where lifesavers volunteered to have breathing stopped
In the 1960s, doctors wanted to improve CPR techniques so they enlisted the help of surf lifesavers who agreed to be anaesthetised on the floor of a hospital operating theatre to simulate what might h...
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Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
When kindness becomes a habit, it improves our health
Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.
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Bystander CPR combined with a GoodSam Responder utilising an ultraportable AED has made it possible for Bernadette to celebrate this Christmas with her loved ones ❤️ www.facebook.com/share/v/15oy...
💭Kindness: Poor cousin or equal kin to Compassion and Empathy in the Healthcare Literature? A Scoping Review bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials
More than 300,000 people die from drowning every year – and nearly all of these cases are preventable, according to a new report from the WHO. It's the first-ever global report from WHO on how to prevent drownings, drawn from surveying 139 countries. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
How to prevent drowning: a ground-breaking report that's startling yet hopeful
The World Health Organization gathered data from 139 countries for its first-ever report on how to prevent drowning.
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Today, on International Volunteer Day, we celebrate all the incredible volunteers who make a difference in our communities. 💙 A special shoutout to those particularly close to my heart—you inspire us all! Join me in thanking a volunteer today and share the love. 🙌
Who would have thought that we would be worried about too much solar power? www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Market operator seeks emergency powers to switch off panels as solar tsunami 'threatens wipeout'
With the rise and rise of rooftop solar showing no signs of stopping in Australia, the market operator says "emergency" powers to control it are urgently needed.
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Such a joy to have had the opportunity to hear @profaliceroberts.bsky.social speak on our human journey from Cell to Civilisation over the weekend
A great privilege to attend the St John Ambulance Victoria Annual Awards Ceremony at Government House this morning. Wonderful organisation and people making such a difference to the Victorian community
Fabulous work by the Ambulance Victoria team. Using video assisted triage to help them to deliver the right care at the right place and avoid unnecessary ambulance dispatch and transport. Great for patients and for the community youtu.be/HCqy9ptKqzI?...
Groundbreaking video technology is helping ease the strain on Victorian paramedics | 7NEWS
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I’m trying to find education modules for emergency nurses working with mental health/illness/distress/AOD use in Australia - preferably in Victoria but keen to see what other states are doing too. Any leads for particularly excellent ones appreciated!
Well, I never thought I'd get emotional watching a car ad, but there you go. Well played Volvo youtu.be/cQX-QXxwGvA?...
Meet the new Volvo EX90
YouTube video by Volvo Cars
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Love the next generation TLC for Kids Ambulance - transporting children in palliative care to their most treasured places to experience that joy for one last time 💙
CPR training as a gender and rights-based healthcare issue | Health Promotion International | Oxford Academic @healthpromint.bsky.social academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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Combat medics like Beka save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline every day. @bekamaciorowski.bsky.social is now here on Bluesky so you can follow her in her new job as Chief of Medical Services for her battalion. Please follow her & consider supporting - see her feed for how you can.
