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Associate Dean (Allied Health) and Registered Paramedic Dr David Reid is based at Edith Cowan University’s School of Medical and Health Sciences. He combines senior academic governance with active teaching and research in pre-hospital care, emergency management and clinical governance, while maintaining adjunct roles with St John Ambulance WA and national safety & quality committees.
Education:
- PhD, Edith Cowan University, 2022
- BSc (Paramedical Science), Edith Cowan University, 2013
- MHM with Honours, University of New England, 2003
- BAgEcon, University of Sydney, 1995
Research Interests: Reid’s work centres on pre-hospital paramedicine, mass-gathering emergency care, CPR education, simulation-based learning, clinical governance and evidence-based competency assessment. He explores how educational interventions translate into safer patient outcomes in the field and at large public events.
Publication Trends: Across 15 recent articles (2015-2025) Reid interrogates resuscitation training effectiveness, public ambulance utilisation patterns, academic workforce profiling and injury epidemiology at mass gatherings, signalling a sustained focus on translating educational and systems-level research into emergency-care practice improvement.
Awards & Grants:
- ECU Strategic Initiative Funds 2016
- WA Clinical Training Network Research Grant 2016
- Australian Government Endeavour & New Colombo Plan mobility grants
- Multiple internal ECU learning & teaching and collaboration grants
Advising & Projects: Reid currently leads national competency assessment for the Paramedicine Board of Australia, supervises postgraduate students, and has secured over $220k of competitive research funding since 2015, including a $100k COVID-19 emergency-utilisation project.
Professional & Committee Roles: He serves on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s ambulance standards committee, Surf Life Saving Australia’s Medical Advisory Committee, and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and member of Paramedics Australasia.
