The Clinical Guideline Manifesto is a series of posters analysing and comparing the ten (10) Australasian jurisdictional ambulance service guidelines.
Statement
Approximately two-thirds of paramedics in Australasia currently work for a jurisdictional service where their practice is, with varying levels of stringency, regulated by clinical guidelines.
Awareness of diversity among guidelines is beneficial in:
- Encouraging clinicians and services to be aware of alternative treatments, and in turn to continually re-evaluate their own practice against evidence.
- Encouraging individuals to acknowledge the validity of other treatment options, rather than viewing their local guidelines as a sole source of accuracy, and consequently to continually question and improve their own practice.
- Encouraging academic institutions using local services’ guidelines as a sole resource for undergraduate courses to look more broadly at paramedic practice across Australasia.
