Tony Walker

Tony Walker is a qualified Intensive Care Paramedic with over 19 years experience in both Metropolitan and Rural Operations. He is currently employed as the Manager Operations - Clinical and Education Services with Rural Ambulance Victoria where he is responsible for the learning, development and clinical practice for over 1400 Intensive Care and ambulance paramedics and volunteers throughout rural and regional Victoria.

Tony's interests include paramedic education and research, community based flexible service delivery models and enhancing the provision of pre-hospital care in rural and remote areas. He is currently involved in a number of research projects including those examining the role of Rapid Sequence Intubation in severe head injury, Intranasal Fentanyl in pain relief and pre-hospital thrombolysis in reducing call-to-needle times for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Tony holds an adjunct appointment as Associate Professor, Paramedic Sciences in the School of Health Sciences at Victoria University and currently chairs both the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals (Victorian Branch) and Australian Resuscitation Council (Victorian Branch). He is a member of a number of peak committees, including the Rural Ambulance Victoria and Metropolitan Ambulance Service Medical Standards Committees, Convention of Ambulance Authorities Clinical and Education Committees, Victorian State Trauma Committee and National Heart Foundation Acute Coronary Syndrome Guideline Working Group.

In 2005 Tony was awarded the Ambulance Service Medal in the Australia Day Honours for his contribution to the development and provision of ambulance services.