Brendan Schultz

Brendan Schultz

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences


Brendan is a registered paramedic, researcher and clinical guideline developer with the Queensland Ambulance Service. In his current role, he is oversees the development and implementation of all clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) used by ambulance clinicians in Queensland. Brendan is a current PhD candidate with JBI in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. His research aims to determine the current quality of out-of-hospital CPGs and explore approaches that can be implemented to sure these documents are evidence-based and trustworthy.

  • Journals

    Year Citation
    2025 Doan, T. N., Ley Greaves, R., Bodnar, D., Schultz, B. V., & Rashford, S. (2025). Paramedic-Administered Fibrinolysis in Older Patients with Prehospital ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Prehospital Emergency Care, 8 pages.
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    2025 Schultz, B. V., Barker, T. H., Bosley, E., & Munn, Z. (2025). Determining the methodological rigor and overall quality of out-of-hospital clinical practice guidelines: a scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 33(1), 32-1-32-10.
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    2025 Hartley, R., Nehme, Z., Schultz, B., & Nehme, E. (2025). Out-of-hospital neck of femur injury: An eight-year observational analysis. Prehospital Emergency Care, 1-7.
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    2024 Schultz, B. V., Barker, T. H., Bosley, E., & Munn, Z. (2024). Determining the methodological rigor and overall quality of out-of-hospital clinical practice guidelines: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 23(1), 173-180.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2023 Schultz, B. V., Rolley, A., Doan, T. N., Bodnar, D., & Isoardi, K. (2023). Epidemiology and survival outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest following volatile substance use in Queensland, Australia. Clinical Toxicology, 61(9), 649-655.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
    2023 Schultz, B., Bertenshaw, C., & Parker, L. (2023). Out-of-hospital intravenous catheter insertion: Now is not the time to sit idle. American Journal of Infection Control, 51(11), 1292-1293.
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    2023 Schultz, B. V., Watt, K., Rashford, S., Wylie, J., & Bosley, E. (2023). Epidemiology of open limb fractures attended by ambulance clinicians in the out-of-hospital setting: A retrospective analysis. Australasian Emergency Care, 26(3), 216-220.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
    2022 Schultz, B. V., Rolley, A., Doan, T. N., & Isoardi, K. (2022). Epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that occur secondary to chemical asphyxiants: A retrospective series. Resuscitation, 175, 113-119.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS6 Europe PMC3
    2021 Rashford, S., & Schultz, B. V. (2021). Is it finally time we stick our neck out?. EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33(1), 4-5.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS3
    2021 Doan, T. N., Wilson, K., Schultz, B. V., Rogers, B., Vollbon, W., Prior, M., . . . Bosley, E. (2021). Survival in Patients with Paramedic-Identified ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Prehospital Emergency Care, 25(4), 487-495.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC2
    2021 Schultz, B. V., Doan, T. N., Bosley, E., Rogers, B., & Rashford, S. (2021). Prehospital study of survival outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in ST-elevation myocardial infarction in Queensland, Australia (the PRAISE study). European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care, 10(6), 616-623.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS9 Europe PMC5
    2021 Wissa, J., Schultz, B. V., Wilson, D., Rashford, S., Bosley, E., & Doan, T. N. (2021). Time to amiodarone administration and survival outcomes in refractory ventricular fibrillation. EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33(6), 1088-1094.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC6
    2020 Doan, T. N., Schultz, B. V., Rashford, S., & Bosley, E. (2020). Surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: The important role of bystander interventions. Australasian Emergency Care, 23(1), 47-54.
    DOI Scopus34 WoS30 Europe PMC22
    2020 Doan, T. N., Adams, L., Schultz, B. V., Bunting, D., Parker, L., Rashford, S., & Bosley, E. (2020). Insights into the epidemiology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation-induced consciousness in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 32(5), 769-776.
    DOI Scopus22 WoS17 Europe PMC13
    2020 Doan, T. N., Schultz, B. V., Rashford, S., Rogers, B., Prior, M., Vollbon, W., & Bosley, E. (2020). Prehospital ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in Queensland, Australia: Findings from 11 Years of the Statewide Prehospital Reperfusion Strategy. Prehospital Emergency Care, 24(3), 326-334.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS13 Europe PMC8
    2020 Schultz, B. V., Hall, S., Parker, L., Rashford, S., & Bosley, E. (2020). Epidemiology of Oxytocin Administration in Out-of-Hospital Births Attended by Paramedics. Prehospital Emergency Care, 25(3), 1-6.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS7 Europe PMC3
  • Memberships

    Date Role Membership Country
    2024 - ongoing Member JBI Adelaide GRADE Centre Australia
    2021 - ongoing Member Australasian College of Paramedicine Australia

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