ABOUT BEN

BAppSci, DipParaSci, GradDip ICP, GradDip Emerg Health,

GradCert Aeromed, PhD, FACPara, ASM

Dr Ben Meadley is a paramedic and clinician-researcher whose work focuses on supporting paramedics and emergency responders to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care in demanding operational environments. He currently serves as Director of Paramedicine at Ambulance Victoria and holds adjunct Associate Professor appointments at Monash University.

 

With nearly three decades of frontline experience, including more than 15 years of practice as an Intensive Care Flight Paramedic, Ben’s work sits at the intersection of out-of-hospital critical care, human performance, and operational readiness. His research focuses on how factors such as environment, fatigue, workload, and shift work influence physiology, cognition, decision-making, and performance in high-stakes prehospital and retrieval settings. He works closely with health services and operational leaders to co-design applied research and practical interventions that support safe, effective critical care delivery, improve patient outcomes, and promote clinician wellbeing.

 

Ben has contributed to more than 60 peer-reviewed journal publications, alongside conference presentations and textbook chapters, and is co-editor of an international textbook on critical care paramedicine. His research has informed clinical standards and assessment frameworks used in helicopter rescue and specialist paramedic services across Australasia and Europe. He remains actively engaged in clinical practice, education, and professional dialogue through teaching, speaking, and podcasting.

 

Through his leadership, research, and education roles, Ben is committed to advancing paramedicine as a profession and to supporting clinicians working in complex, high-risk environments.