QAS INSIGHT | Summer 2017-18 edition

KJM Foundation 2017 grants

KJ McPherson Education and Research Foundation Grant Recipients 2017

Grant

Recipient/s

Patron’s Research Grant sponsored by Physio Control ($15,000)

► Lisa Davenport – ACP Kirwan Ambulance Station, Townsville LASN

Dr Peter Stephenson Overseas Study Grant sponsored by Dr Peter Stephenson ($5,500) Bundaberg LAC State Operations Grant sponsored by Bundaberg Local Ambulance Committee ($5,000) QAS Research & Development Grant sponsored by Spectrum Data Systems International ($3,000) Paramedics Australasia Professional Development Grant sponsored by Paramedics Australasia ($2,000)

► David Krygger – ACP2, LARU Mudgeeraba Ambulance Station, Gold Coast LASN

► Kimberley Sheather – Operations Centre Supervisor Toowoomba Operations Centre

► Mary-Anne Head – Acting Senior Clinical Educator Clinical Education Unit, Gold Coast LASN

► Barrie Barker – Acting Clinical Support Officer, Clinical Education Unit, Metro North LASN

QAS Professional Development Grant sponsored by Laerdal ($1,000) United Voice Graduate of the Year Grant sponsored by United Voice ($1,000)

► Peter Warrener – Assistant Commissioner Metro South LASN

► Luke Morton – South West LASN

Best Paper ($600) ► Gillian Howard , Central Queensland University “Treatment of Agitated Patients: Olanzapine”

Runner-up Best Paper ($400) ► Myah Isgrove , Griffith University “Frequency of Self-Care Use by Paramedic Students Following Clinical Placement”

Paramedics Australasia Scientific Student Grants sponsored by Paramedics Australasia

Best Poster ($600) ► Gillian Howard , Central Queensland University “Olanzapine”

Runner-up Best Poster ($400) ► Zoe Leadley , Central Queensland University “N-Acetylcysteine”

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All the grant winners together with members of the QAS Executive and KJM Foundation representatives.

Summer 2017–18