Our people

Ms Alison Blunt

Physiotherapy Lecturer (Brisbane); National Specialised Learning Environments and Simulation Coordinator for School of Allied Health Faculty of Health Sciences / School of Allied Health / Discipline of Physiotherapy

Areas of expertise: cardiorespiratory physiotherapy; healthcare simulation

Phone: 07 3861 6060

Location: ACU Brisbane Campus

ORCID ID: 0009-0002-6643-8913

Alison is a physiotherapist and lecturer at ACU with over 20 years of clinical experience across the spectrum of cardiorespiratory care. Her areas of interest include acute respiratory failure, intensive care, post-trauma care, and non-invasive ventilation. Alison is a clinician researcher passionate about cardiorespiratory education and using simulation to help prepare early-career physiotherapists for cardiorespiratory and on-call work.

Select publications

• Byrne, E., Blunt, A., Churchill, L., Dass, S., Grant, K., McCleary, K.,... & Thomas, P. (2026). MOVIN in ICU: An observational study of Mobilisation On Vasopressors and INotropes in intensive care. Heart & Lung, 77, 102751.

• Barlow, M., Dickie, R., Jacob, A., Maver, S., Flynn, N., Blunt, A.,... & Jacob, E. (2025). Understanding interprofessional co-debriefing practices within large scale ward-based simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 107, 101809.

• Lane, I., Blunt, A., Agli, A., Wadsworth, B., Pobar, S., Kruger, P., & Gane, E. M. (2025). An interprofessional cognitive aid to optimise extubation planning for patients with acute spinal cord injury. Australian Critical Care, 38(3), 101206.

• Vegh, L. A., Blunt, A. M., Wishart, L. R., Gane, E. M., & Paratz, J. D. (2023). Managing deteriorating patients with a physiotherapy critical care outreach service: a mixed-methods study. Australian Critical Care, 36(2), 223-231.

Projects

• 2023-2026 ACU "Ward for a Day" Simulation project

• 2020-2021 Digital Simulation in Physiotherapy project

• 2013-2015 Health Workforce Australia Embedding Clinical Simulation in Undergraduate Physiotherapy Curriculum

Awards

• 2023 ACU Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Aware - Excellence in Student Experience

• 2023 Australian Physiotherapy Association National Conference - Jill Nosworthy Award for Best Cardiorespiratory Poster

• 2019 Translational Research Institute Symposium - Best Poster (Deliver category)

Appointments and Affiliations

• Advanced Physiotherapist, Queensland Health

• Faculty, Clinical Skills Development Service

• Member Australian Physiotherapy Association and APA Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Australia

• Member Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society