{"id":8898,"date":"2021-10-03T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/staff\/dr-eddy-watkins\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T21:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T10:28:00","slug":"dr-eddy-watkins","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/nz\/staff\/dr-eddy-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Eddy Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Eddy Watkins has a keen interest in treating patients with cardiovascular concerns and has served time as a member of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Prior to becoming a doctor he spent decades as a paramedic and has developed a style of clinical troubleshooting that is efficient, personable, and calming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donating his medical expertise and experience is very important to Dr. Eddy and he spends hundreds of hours each year volunteering for multiple organisations. Helping people in emergencies is a huge passion for Dr. Eddy and has strengthened his empathetic consulting style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his free time, he is an avid golfer and sportsman and understands the struggles men have to stay fit, healthy, and happy in today&#8217;s busy society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Eddy is known for his friendly and relaxed consultations, providing an open and safe space for our patients to discuss difficult topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong> <a href="http://philldiscgolf.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-work/infodata.php">http://philldiscgolf.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-work/infodata.php</a> Australian College of Ambulance Professionals<\/strong> (Member)<\/li><li><strong> <a href="http://iowacomicbookclub.com/author/jeff/feed">http://iowacomicbookclub.com/author/jeff/feed</a> Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand<\/strong> (Past Associate Member)<\/li><li><strong>  Australian Institute of Management<\/strong> (Past Member)<\/li><li><strong>Australian College of Rural and Remote Med.<\/strong> (Student Member)<\/li><li><strong>Oceania University of Med.<\/strong> (Academic Board Student Member)<\/li><li><strong>Oceania University of Med. <\/strong>Dean&#8217;s Award Academic Excellence <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Prehospital 12-Lead ECG to Triage ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Emergency Department Activation of the Infarct Team Significantly Improves Door-to-Balloon Times &#8211;<\/strong> Ambulance Victoria and MonashHEART Acute Myocardial Infarction (MonAMI) 12-Lead ECG Project (circinterventions.ahajournals.org\/content\/2\/6\/528\/tab-article-info) Adam W. Hutchison, Yuvaraj Malaiapan, Ian Jarvie, Bill Barger, Edward Watkins, George Braitberg, Tony Kambourakis, James D. Cameron, Ian T. Meredith<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Voluntary work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>State Emergency Service -20 years Service<\/li><li>St John Ambulance- 4 years service<\/li><li>Country Fire Authority- 3 years service<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Cardiac Technician Certificate (Mayfield Centre) <\/li><li>Associate Diploma of Health Science (Monash)<\/li><li>Certificate MICA Paramedic (Monash\/AOTC) <\/li><li>Graduate Certificate Business Administration (CSU) <\/li><li>Bachelor Paramedic Studies (Monash) <\/li><li>Diploma Frontline Management (Monash\/Mt Eliza) <\/li><li>Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training (Monash)<\/li><li>AIIMS\/ICS\/Health Commander course <\/li><li>HEMS course HMCAS <\/li><li>HUET training HMCAS <\/li><li>MBBS Oceania University of Med. Graduated <\/li><li>AMC MCQ <\/li><li>ARC BLS <\/li><li>ARC ALS&nbsp;<\/li><li>AMC MCQ <\/li><li>AMC Certificate <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13585,"template":"","team":[76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/8898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitylman.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=8898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}