Mick Stephenson - Is a stroke ambulance worth it?

In this episode, we are thrilled to speak with Mick Stephenson. Mick is an Adjunct Associate Professor within the Monash University Department of Paramedicine. Mick is also a member of the executive team at Ambulance Victoria being the executive director of clinical operations. He has been a  paramedic since 1996 and a MICA paramedic since 1999Mick is going to discuss an article he has recently co-authored titled “Melbourne mobile stroke unit and reperfusion therapy: greater clinical impact of thrombectomy than thrombolysis”. Link to the study can be found here: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.027843 (open access)

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The Department of Paramedicine podcast aims to share and disseminate the latest research and scholarship from academics and researchers at Monash University and paramedicine experts around the world. We aim to cover as many diverse topics as possible and hear from our faculty, students and domestic and international colleagues at different stages of their academic, research and clinical careers. We know you are busy, so we aim to keep each episode easily digestible. We want each episode to be easy to listen to and have aimed to make each episode conversational, relaxed and not full of research jargon. We want you to relate the discussions of different paramedicine systems and results of each study to your experiences so that we can positively impact providing better clinical care and ensure that our paramedic practice is based on sound clinical evidence. We hope you enjoy every episode. All music used is unrestricted or under a creative commons license. Artist credit: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Raising_Frequecy/Mission_Ready