Ambulance Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania | Emergency rescue service

Ambulance Tasmania

Locality: Hobart, Tasmania

Phone: +61 1300 303 196

Address: Melville St 7000 Hobart, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.ambulance.tas.gov.au/

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25.01.2022 Ambulance Tasmania is looking for new volunteers on the West Coast. In mid-August we’ll be in your local community for a chat and to answer your questions come and say hello! Monday 17 August: 11am-1pm Queenstown, IGA (top); 2pm-4pm Queenstown, IGA (bottom).... Tuesday 18 August: 10am-12pm Zeehan, IGA; 1pm-3pm Strahan, Post office. Wednesday 19 August: 8am-10am Strahan, Coffee Shack; 1pm-3pm Zeehan, IGA.

25.01.2022 Earlier this week, a North-West paramedic was served at a Latrobe bakery when she realised she’d accidently jumped the queue. Upon realising, she immediately apologised for pushing in. The man next in line said: You’re a paramedic, you’re entitled.... She protested we’re no better than anyone else, but the man replied: You’re a paramedic, and you guys saved my life last year. He went on to say he’d had chest pain and had a heart attack in the ambulance on the way to Launceston. For me, paramedics are entitled to be looked after and served first, and for the rest of their days on earth. I will always step aside for you all. What a wonderful story, and we’re so happy this lovely man is here to tell it. It’s great to receive such positive feedback it makes a real difference to our day.

24.01.2022 The Point & Shoot Tasmanian Veteran and First Responders Photography Expo will be held in Hobart this Friday and Saturday 30 and 31 October. This free photographic exhibition features the work of Tasmanian serving or ex-serving military (regular or reserve), veterans and first responders (police, fire and ambulance). 4-8pm Friday 30 October and 10am-4pm Saturday 31 October. Brooke Street Pier, Hobart.... Email [email protected] for more information.

22.01.2022 Queenstown ambulance volunteers were among four community-led emergency services to secure a share of $20,000 of the Granville Harbour Wind Farm Volunteer Emergency Services Grant. Queenstown Ambulance Tasmania volunteers will receive a satellite phone as well as education and kitchen equipment for staff on shift. The company’s grants will run for another two years providing $50,000 overall to emergency services to help them attract new volunteers to support the West Coast community.

22.01.2022 Last financial year we provided Tasmanians with over 93,000 ambulance responses. That’s massive! Congratulations, and a big thank you, to all our paid and volunteer staff across the state. By day or night, near or far, fair weather or foul, you were there when it counted. We love your work! Tasmanians are welcome to join our family as a volunteer. Find out how www.emergencyvolunteers.tas.gov.au/ambulance

21.01.2022 Emergency Medical Dispatch Support Officers Erin (left) and Jade (right) were recently presented with ‘stork’ mugs to celebrate their over the phone assistance with the delivery of a baby girl and baby boy. Erin has been with Ambulance Tasmania for two years and Jade will begin her career as a paramedic in the North West at the end of November. Congratulations guys!

20.01.2022 Using an automated external defibrillator (AED) is shockingly easy! When someone suffers a cardiac arrest, their chance of survival decreases every minute. Combined with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), an AED can help restart a heart.... If you have an AED please make sure to register it at www.health.tas.gov.au//community_informa/eadp/registration, email [email protected] or call 1300 979 057. Registering your AED will offer someone in cardiac arrest the greatest chance of survival. To find the nearest your AED, download the Ambulance Tasmania AED Locator smart phone app. It shows community-held AED locations across Tasmania and is available on iOS, Android and Windows Mobile platforms. It uses your phone’s location to find your closest AED and displays directions to that device. The app also includes an instructional video on how to use an AED, directions on how to perform CPR and manage an unconscious patient, and links to other useful sites and apps. The latest AED site (pictured) is at Port Arthur.

20.01.2022 Ambulance Tasmania has four new emergency medical dispatch support officers. Our new recruits have just completed online instruction alongside colleagues completing their update training. With their instructor based in WA, our staff trained online with colleagues in Qld and NSW ambulance services. Welcome aboard, guys.

18.01.2022 As the sun sets across the Huon Valley, rest assured we’re there ready to help you and your family in an emergency. Please keep triple zero 000 for emergencies. Photo: Ambulance Tasmania volunteer Jackson Sutherland.

17.01.2022 A health-related scholarship scheme is now open for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people studying entry level courses. The national Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme aims to encourage and help undergraduate students complete studies in health-related disciplines and join the health workforce. Up to $15 000 a year is available to recipients for the duration of their course.... Applications open 1 October and close 8 November 2020. For further information visit www.acn.edu.au/scholarships/indigenous-health-scholarships

17.01.2022 Incredible! We received an emergency call last Wednesday for a suspected cardiac arrest outside the Burnie Library. Our crew were on scene within eight minutes of the 000 call. On arrival they discovered it was Book Week for Kids and found a library staffer dressed as the Incredible Hulk doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions having already given the patient a shock via an automatic external defibrillator (AED) sourced from the library.... A little while later, the 57-year-old man was conscious and talking. He was transferred to the Launceston General Hospital for further treatment and has since been discharged. Photo by Limor Zellermayer on Unsplash

17.01.2022 How to give way to emergency ambulances Do stay alert for ambulances. Do make way for ambulances using sirens and flashing lights.... Do slow down and move to the left, if and when it’s safe to do so. Do not try to outrun an ambulance. Remember: next time we could be coming to your rescue!

15.01.2022 Moving as fast as his little legs would carry him, Baxter the dachshund dropped-in to visit Ambulance Tasmania call-takers at the state operations centre in Hobart recently. Our highly-trained team of emergency medical dispatch support officers, dispatchers and support staff are on the frontline dealing with dozens of triple zero calls around the clock. These behind the scenes heroes work in a highly-charged environment, often providing lifesaving medical advice while an ambu...lance is on its way. Apparently, Baxter’s visit took the biscuit with staff welcoming the chance to have a calming animal interaction. Baxter seemed particularly impressed with woofers in among all the sophisticated technology at the control scenter!

15.01.2022 10 year-old boy stable after shark attack A 10 year-old boy has been taken to the North West Regional Hospital following a shark attack this afternoon off Stanley on Tasmania’s North West Coast. The boy, from the North-West, was aboard a six-metre vessel on a fishing expedition about five kilometres from shore with his father and two other men when a shark grabbed him from the boat.... The boy’s father jumped into the water at which point the shark swam off. The boy, who was wearing a personal flotation device, suffered lacerations to his arm, and other cuts to his chest and head. He is in a stable condition.

13.01.2022 Ambulance Tasmania acknowledges and thanks Robert Klingsporn for his many years of volunteering. Robert has generously donated his time to the wellbeing of the Dodges Ferry community as a volunteer ambulance officer since 2013. For the past three years he has served as volunteer coordinator for the Dodges Ferry unit, leading and guiding fellow volunteers in their mission to help their community. After 31 years of active volunteering in emergency services, Robert has chosen t...o step back and focus on his family and grandchildren. Thanks Robert for your invaluable contribution to your community and Ambulance Tasmania.

12.01.2022 Leigh has been nominated for the Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards (Heather and Christopher Chong Outstanding Achiever Award). Leigh, from Bruny Island, has been committed to volunteering since 1959 and has dedicated 60 years of voluntary service for Ambulance Tasmania, the SES and TasFire. He has also served as a councillor on Bruny Island Council and Kingborough Council.... He helped set-up St John’s ambulance stations in Burnie, Launceston and Avoca, and the Police Boat Jetty on Bruny Island, and has helped educate new ambulance volunteers. Leigh retired in 1991 as Bruny Island District High School principal. He has previously received the Kingborough Citizen of the Year Award, Peter Parssey Memorial Award and the Australia Day Ambulance Service Medal. Congratulations on your nomination, Leigh what an outstanding life. Award winners will be announced 6 November.

12.01.2022 Teaching kids how 000 (triple zero) works and when to use it is a vital part of growing up in Australia. But with all the international shows on TV, it’s easy for kids to get confused by all the emergency phone numbers they see: 911, 999, 112, 111. Teach your kids to get help from Fire, Police or Ambulance they must call 000 (triple zero).... Why not introduce your kindergarten or primary school age kids to the free Triple Zero Kids’ Challenge app? Find it here https://www.health.tas.gov.au///triple_zero_kids_challenge It’s a fun way to help them learn what to do in an emergency.

11.01.2022 We don’t want to meet you this summer! So keep yourself and your family safe by following these simple tips: Drink plenty of water especially young children and the elderly.... Check on elderly friends and family. Find shade, wear 30+ sunscreen, a hat and clothing to prevent sunburn. Never leave children alone in a vehicle. Limit your alcohol intake around swimming pools and the beach especially if you’re supervising children. Swim between the flags at patrolled beaches and make sure someone knows where you’re heading if swimming alone. Don’t leave children unattended by the pool it only takes a few minutes for a tragedy to happen. Always check water depth in rivers, creeks and dams, and check for submerged objects before jumping in. Check your BBQ gas bottle for any leaks or unusual smells. Keep children away from hot plates and flames. Caption: Ambulance Tasmania Acting Chief Executive Matthew Eastham

11.01.2022 On the weekend, a 55-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest while running on Bellerive Beach near Blundstone Arena. Fortunately, off-duty nurses witnessed his collapse and immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A community Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) was quickly located and used to deliver the man a shock. Our closest ambulance was on scene in four minutes of the triple zero (000) call.... Upon their arrival, the patient had a return of cardiac output and was spontaneously breathing. Crews treated the man at the scene for 20 minutes before taking him to the Royal Hobart Hospital. The man made a remarkable recovery: just two hours after the cardiac arrest he was sitting up in hospital talking. Well done to everyone involved it shows the lifesaving benefit of learning CPR and the value of community AEDs. Pictured is paramedic Dave with an Automated External Defibrillator.

11.01.2022 Ambulance Tasmania volunteer Keith Parker has selflessly given long hours providing personal protective equipment training to his peers. Working as an Ambulance Tasmania volunteer at Sheffield since 2011, Keith has undertaken continual training to reach the highest level achievable. He has contributed over 2,000 hours in the past 12 months on shifts and training volunteer ambulance officers across the region all of it unpaid.... Thanks very much, Keith, for your important work. Keith Parker is pictured here on duty at Sheffield earlier this year.

11.01.2022 Pam started work with us in 1976 and after 44 years’ service to the Tasmanian community is going on leave and before officially retiring. Well done, Pam. We thank you for your outstanding service and wish you all the very best in the future.... You’ll be greatly missed!

11.01.2022 Aloha! Our new emergency call takers are seen here practising social distancing with their Hawaii-based instructor (around 9000 kilometres between them!). This is the first time an International Academy of Emergency Dispatch instructor (Patty) has taught an Australian call taker class remotely.... While taking social distancing to a whole new level, more importantly it's preparing our new call takers to best help Tasmanian Triple Zero callers in an emergency.

09.01.2022 Suzie, our Sorell volunteer coordinator, is an Australian of the Year (Tasmania) 2021 finalist in the Local Hero category. Suzie has volunteered with us for 14 years at the Sorell Ambulance Station. As an ambulance officer she attends patients with a paramedic, putting people at ease with her kind and gentle nature. Read more about Suzie and her wonderful work at www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipien/suzanne-smith/2301/... Tasmanian awards recipients will be announced on 30 October. No matter the result, Suzie is local hero to all who know and work with her. If you are interested in volunteering with Ambulance Tasmania visit www.emergencyvolunteers.tas.gov.au/ambulance

07.01.2022 This is a shout-out to our amazing volunteer ambulance officers (VAOs) around the state and the exceptional patient care and support they provide to Tasmanian communities each and every day. We are always looking for new people to join our wonderful team of VAOs, so if you or anyone you know is interested in joining, apply today! www.ambulance.tas.gov.au/volunteers/apply_today... Check out the ABC Tasmania news story that aired on Monday to hear about what it’s like being a VAO on the West Coast https://youtu.be/pwi47wtwQMc

07.01.2022 Congratulations, Leigh!

06.01.2022 Restart a Heart Day event could help you save a life Restart a Heart Day aims to raise awareness on the importance of knowing how to restart a heart using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an automatic external defibrillator (AED). Only one in 10 people survive cardiac arrest so we need your help to improve the odds in an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.... On Friday 16 October, tune in to a live stream event between10:30 am and 2:30 pm (AEST) featuring an exciting line-up of experts in cardiac arrest, and CPR and AED training sessions every hour. There’s also a kids’ corner with original Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page. The event will be streamed on www.restartaheart.net.au and many social media platforms to be announced soon. For more information visit www.restartaheart.net.auRestart a Heart Day event could help you save a life

05.01.2022 Ambulance Tasmania is seeking highly motivated applicants for its 2021 graduate paramedic intake. As a graduate paramedic you will work full-time shift work in an operational environment for a fixed term of 12 months to undertake the program. During your employment you will be mentored on-road. Reports will map your progress in independent practice. You will also need to successfully complete all clinical and driving assessments during this time. Applicants may be offered fix...ed-term employment in the North West, North or South of Tasmania. Apply now https://careers.pageuppeople.com//graduate-paramedics-vari For more information visit Ambulance Tasmania https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au//transition_to_practice_progra or contact [email protected]

05.01.2022 We have recently placed 90 new heart-starting Automatic External Defibrillators in communities around Tasmania. This totals 180 lifesaving defibrillators supplied under a two-year, $540 000 State Government grant. Surviving a cardiac arrest declines by up to 10% a minute, so early use of a defibrillator can literally save a life.... Defibrillators are simple to use with audio to talk you through the procedure. The defibrillators have been supplied free to community groups, individuals and not-for-profit organisations. Our locator smart phone app shows community-held defibrillator locations across the state. Visit www.ambulance.tas.gov.au/community_information/eadp for more information.

05.01.2022 When a steep embankment gave way on a loose gravel road in southern Tasmania this morning it pitched a woman and her vehicle over the edge. Despite the 4WD rolling several times, the patient did not suffer serious injury but needed spinal management for extrication. Firies used ropes and a sked to pull the patient 100m up the hill with the help of police and our ambo team.... She’s in a stable condition in hospital.

04.01.2022 The Christmas and New Year period is a busy time for everyone and we want all to stay safe, including our paramedics and volunteers. If someone needs an ambulance, help our paramedics and volunteers to do their job. Listen to and follow instructions, encourage everyone to stand back and let our paramedics and volunteers get on with what they do best. Help our paramedics and volunteers stay safe, so they can help others who need their expertise.... #LetUsCare #HandsOffOurAmbos https://www.youtube.com/watch

04.01.2022 The new Safe from Violence website is a central point of information for family and sexual violence. It provides clear and targeted information, online resources and links to a range of people and communities affected by violence. For more information, visit www.safefromviolence.tas.gov.au

04.01.2022 While mountain biking, Phil sustained a serious eye injury and needed help from Ambulance Tasmania’s Helicopter Emergency Medical System team. After some emergency field surgery, he was transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital for further treatment. Phil is making a great recovery and visited Rotorlift Aviation yesterday to thank the team involved in his medevac.... Pictured: Phil and his daughter, Holly, aboard the HEMS chopper on Tuesday.

01.01.2022 After 11 years as a volunteer ambulance officer, Erica Read has decided to lay down her medical kit bags. Affectionately known as ‘Nan’, Erica has been an absolute asset to the New Norfolk volunteer group with her infectious smile and great sense of humour. Nan has donated hundreds of hours to help people in need.... Ambulance Tasmania thanks Nan very much for being so giving of her time and her valuable contribution to her community. Want to follow in Nan’s footsteps and become a volunteer? Visit https://www.health.tas.gov.au/ambulance/volunteers