Rate My Professor Paul Jennings

Adjunct Associate Professor Paul Jennings serves in the Department of Paramedicine at Monash University’s School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. He holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. His academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Nursing (BNur), Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing (GradCertAdvNsg), Advanced Diploma in Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance Studies (AdvDipMICAStud), Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics (GradCertBiostats), Master of Clinical Epidemiology (MClinEpi), Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education (GCHPE), PhD in epidemiology examining the epidemiology and management of pain in the prehospital setting, and Fellow of Paramedics Australasia (FPA). Prior to his paramedic career, Jennings worked as a Registered Nurse in emergency and forensic nursing. Currently, he is a Registered Paramedic (Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic) with Ambulance Victoria, serving as an Improvement Lead. He also acts as Clinical Advisor and Authorised Panel Member to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s Board of Paramedicine.

Jennings’ research specializations encompass clinical epidemiology, acute and persistent pain management in prehospital settings, out-of-hospital resuscitation, legal and ethical issues in emergency care, and evidence-based practice. He has produced over 70 peer-reviewed publications and 7 book chapters. Notable publications include: “Morphine and Ketamine is superior to morphine alone for out-of-hospital trauma analgesia: a randomized controlled trial” (Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2012), “Ketamine as an analgesic in the pre-hospital setting: a systematic review” (Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2011), “Long-term pain prevalence and health-related quality of life outcomes for patients enrolled in a ketamine versus morphine for prehospital traumatic pain randomised controlled trial” (Emergency Medicine Journal, 2014), and “An automated CPR device compared with standard chest compressions for out-of-hospital resuscitation” (BMC Emergency Medicine, 2012). His work has contributed significantly to improving analgesia protocols and resuscitation practices in prehospital emergency care. Jennings has been recognized with awards such as the ASEM Best Scientific Poster (Metropolitan) in 2016 and the Best Research Study Poster (1st place) in 2018. Previously, he served as Chairman of Paramedics Australasia (Victorian Chapter).