Conference presentations

Dr Sarah Harris

“A Socioeconomic Divide: Inequities in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest incidence and outcome.” Oral presentation, NZ Resus 2026 Conference, 15-16 May 2026, Christchurch.

Dr Niru Perera

“A decade-long research program of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest emergency ambulance calls.” Oral presentation, NZ Resus 2026 Conference, 15-16 May 2026, Christchurch.

Dr David Majewski

“Simulated survival impact of pulselessness-detection technologies for unwitnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest” Poster presentation, NZ Resus 2026 Conference, 15-16 May 2026, Christchurch.

Dr Stephen Ball

“Improving the Chain of Survival: Findings from Western Australia on CallTaker Recognition of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest” Oral presentation, NZ Resus 2026 Conference, 15-16 May 2026, Christchurch.

Derek Collings-Hughes

“Using Ambulance Attendance Data to Identify Coastal Emergencies and Inform a Surf Lifesaving-Led Public Health Intervention”, Oral presentation, AUT Reseach Symposium, 13 February 2026, Auckland.

Jason Belcher

“Impact of Double Sequential Defibrillation on CPR Quality: A Pilot Study.” Poster presentation, NZ Resus 2026 Conference, 15-16 May 2026, Christchurch.

Dr Milena Talikowska

“High quality CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Oral presentation, Spark of Life 2025, 22-24 May 2025, Melbourne.

“High quality CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Poster presentation, Curtin School of Nursing 2025 Research Showcase, 23 October 2025, Perth.

Dr David Majewski

“Pre-Hospital Outcomes of Chest Pain in Western Australia” Poster presentation, Curtin School of Nursing 2025 Research Showcase, 23 October 2025, Perth.

Dr Niru Perera:

“Language barriers in emergency ambulance calls for cardiac arrest”, Oral presentation, NZ Resus, 14-15 June 2024, Wellington

Dr Milena Talikowska:

“CPR-induced consciousness among OHCA cases in Western Australia”, Poster presentation, NZ Resus, 14-15 June 2024, Wellington.  Won: Best poster presentation.

Dr David Majewski

“Transport of OHCA patients without ROSC from the scene of arrest: Do they survive?” Poster presentation, NZ Resus, 14-15 June 2024, Wellington.

Dr Stephen Ball

“Breathing descriptors in emergency ambulance calls for unconscious patients – their association with cardiac arrest and with early call-taker recognition of arrest.” Oral presentation, NZ Resus, 14-15 June 2024, Wellington.

Dr David Majewski

“Increased age and female sex are independent predictors of non-shockable rhythms among EMS-witnessed cardiac arrests”. European Resuscitation Council conference, 2023- Poster Presentation

Dr Milena Talikowska

“Residential aged care facility (RACF) residency is an independent predictor of poorer survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in older persons in Perth, Australia”, European Resuscitation Council conference, 2023- Poster Presentation

PhD candidate Ashlea Smith

“Spatial analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in rural Western Australia” European Resuscitation Council conference, 2023- Poster Presentation

“Spatial analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in rural Western Australia” WACRA Heart-to-Vessel Research Showcase, 2023- Oral Presentation

“Spatial analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in rural Western Australia” Curtin School of Nursing Research Showcase, 2023- Poster Presentation

“The impact of rurality on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Western Australia” Curtin School of Nursing Research Showcase, 2023- Poster Presentation

“The impact of rurality on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Western Australia” Spark of Life conference, 2023- Poster Presentation

PhD candidate Emogene Aldridge

“Does a difference in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation initiation and continuation exist due to patient sex after accounting for the bystander-patient relationship.” American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium 2023, Philadelphia November 2023. Poster Presentation. Won: Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award

“The impact of emotional barriers on callers’ initiation and continuation of CPR: does it vary according to the caller-patient relationship?” European Resuscitation Congress 2023, Barcelona November 2023. Poster Presentation

“The impact of emotional barriers on callers’ initiation and continuation of CPR: does it vary according to the caller-patient relationship?” WACRA Heart-to-Vessel Research Showcase, 2023, Perth, August 2023. Oral Presentation

Mark Liveris Seminar. Perth, September 2023. Oral Presentation. Won: Expert panel award

Dr Niru Perera

“I can’t understand you”: Interrogating the notion of language barriers in ambulance emergency calls; Oral presentation, Sociolinguistics Symposium 24; 13-16 July 2022, online/Ghent

“Call-taker’s experiences in handling cardiac arrest calls”, Oral presentation, Navigator Australasia, 14-16 November 2022, Melbourne

PhD candidate Ashlea Smith

“The incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in metropolitan versus rural locations: A systematic review and meta-analysis” Aus-ROC ERC Virtual Meeting, 2022- Oral Presentation.

“Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in metropolitan versus rural locations: A systematic review and meta-analysis” NZ Resus 2022- Oral Presentation. 

PhD Candidate Emogene Aldridge

“A scoping review to determine the barriers and facilitators to initiation and performance of B-CPR during emergency calls.” NZ Resus 2022, Wellington, August 2022. Oral presentation. Won: Best free paper

“A scoping review to determine the barriers and facilitators to initiation and performance of B-CPR during emergency calls.” AUS-ROC 2022, online October 2022. Oral presentation.