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Union calls for Victoria ambulance review

A Victorian ambulance union has called for an independent review into the struggling sector following a spate of emergency "code reds".

AAP · Jul 14, 2022

Ambulance Victoria enacts code red amid overwhelming demand

A sudden surge of calls at midnight has seen the ambulance service overwhelmed by demand, prompting it to enact its code red strategy.

ABC News · Jul 10, 2022

Deadly ambulance ramping at Victorian hospitals was on the rise before COVID-19, study finds

New research shows long ambulance offload times in Victoria increased from 2015 to 2019, and patients who faced longer wait times faced a higher risk of dying within the next 30 days.

ABC News · Jun 30, 2022

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‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics

Exclusive: 16% plan to look for new jobs according to survey of 348 Ambulance Victoria staff

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2022

Country footballers wait two hours for ambulance to treat suspected spinal injury at East Gippsland

A flying marking contest at a football match at Lakes Entrance left one player waiting on the ground for an ambulance for two hours. Two off-duty paramedics eventually organised to pick up an unstaffed ambulance from the local station.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Victorian COVID-19 vaccine mandate rationale 'unclear' given dropped mask rules, expert tells committee

An expert tells a Victorian parliamentary inquiry it's "unclear" why broad vaccine mandates have remained in place when effective rules on masks have not, as another warns COVID-19 is on track to become one of the leading causes of death in Australia this year.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Vic ambos winding back surge workforce

Surf lifesaving volunteers have already stopped working with Ambulance Victoria, and the ADF's involvement in its surge workforce will wrap up this month.

AAP · Jun 16, 2022

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Tributes flow for Ambulance Victoria paramedic Pauline Smith who died in Western Victoria crash

A small Victorian town is united in grief after beloved local paramedic Pauline Smith was killed in a two-car collision on the Western Highway.

ABC News · May 27, 2022

Triple-zero crash prompts ambo 'code red'

Dozens of Victorian patients were left waiting for an ambulance overnight after the state's triple-zero dispatch system crashed.

AAP · May 26, 2022

Ambulance Victoria calls code red as call-out system crashes

Patients in metropolitan Melbourne were told not to call for a paramedic unless it was an emergency, as the response system was again put under strain overnight.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

Long ambulance wait times in regions see couple move closer to better health care

When Mark Stephens' wife suffered heart attack symptoms in the middle of the night, he knew he couldn't risk waiting for an ambulance to reach their regional Victorian home. Now they've packed up their house and moved closer to more reliable health services.

ABC News · May 24, 2022

Victoria's hospital and ambulance system under record pressure, data shows

Victoria's beleaguered health system experienced record strain under the weight of the Omicron wave at the start of the year, fresh government data shows.

ABC News · Apr 30, 2022

Injured climber winched to safety after Grampians plunge

An injured climber has been winched to safety after falling in the Grampians National Park in Victoria's west last night.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Victorian man dies in hospital bathroom after three-hour wait for treatment

Investigation launched by Ambulance Victoria and hospital in east Gippsland after man dies from cardiac arrest

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2022

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ABC News · Apr 13, 2022

Investigation underway after man dies waiting for treatment at East Gippsland hospital

The head of Bairnsdale's regional health service says the 72-year-old man, who died following a cardiac arrest he suffered in a bathroom four hours after he was brought to hospital, should have been admitted within 40 minutes.

AAP · Apr 13, 2022

Vic hospital stretcher death prompts probe

A 72 year old man has died after waiting hours for treatment on a stretcher at a hospital in Victoria's East Gippsland region, triggering an investigation.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2022

‘Boys club’: stereotype of white male paramedic hampers gender equality, Victorian report finds

Inquiry told ‘rigid paramedic stereotype’ is stopping women from rising through ranks of Ambulance Victoria

AAP · Mar 31, 2022

Ambulance Victoria a 'boys club': review

Women and people from diverse backgrounds are struggling to move up the ranks in Ambulance Victoria due to structural and attitudinal barriers, a review says.

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ABC News · Mar 30, 2022

Women face structural barriers at Ambulance Victoria, Human Rights Commission report finds

Women and people of diverse backgrounds who work at Ambulance Victoria face attitudinal barriers that are preventing them from rising through the ranks, a report released by the state's human rights watchdog finds.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2022

Code red: just 1% of Melbourne ambulances available to meet high demand

Union says staff furloughs and increased presentations at emergency wards led to ramping Tuesday night

ABC News · Feb 27, 2022

Paramedics dubbed local heroes as car crash survivor warns others to do the right thing on the roads

In the country, first responders are often a familiar face — the postie, the butcher, a metal worker, or the town's habitual volunteer.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022

Lifesavers help Victorian paramedics in pandemic peak as surge workforce

Lifesavers moonlight as ambulance drivers during the peak of Victoria's COVID crisis.

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