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Paramedics say intensive on-call roster system with 96-hour shifts endangers workers

Russell McQuade says the shift model for two SA ambulance services is a fatigue risk. (Supplied: Russell McQuade)

Regional paramedics say an on-call shift model at two South Australian ambulance stations is putting workers at risk while impacting regional staff retention and recruitment.   

In the state's Riverland region, Loxton and Barmera paramedics are rostered on for four days in a row and are on-call each night, a working load of 96 hours a week straight.

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