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Agnes Water/1770 Local Ambulance Committee

Locality: Agnes Water

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25.01.2022 This holiday season, pay close attention to the button batteries that might be inside gifts and common household objects, like remotes, car keys and watches... If you think your child might have swallowed or inserted a button battery, contact the Poisons Information Centre immediately on 13 11 26 for fast expert advice, 24/7.

24.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday looks back at the six officers who have served as Commissioner over the past 30 years since the transition of the Queensland Ambulance Servic...e (QAS) from the Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (QATB). Following the establishment of the QAS from the QATB on 1 July 1991, QATB Medical Director, Dr Gerry FitzGerald was appointed interim QAS Commissioner, whilst an Australia-wide recruitment process occurred. Noel Gillard OAM, became the first permanent Commissioner of the QAS. Noel led the QAS from 12 September 1991 to April 1993 in which time he transitioned the service from a community operated ambulance service to a statewide, fully integrated service with a regional structure. In Noel’s time, a major education program was set underway with a first-ever, nationally-registered qualification for QAS officers. Noel also established a new statewide and uniformed leadership team. Dr Gerry FitzGerald served as Acting Commissioner from 1 July 1991 to 11 September 1991 and was again appointed Acting Commissioner from May 1993 until being appointed permanently to the position in January 1994. Gerry served in this role for close to 10 years until departing in January 2003 for a role with Queensland Health. During Gerry’s time as Commissioner, significant improvements in both clinical and educational standards within the service were introduced. Gerry fostered a strong connection between QAS and its community representatives in the Local Ambulance Committees (LACs) across the state. Upon Dr Fitzgerald’s departure to Queensland Health, Deputy Commissioner Jim Higgins ASM became Acting Commissioner from January 2003 where he was later appointed permanently to the role in July 2003. He served in that position until January 2008. Jim Higgins initiated a significant change in the QAS uniform with the introduction of the teal blends derived from green being the international emergency medical colour. Under Jim Higgins’ leadership, changes to the QAS continued, including the introduction of electronic patient records and substantial improvements to the services provided in remote, rural and isolated communities. In addition to these major enhancements were the further enhancements to fleet, equipment, buildings and communications as well as the preparation for the recruitment of graduate paramedics. QAS Commissioner David Melville had been a career Queensland Police Officer and came to the QAS to continue our pathway of improvement and also to prepare the ambulance service for a geographical change to align with the Queensland Health Districts. David Melville APM came as Acting Commissioner from February to May 2008, when he was appointed permanently to the role of Commissioner. On his retirement in June 2011, David Melville had served in this position for just over three years. Deputy Commissioner at the time, Russell Bowles ASM, then took the reins of QAS Commissioner for more than 10 years. Russell Bowles was the longest serving QAS Commissioner to date. In his time as Commissioner, substantial improvements to the QAS occurred in all sectors including, clinical educational, operational and support services. Russell was a paramedic, having commenced in Rockhampton QATB as a Cadet Ambulance Officer qualifying over a 3 year period. He then served in several parts of the state and in a number of leadership roles. Russell recently retired with a proud history of achievement as QAS Commissioner. Most significant in QAS history, Russell oversaw the introduction of national clinical registration for Queensland paramedics. Currently acting in the position of Commissioner for the QAS following the retirement of Russell Bowles, is Craig Emery ASM, who proudly fills the shoes of his predecessors.

24.01.2022 Hey, Queenslanders! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to learn CPR in time for 'Restart A Heart Day' this Friday, 16 October. No pressure (well, ma...ybe just a little), but it's an easy skill to learn and you could save someone's life! Only 1 in 10 people that suffer a cardiac arrest survive and you could have an impact on that statistic by learning the steps 'Call, Push, Shock' to restart a heart. Visit https://restartaheart.net/ for more information.

24.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to January 1992 to acknowledge our very first QAS executive team when they were taking up their appointments following the tran...sition from the Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (QATB) to the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) earlier in July 1991. Our first QAS Commissioner, Noel Gillard, took over from Acting Commissioner Dr Gerry FitzGerald in September 1991 and set about appointing the initial QAS executive team of Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and the QAS Medical Director. This work was completed by December 1991 and the new team was ready to continue forming the new statewide ambulance service in 1992. This transition to a Commissioner-level statewide service, from a QATB local community administered service, was the most significant structural and administrative change to this organisation since its inception in Brisbane in 1892. The transition brought many challenges for this newly-formed team, with the Queensland Government requiring a mixture of Queensland and non-Queensland ambulance experience to make up these executives. As with all major change, some things went well and some did not. The most significant changes from a public perspective were improvements in paramedic education and scope of practice and that the closest ambulance could be dispatched to an incident, with the previous artificial local borders now non-existent. Acceptance of the change to Queensland Ambulance, at the community level, required skillful management with some past members of QATB committees and their loyal community subscribers immediately embracing the changes, while others preferred to wait to be convinced of the benefits. Geographically, the inherited regional ambulance service areas, that were based on other non-health emergency services, were significantly challenging to the new executive team. South Burnett was included with Bundaberg and the North region included Townsville, Cairns, the whole of Cape York and the west out to the NT border and way down to the SA border to the south. Adjustments over time since the 1990s have rectified these geographical alignments, for a better fit with health and administrative services. The new QAS executive team comprised of Commissioner Noel Gillard from ACT Ambulance, Deputy Commissioner John McPherson (ex QATB Superintendent Brisbane), Deputy Commissioner Peter McMurtrie from Ambulance Victoria, and Assistant Commissioners - Malcolm McDonald (ex QATB Superintendent Ipswich) QAS Greater Brisbane Region, Barry Bryant (ex QATB Superintendent Beenleigh) QAS South East Region, John Jacobsen (from NSW Ambulance) QAS Wide Bay Region, Gerard Lawler (from Tasmanian Ambulance Service) QAS Central Region, Geoff Reynolds (ex QATB Superintendent Cairns) QAS North Region, Allen Marr (from Ambulance Victoria) QAS South West Region. QATB Medical Director Gerry FitzGerald was the acting interim QAS Commissioner from 1 July 1991 and was appointed as QAS Medical Director. During the formative years of QAS in the period of 1991 to 1993, the majority of Queensland Ambulance staff and Queensland communities came on board with the new service and a platform was established for continuous improvement in all areas and an evolving evidence-based scope of clinical practice, along with enhanced paramedic qualifications and paramedic education. Today, the QAS is recognised among the best ambulance services globally.

23.01.2022 Early start for today's First Aid Course. Thanks all for supporting our Community Education with our QAS (Queensland Ambulance Service)trainer Wayne. Next Course probably March 2021 - keep an eye on our page.

22.01.2022 Would you know what to do in an emergency? Have you heard of DRSABCD? This quick checklist might help you save a life. Save it to your device now

22.01.2022 Everyone has been briefed and the Ambulance siren signalled tee off. It's so important to mention that while everyone is having a fun afternoon of mateship and ...golf, they are doing so to raise funds for the Agnes Water/1770 Local Ambulance Committee. Big thanks also to our major sponsor Avis... thanks Team Avis, we appreciate your ongoing support! Enjoy this album capturing the fun of the day and feel free to tag you and your mates in the photos. :)

20.01.2022 A bonus #ThrowbackThursday - In case you missed it last night, The 7.30 Report chatted with one of our founding fathers of education within the QATB and QAS, Bob McDermant. Check out Bob's story below:

14.01.2022 Here is a nice wholesome story for your weekend. In 2013, some areas of the Wide Bay were hit by floods, significant enough that some of our Bundaberg crews, in...cluding Steve Whitfield, were stranded in Avondale for three days until floodwaters subsided. Steve and his colleagues were looked after very well by the locals at Jo's Roadhouse and some of the local school students helped our QAS team set up a triage centre for others that were isolated due to the floods. One of those school students was Rachel Curnuck and recently, Steve got a tap on the shoulder at the QAS Whyte Island Training Facility to turn around and recognise Rachel, but eight years later, she wasn't in a school uniform, she was in a teal uniform and is about to head to Childers Ambulance Station to start her career as a paramedic with the QAS. She told Steve that those few days helping the Bundaberg Ambulance crews in the Avondale triage centre inspired her to want to be a paramedic and look at her now! Congratulations Rachel and Steve. What a lovely story.

14.01.2022 Where the heck is Agnes Water? The locals regard it as their private paradise so we won't give too much away in our #ThrowbackThursday segment. The twin towns o...f Agnes Water and 1770 are about one and half hour’s drive along the coast north of Bundaberg. On 16 August 2000, 20 years ago - the new Agnes Water (note no 's' on the end of Water, so commonly misspelt) QAS Station, previously a branch of Miriam Vale was opened by the Minister for Emergency Services, The Hon Stephen Robertson, along with QAS Commissioner Dr Gerry FitzGerald. The first Officer in Charge (OIC) of the new station was Sean Balkin. From November 1998 there was a local push for a station at Agnes Water. In September 1999 funding was granted and the recruitment for the Intensive Care Paramedic position commenced, introducing Sean Balkin who started in Agnes Water on the 20th December 1999 prior to the official opening of the station in August the following year. In its 20 years of the ambulance station at Agnes Water, paramedics have responded to a wide range of incidents and illnesses including aircraft, boating, surfing, road and farming incidents and many other domestic-related incidents. Most of these are transported under care by road to Bundaberg Hospital. More urgent cases are airlifted by helicopter. The Agnes Water/1770 Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) was formed in May 2000 and began to raise funds for equipment for their new station before it was even officially opened. One such member of this committee was the late Clarrie 'Bomber' Brown, who became the LAC Vice President. In a short time, Bomber touched so many lives. He was always available to help his local community and the LAC were privileged to have him. With Bomber being a very keen golfer, the LAC decided to honour him with the inaugural "Bomber Classic Golf Day", which was held on Father's Day in 2003. This event was embraced by the local businesses and community. Approximately 100 keen golfers supported the event coming from all parts of the shire and surrounds. The shot gun start was fittingly, an ambulance siren. The event raised $7,000! The LAC was approached to nominate for the Miriam Vale Shire Council Australia Day Awards for the Community Event of the Year and were extremely proud to have been named the winner of this award for 2003. Agnes Water is now a very popular coastal town, bustling with tourists. The town grew from a few houses at the beach to the tourist hot spot destination it is today. Congratulations on 20 years of service to the Agnes Water/1770 community!

13.01.2022 The Bundaberg Local Ambulance Committee have raised $180,000 for nine training mannequins which will be distributed around the Wide Bay to assist with training paramedics. #9News

13.01.2022 There is an old saying about motor vehicles; If you can’t afford a Dodge, dodge a Ford and #ThrowbackThursday takes a look back at the Dodge and Chrysler vehi...cles converted to ambulances over the years. Until the first Australian-built Holden vehicle range, the only option for the QATB committees was to purchase suitable motor vehicles for conversion to ambulances from a range of imported vehicles. During each World War, vehicle imports were reduced and the choice of vehicles was much narrower. Dodge cars were popular in the period from 1920 to 1970 because they were considered solid enough to withstand long distances on outback roads, thus Dodge and Chrysler based ambulance vehicles became relatively common throughout the QATB fleet for many years. Purchase and conversion of motor vehicles for the QATB fleet depended on the generosity and support of the people of the Queensland communities. All monies raised attracted a Queensland Government subsidy which helped with replacement of aging ambulances and with increases to the local QATB fleet. One very generous donor ensured that the Chrysler, Dodge and related vehicle continued to be a part of the QATB motor vehicle fleet. He was Queensland philanthropist, Sir Edwin Marsden Tooth. Sir Edwin Marsden Tooth died on 27 May 1957. He had established Austral Motors Pty Ltd in 1924 in Boundary Street, Spring Hill where he became a leader of the motorcar industry in Brisbane. Towards the end of his life, the philanthropist gave generously to medical, ambulance, education and charitable institutions. The Dodge motor vehicle range was the specialty of Austral Motors. Over many years the Tooth Trust donated vehicles or funds for purchase of vehicles to a number of QATB centres across the state. In 1923, Tooth obtained the dealership for Dodge Bros motorcars to distribute its vehicles throughout northern New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. Queensland motorists readily supported this new motor dealer. From 1928, Tooth's company expanded to include De Soto, Chrysler, Plymouth and Standard Motor Co. vehicles, making him a leader of the motorcar industry in Brisbane. His brother H.L.Tooth owned the Canada Cycle & Motor Co. in Creek Street, Brisbane - the firm that supplied the very first motor vehicle for the Queensland Ambulance which was a French Clement-Talbot. As example of the Tooth family generosity, Dirranbandi QATB was struggling for funds and in need of a second vehicle. The second ambulance, a Chrysler Valiant was purchased in 1964 with the help of The Sir Edwin Marsden Tooth Estate donation of $2,000 (about the price of a family sedan at the time). As QATB entered the 1980s, the emerging popularity and functionality of the larger-chassis Ford and Holden ambulances, resulted in the Chrysler Dodge range gradually disappearing from the QATB fleet.

12.01.2022 THIS COURSE ONLY HAS 2 SPOTS LEFT AS OF TODAY 28 JULY FIRST AID Course Saturday 8 August 2020 at the Old Community Center Springs Rd Agnes Water 0745 am for 0800 am start - A few very important things to remember post COVID-19 ALL students will be temperature checked prior to entering the building and all social distancing applies ... Please book online of phone 13 74 68 For CPR Only PCPR 919500 $75.10 ($67.60 discount) PFAI 919499 $166.05 ($149.45 discount) ALL Students require the USI Number to book Numbers limited to 20 Agnes Water/1770 Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) PCPR 919500 $75.10 ($67.60 discount)

10.01.2022 Early start for today's First Aid Course. Thanks all for supporting our Community Education with our QAS (Queensland Ambulance Service)trainer Wayne. Next Course probably March 2021 - keep an eye on our page.

10.01.2022 A significant activity on the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) calendar is the annual Remembrance Service to remember our fallen officers. Unfortunately, due... to the current climate we are unable to come together to acknowledge this special occasion in the traditional manner. However, it is important that we acknowledge and pay our respects to the 36 ambulance officers who have lost their lives in the course of their duty. We honour and thank those officers for their service. They are a part of the QAS family, always. We also acknowledge the six officers on the QAS Roll of Honour being recognised with a National Medal posthumously. Today provides an opportunity to pause, reflect and pay our respects. #InRemembrance #QASRemembers #QASRollofHonour

09.01.2022 Are you ready for the summer holidays after a disruptive Covid year? The old Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (QATB) motto was ‘Ready Always’. For today's... #ThrowbackThursday, we look back on our efforts to ensure that help was available when holiday-makers ventured to the beach or the islands to escape the summer heat. In the early years, this may have involved local volunteers equipped with a folding canvass stretcher and first aid kits. In some cases, there were uniformed honorary or permanent ambulance officers, assigned to the location for the summer influx of holiday makers. QATB Centres such as Bundaberg, Sarina, Nambour and others formed partnerships with local surf life-saving clubs to provide summer holiday coverage. The initial ambulance accommodation at these summer holiday spots was a tent such as in Woody Point, Wynnum or Caloundra, or a small hut, or a room in a local life-saving club house. Even old railway carriages have been used as temporary ambulance centres during the summer. Purpose-built ambulance centres gradually appeared as the popularity of the locations extended beyond the normal holiday periods. Again, these centre buildings ranged from a very basic shelter to a residence attached to the centre for an Officer in Charge and family. These emerging and improved buildings brought with them the appointment of full-time staff at these locations. Officers rostered to these summer holiday locations were kept busy both in attending cases and with fundraising duties. Many QATB centres took advantage of the summer influx of people to hold a Christmas carnival with merry-go-rounds and prize stalls. Caloundra QATB had a small railway ride for children. Others chose to run a Christmas Art Union with a significant and attractive prize to be won. Fundraising and responding to cases went 'hand-in-hand' with summer duty at a popular holiday location. Summer holiday ambulance cases have change little over the years. Near-drownings, drownings and other submersion-type injuries are still common. Sea creature stings, snake bites and bites and stings from other creatures, are still part of summer-holiday ambulance responses. Sunburn was very common and often severe in nature and frequently children were brought to the ambulance centre after significant over-exposure to the sun, although this situation has improved. Injuries from misadventure and walking on rocks and other sharp objects also prevail. In recent times, powered-vehicle injuries and fatalities are now also included, such as injuries from dune-buggies and jet-ski incidents. Today, the majority of our popular summer holiday beach and island locations are serviced by well-trained paramedics, all-terrain ambulance vehicles, modern ambulance stations and reliable two-way radio and GPS systems. There is also support from helicopter and marine rescue services and water police. Importantly, there is no longer the distraction for our officers of running the summer fundraising event. Remember to stay safe this summer, it’s always better to see you and your family enjoying the summer holidays. Is your CPR and first aid up to date and have you downloaded the Emergency+ App to your smartphone?

09.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday looks back over the past 30 years since the transition from QATB to QAS and the Medical Directors that helped to lead our service. There have... only been four Medical Directors since 1986. Prior to then there was a number of 'medicos' who were more like medical consultants who weren't really attached to the QATB, but willing to assist. Among those, included Dr Tess Crammond (CPR), Dr Ken Jamieson (Head Injuries), Dr Noel Stevenson (Trauma) and Dr Fred Leditschke AM (Burns) and many more who either lectured in the Ambulance Training School over the years or also served in the Medical Advisory Committee since 1986. All of our Queensland ambulance Medical Directors have made their mark on our patient care standards. They have enhanced both the clinical credibility of our officers and the ambulance scope of clinical practice for the benefit of our patients and the community. Dr Keith Stronach Mowatt OBE was appointed the first QATB Medical Director in 1986, following a global contribution to cancer care and a distinguished career in the British army (Black Watch). Dr Mowatt, an Oncologist, was well known for his Scottish accent, his abstract concepts and for his analogies. His primary achievement was an improved and noticeable 'patient focus' in operational, support and administrative personnel, including in the ambulance board and committee members and especially in government attitudes to the Queensland ambulance mission. Clinically Dr Mowatt led the introduction of the adult and then the paediatric Coronary Care programs, negotiating his way through both the support and the resistance in QATB Committees, the medical and nursing professions and in Queensland Health. Several other important advances in Queensland ambulance care were also introduced with Dr Mowatt’s support including the administration of Anginine for heart pain, Salbutamol for Asthmatics and the Marine Envenomation Response program. Sadly, Dr Mowatt developed dementia in his later years and he passed away in 2012. Dr Gerry Fitzgerald was the Ipswich Hospital Emergency Department Director and was appointed the next QATB Medical Director in 1989. Gerry strengthened the patient-focus objective with a clear understanding of the link between education, professionalism, clinical credibility and scope of practice. Later, Gerry also guided QAS toward adopting skills in research and moving towards ‘Evidenced-based practice. Gerry had a positive influence on the QATB and QAS Medical Advisory Committees with the ability to win their support for innovation and enhancement in ambulance patient care. He played a significant role in the preparation of the QATB for the transition to QAS. Gerry continued the introduction of new QATB in-service training programs with a view to improvements in ambulance patient care. He spent 3 months as Acting Commissioner on the transition to QAS and went on to establish strong relationships with Queensland Health when resuming his Medical Director role, to ensure support for the necessary changes in ambulance clinical practice would succeed. Dr Fitzgerald went on to become QAS Commissioner in 1993 and continued his significant influence on both QAS clinical practice, ambulance administration and ambulance operations. Dr Richard Bonham became QAS Medical Director following the appointment of Dr Gerry Fitzgerald to QAS Commissioner in 1993. Richard led one of the most significant patient-care improvements in the 104 years of Queensland ambulance with the establishment of the Intensive Care Paramedic Program in 1996. He was also heavily involved when the Queensland Ambulance Service was to lead Australia on pre-hospital cardiac arrest survival data. A cardiac arrest data project was set up to collect information on survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest throughout the State. During Richard’s time as QAS Medical Director, a new Ambulance Report Form (ARF) was introduced, a drug overdose Response Card ISCEP, the Advanced Care and Extended Care programs were established when the SARS virus was a new threat, a marine envenomation program was initiated and new defibrillators were selected and introduced. In addition, the first-ever Clinical Practices Manual in Queensland ambulance was published. This manual was adopted and adapted by a number of ambulance services interstate and overseas. Dr Stephen Rashford ASM is the current QAS Medical Director and has served for 16 years since 2005, following the resignation of Dr Richard Bonham. Dr Rashford is an emergency physician having worked in the United States in the 1990s during his specialist training. Dr Rashford has overseen a significant expansion in innovative Queensland paramedic practice, with particular interests in haemostatic blood product resuscitation, point-of-care ultrasound, airway management, procedural sedation, and the treatment of STEMI. Dr Rashford is often in the field treating patients alongside paramedics. He continues to oversee a wide range of QAS patient-care improvements throughout his time with QAS. These improvements range of advancements in ambulance cardiac and stroke care, Clinical Audit and Review Tool (CART) technology, High Acuity Response Unit (HARU) and Local-area Assessment and Referral Unit (LARU) teams, electronic patient care reporting on iPads, preparation for potential pandemics such as H1Ni and the current Covid pandemic. Dr Rashford has also enhanced the pain-relief options for ambulance patients along with a number of other pharmaceutical options for ambulance patient care. Stephen had a significant role in preparing QAS paramedics for clinical registration that was introduced nationally in 2018. Dr Rashford has faced the challenge of keeping paramedics, patients and the community safe from the highly contagious Coronavirus. With the expertise of Dr Stephen Rashford, the QAS will no doubt continue to innovate.

07.01.2022 This Saturday is "Foundation Day" for Queensland Ambulance and #ThrowbackThursday takes us through the history of our service! 128 years ago on 12 September, Qu...eensland Ambulance was established by Seymour Warrian, a volunteer military medic and his colleagues of the Queensland military Corps. An accident on the Brisbane showgrounds in Show Week of August 1892 gave birth to the idea of the need for a civil ambulance service. It was Mr Echlin a rider in the Maiden Hunter's Cup who supplied the incentive when he had the misfortune to sustain a simple fracture of the left leg when his horse fell and rolled on him. Being dissatisfied with the treatment of Mr Echlin, Mr Warrian was prompted to try to improve matters for future accidents and mentioned the matter to his comrades in the Army Medical Corps. It was arranged to meet at the residence of Mr Warrian, Boggo Road on 12 September 1892, when the following persons were present: Messrs S Warrian, E Jack, Geo Windle, W Tomkins, F Rudd, A Beaston, J Brown, E Slaughter, F Higginbotham, W G Daniel, W Hargreaves, J Siegman, J Marlow, A Clothier and E J Smith. It was decided that the City Ambulance Transport Brigade (CATB) be formed. Mr G Windle was appointed Secretary and deputed to interview the Racing Clubs regarding support and the attendance of Brigade members at Race meetings. Mr Eustace Jack was requested to arrange office accommodation and Mr Seymour Warrian was appointed leader. Mr A Beaston offered to build a stretcher as the one in use had been borrowed from the Military and was very heavy. The Badge of the Brigade was also designed by Bearers Warrian and Jack while travelling to and from Ipswich for first aid instruction by Doctors Thornton and Geoghan. Since that time the badge of the Queensland Ambulance has changed several times and its title has changed three times. Around the same time, the question of a suitable uniform was also discussed in conjunction with the registering of the brigade badge, for the exclusive use of the Brigade. Although this action was immediately agreed, a lack of funds delayed the registering of the badge until September 1898. Not long after in 1901 when the Federation of the Australian states occurred, the Queensland Ambulance was expanding across the state and the CATB became the Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (QATB) with a new logo and the associated caption Ready Always. This logo prevailed for 90 years until the formation of the Queensland Ambulance Service on 1 July 1991 with its new logo. In the early days of QAS until at least 1994 the motto from the QATB days Ready Always was the motto still in use by the new QAS, still appearing on the QAS Review of March 1994. The later QAS Beacon that became our new communication publication in 1997 no longer displayed this motto. The permanent CATB staff were provided with uniforms (a gift from Mr Thomas Finney of Finney Isles & Co.). The uniform consisted of a navy blue serge tourist coat, navy blue serge trousers with piping, and cap. The CATB red cross metal badge was worn on the cap and coat. The duty badge (made of cloth) was worn on the right arm of the coat (tunic). The same type of uniform was worn for many years. During the QATB days the tunic design was modernised and a variation on the QATB logo emerged firstly in badge form, signage, correspondence, publications and then in the 1980s in shoulder patch form. The logo of the new QAS was used in correspondence, publications, signage and on shoulder patches. It initially had a navy blue surround around the red cross on a white background with the words Queensland Ambulance. In 2003 in conjunction with the introduction of the teal uniforms, the surround of the logo was changed to teal colouring and the word Service added to the words in the surround of the logo. In 2012 the QAS logo was further changed to the crest logo a variation and modernisation of the crested hat badge of the QATB days. The round teal surround shoulder patch border was changed to navy and retained on the sleeves of the uniform with the new crested badge on caps and on the breast. Here's to 128 years of Queensland Ambulance serving the people of Queensland and many, many more to come!

02.01.2022 Save the Date - Final course for the Year Saturday 28 November 2020 commencing at 0745hrs to comply with COVID-19 requirements at Agnes Water Community Centre Springs Rd. Please book via www.ambulance.qld.gov.au and go to Services - Training and follow the prompts or phone 137468 Provide CPR course number is 821109 - ... Provide First Aid course number is 921110 10% can apply to bookings See more

01.01.2022 Do you know the F.A.S.T test? If you think someone might be having a stroke, ask the following questions . If you see any of the below symptoms, act quickly an...d call triple zero (000). Face - Check their face. Has their mouth drooped? Arms - Can they lift both arms? Speech - Is their speech slurred? Do they understand you? Time - Is critical. If you see any of these signs call triple zero (000) immediately.

01.01.2022 Course for this Saturday 8th August is FULL - Special information please read All participants please ensure you are at the Community Centre on Springs road at 0745 hrs. Due to COVID-19 we have extra checks to be completed prior to entering the Centre. If you are unwell on the day and cant attend please advise me on 0427 749 250