
Jocasta Ball
@jocasta_ball
Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics (CCRET)
Monash University
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11-08-2015 05:04:56
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Always great partnering Ambulance Victoria Research & @VCOR data in #registry nested #RCTs. We look forward to answering many more questions this way. #clinicalregistry #nestedRCT #clinicalquality

🤩🤩 So proud of our Ambulance Victoria paramedics who enrolled over 300 pts into the AVOID-2 trial in just 9 months! IV lidocaine not non-inferior to fentanyl for pain reduction but was better tolerated in #STEMI VCOR Prof Karen Smith OAM Emily Nehme doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc…


LATEST: Although fear of COVID-19 was low, some smartphone activated first responders were less willing to respond to an alert during the pandemic. Important findings led by Jocasta Ball Monash Public Health Ziad Nehme Prof Karen Smith OAM Mike Ray doi.org/10.1016/j.resp…


New study in JAMA Internal Medicine shows pre-hospital troponin testing could save big health dollars in VIC, helping low-risk patients avoid ED and ensuring those with ACS are sent directly to PCI-capable hospitals tctmd.com/news/prehospit…


Over 250,000 Australians are living with heart valve disease without realizing it. This #HeartValveDiseaseAwarenessWeek, Feb 20 – 26, A/Prof Dion Stub from Monash University is urging everyone to watch for symptoms, including chest tightness. Learn more: loom.ly/yJ9gMUA




Low-dose #aspirin and incident #AFib in healthy older individuals: a post-hoc analysis of the ASPREE Trial #EHJPharmacotherapy 💊 academic.oup.com/ehjcvp/advance… Stefan Agewall European Society of Cardiology Journals European Society of Cardiology #Cardiology #CardioTwitter


Congratulations to Prof Dion Stub Ziad Nehme Prof Silvana Marasco and colleagues at Ambulance Victoria on their MRFF grant to develop an innovative, pre-hospital model of care for low-risk chest pain patients monash.edu/medicine/news/…


We are so proud to partner with the Monash Public Health Centre for Cardiovascular Research & Education in Therapeutics to implement and test a new innovative model of care for Ambulance Victoria paramedics managing patients with chest pain #clinicaltrials #chestpain

Thrilled to play a small role in this to extend my #implementation & #consumerandcommunity involvement skills. 👏🏻 Well done Prof Stub, Ziad Nehme, Jocasta Ball and team! Monash Public Health



Congrats to Jocasta Ball Dion Stub Ziad Nehme Ambulance Victoria on a recent Victorian Department of Health Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund grant, for the ACCELERATE-CP trial of a new approach to the prehospital care of patients with low-risk chest pain, compared to standard care.


Congrats to our team, in particular Prof Dion Stub & Jocasta Ball in partnership with Ziad Nehme from Ambulance Victoria Research 👏who have won a Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund administered by the Dept of Health ♥️ examining prehospital care of pts with low-risk chest pain.



Privileged to be leading planning and implementation of the national AuRA-AF Registry alongside world-renowned clinicians and researchers. Together, we're working towards advancing care & improving outcomes for AF patients in Australia. peterkistler MBBS PhD FHRS Prash Sanders Jonathan Kalman