This week, 15 highly qualified Intensive Care Paramedics (ICPs) have hit the road across NSW after completing an intensive 27-week specialist training program to advance their clinical expertise and expand frontline critical care capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program includes eight weeks of classroom-based learning at NSW Ambulance\u2019s State Operations Centre, five weeks of hospital and clinical placements, and 14 weeks of supervised, on-road clinical practice alongside experienced ICP mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These newly trained ICPs will now spend up to two years consolidating their skills in dedicated intensive care paramedic units in metro and regional locations, further refining their clinical expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ICPs are specialised emergency paramedical professionals equipped to perform advanced clinical procedures in high-pressure environments and situations. Their training emphasises technical proficiency, strong professional collaboration and the importance of clinical exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ICPs are qualified to deliver advanced airway management, including endotracheal intubation, and provide life-saving interventions for patients experiencing severe chest trauma, traumatic brain injuries, acute cardiac events, and other life-threatening conditions requiring advanced pre-hospital care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These specialist paramedics come from various locations across the state, including Sarrah Nhoung and Kyle Hibbard who have both relocated to Tamworth to advance their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Health, Ryan Park:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe advanced training of these intensive care paramedics ensures patients across NSW receive the very best emergency care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe deployment of paramedics with enhanced skill and capability, means NSW Ambulance is better equipped to help people when they need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Ambulance Chief Executive Dr Dominic Morgan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIncreasing the number of highly skilled paramedics with enhanced skill sets epitomises our determination and commitment to the people of NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a defining moment in the careers of these paramedics \u2013 their new skills will define the quality of care they provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe addition of these intensive care paramedics strengthens NSW Ambulance operationally and clinically, reinforcing a strategic focus on delivering world class pre-hospital care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Intensive Care Paramedic Kyle Hibbard:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMoving here with my young family from Bourke is an exciting new chapter for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe course has been challenging and intense, but I am excited to have an additional range of extended skills. I am motivated to be as highly skilled as possible and provide the best care for my patients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Intensive Care Paramedic Sarrah Nhoung:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am motivated to continually grow and expand my capability as a paramedic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRelocating from Coffs Harbour to Tamworth has given me the opportunity to work within a new demographic, and I am looking forward to building connections with the community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, 15 highly qualified Intensive Care Paramedics (ICPs) have hit the road across NSW after completing an intensive 27-week specialist training program to advance their clinical expertise and expand frontline critical care capability. The program includes eight weeks of classroom-based learning at NSW Ambulance\u2019s State Operations Centre, five weeks of hospital and clinical placements, … Continue reading “New intake of intensive care paramedics for NSW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37962,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37961\/revisions\/37962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}