Richard Armour

Experience

• 2022–present
  PhD Candidate, Monash University
• 2020–present
  Sessional Academic, Charles Sturt University
• 2021–2022
  Paramedic Practice Leader, BC Emergency Health Services
• 2017–2022
  Advanced Care Paramedic, BC Emergency Health Services
• 2017–2022
  Associate Faculty, Justice Institute of British Columbia
• 2015–2017
  Paramedic, London Ambulance Service

Education

• 2021 
  Charles Sturt University , Master of Paramedicine (Critical Care)
• 2020 
  University of Sheffield, Master of Science (Advanced Emergency Care)
• 2015 
  University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Paramedic Practice

Publications

• 2024
  Performance of the Medical Priority Dispatch System ® in identifying patients requiring chest compressions at overdose prevention services: a retrospective cohort study, Prehospital Emergency Care
• 2024
  Informing Utstein-style reporting guidelines for prehospital thrombolysis: A scoping review, Australasian Emergency Care
• 2023
  Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emergency Medical System Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: a Retrospective Cohort Study, Resuscitation
• 2023
  Characteristics and paramedic management of patients enrolled in a novel assess, see, treat and refer palliative care clinical pathway: A retrospective descriptive cohort study, Paramedicine
• 2023
  The Paramedic Role in Caring for People Who Use Illicit and Controlled Drugs: A Scoping Review, Paramedicine
• 2022
  Comparative 6-Month Wild-Type and Delta-Variant Antibody Levels and Surrogate Neutralization for Adults Vaccinated with BNT162b2 versus mRNA-1273, Microbiology Spectrum
• 2022
  Paradoxical worsening of bradycardia following atropine administration, British Paramedic Journal
• 2021
  Rationale for Withholding Professional Resuscitation in Emergency Medical System-attended Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Resuscitation
• 2021
  British columbia emergency health services assess, see treat and refer palliative clinical pathway, Emergency Medicine Journal
• 2021
  P-422 Mental Health and Life Satisfaction among Canadian Paramedics during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• 2021
  Paramedic-delivered teleconsultations: a grounded theory study, Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
• 2021
  Developing a paramedic approach to palliative emergencies, Progress in Palliative Care
• 2021
  Decrease in emergency medical services utilization during early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
• 2021
  Paramedic-Delivered Teleconsultations: A Scoping Review, Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
• 2020
  Community paramedicine in British Columbia: A virtual response to COVID-19, Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
• 2020
  Esmolol for the treatment of refractory ventricular fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Irish Journal of Paramedicine
• 2020
  Chemical sedation of excited delirium in the pre-hospital setting, British Paramedic Journal
• 2020
  Paramedic Intubation during a Pandemic: Where are the Consensus Guidelines?, Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
• 2020
  Do Non-Rotational Ambulance-Based Placements Affect the Development of Paramedic Competencies from a Student Perspective? A Qualitative Study, Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
• 2016
  Appropriate pain assessment tools for use in patients with dementia in the out-of-hospital environment, Journal of Paramedic Practice

Grants and Contracts

• 2023
  Higher Degree by Research

  Role:

  Principal Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australasian College of Paramedicine

Professional Memberships

• Member - Australasian College of Paramedicine
• Senior Fellow - McNally Project for Paramedicine Research