Ambulance Tasmania

Incredible teamwork and precision from our Critical Care and Retrieval crew 🚁 Check out this impressive footage of our Intensive Care Flight Paramedic, Rob Brittle, being winched onto the MS Europa 2 cruise ship – 120 nautical miles off Tasmania’s East Coast. Tasked by Australian Maritime Safety Authority in collaboration with Tasmania Police, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Tasmania team completed this medivac earlier this month, retrieving the patient in just 19 minutes. This significant distance required precise planning and calculations to ensure safe fuel margins and a successful outcome. Well done to all involved! #AmbulanceTasmania #Medivac #HelicopterRescue #InstensiveCare #FlightParamedic #AMSA #EmergencyResponse

Are you ready to step into a clinical leadership role in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)? Ambulance Tasmania is hiring a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) - Infection Prevention and Control in Hobart. In this full-time role, you will support our frontline ambulance clinicians by: ✔️ Developing and leading the IPC Framework, including audits and training. ✔️ Driving quality improvement and advancing IPC research. ✔️ Managing the Staff Vaccination Program and delivering education initiatives. ✔️ Ensuring evidence-based practices in infection prevention across Ambulance Tasmania. Join us and access generous professional development support, excellent leave benefits and enjoy the Department of Health, Tasmania's Fitness Passport program for the whole family. 👉 Apply now or learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gkAFaDrB #NursingCareers #AmbulanceTasmania #HealthJobsTas #InfectionControl #ClinicalLeadership

Last month, Ambulance Tasmania took part in a Whole-of-System Trauma Simulation at the North West Regional Hospital. This training involved #emergency and #healthcare teams collaborating across four phases, from first responders attending a simulated motorbike accident scene, through ED and radiology, to the operating theatre. ▶️ This video showcases the pre-hospital ambulance response, filmed at the Burnie Ambulance Station. Loc (Intensive Care Paramedic Intern), Shane (Paramedic Intern), and Greg (Clinical Support AT) worked to provide critical care to our “patient” Peter, with realistic moulage enhancing the simulation. These simulations allow teams across the healthcare system to practice working together under pressure and build a shared understanding of trauma care. The debrief at the end provides an opportunity to reflect, learn, and strengthen our response to future emergencies. Thank you to all participants and facilitators for making this event a success! Working together ensures the best outcomes for Tasmanians when it matters most. #TraumaSimulation #EmergencyCare #TraumaCare #Teamwork #Collaboration #AmbulanceTasmania

Welcome aboard to our newest team members! 🚑 Last month, 16 qualified paramedics from interstate and overseas joined Ambulance Tasmania for their four-week orientation program. Soon, they’ll be hitting the road, delivering life saving care to Tasmanians across the State. Richard Green (pictured, second from left) relocated with his wife from Cairns to Launceston. He said: “These last three weeks have been quite intensive (…) but it’s been a good process with a really good team, and we’re looking forward to getting out there. “To me, it’s the best job in the world. You never know what you’re doing each day, and you get to help people in a time of need.” From mid-December, 12 paramedics of this cohort will be based in the South, one in the North, and three in the North West. These new starters are part of an exciting year of growth for Ambulance Tasmania, which has welcomed dozens of new paramedics in 2024. 📷 Pictured from L to R: Jordan Emery (AT Chief Executive), three new paramedic recruits during their orientation at Cambridge HQ – Lucy Chen (South), Josh Binger (North West) and Richard Green (North) – and Katrina Ostrenski (Director, Education). 👉 Interested in joining us? Visit our recruitment page to learn more about our current vacancies: https://lnkd.in/dMjZWuBV

Is this the cutest little ambulance volunteer in training? 💚🚑  Today, on International Volunteer Day, we are incredibly proud to celebrate and thank our amazing Volunteer Ambulance Officers at Ambulance Tasmania. From Dover to King and Flinders islands and everywhere in between, our volunteers are the backbone of their communities, ready to step up to provide care, comfort, and vital support when needed. 📷 Paul, pictured here with his 10-month-old baby Leo, is one of the many Tasmanians who dedicate their time and skills to make a difference. Their compassion and commitment ensure that help is never far away. To every volunteer, past and present: we are deeply grateful for all you do. We couldn’t do it without you! 🙏 👉 Thinking about volunteering with us? Learn more about becoming a Volunteer Ambulance Officer at https://lnkd.in/gxzCrvy5 #InternationalVolunteerDay #AmbulanceTasmania #ThankYouVolunteers

This week is International Control Room Week, and we’d like to celebrate our incredible people who work in Ambulance Tasmania’s State Communication Centre who answer Triple Zero (000) calls, dispatch ambulances and helicopters, support the team and crews on-road, and provide help and advice to the community 24/7. These are some of the faces behind the phones and we thank them for everything they do! #internationalcontrolroomweek #ambulance

Last month, the Westpac Rescue helicopter landed in Dover for students to learn more about the service. Watch to learn more! #helicopter #rescue #schoolvisit

Did you know that every minute a patient is in cardiac arrest, not receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or automatic external defibrillator (AED) shock, chances of survival drop by 10 per cent? Today is Restart a Heart Day to help improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates and raise awareness of life-saving actions that friends, family, colleagues or bystanders can take in an emergency. Along with St John Ambulance, our Director of Clinical Services Jen Bolster and volunteer Paul Shelverton were part of a Hobart team educating University of Tasmania students and staff with a number of events happening across the state this week. Don’t forget to CALL, PUSH, SHOCK – call Triple Zero (000), start CPR compressions and use an AED if one is available. AEDs can be located by our Emergency Call Takers or through the GoodAM app – click this link to become a GoodSAM Responder today: https://lnkd.in/gc7RhZm3 #callpushshock #restartaheart #ambulance #stjohnambulance

Today is World Mental Health Day and Ambulance Tasmania’s Wellbeing Program Officer, Mike Conacher, sat down to share the incredible work his team does and his passion for creating safe spaces. “Proactive and preventive measures are really important. We need to be self-aware. We need others to look around us to look out for us. We need our leaders and managers to know our people,” he said. Online mental health hub MyPulse is one of many resources our people can access to gain support and assistance, as well as Peer Support Officers, Wellbeing Support Officers and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) to manage the immediate and ongoing impacts of critical and traumatic incidents. Video credit: Wellbeing Support #worldmentalhealthday #mentalhealth #ambulance #emergencyservices

Ready to launch your paramedic career in Tasmania? Ambulance Tasmania's Graduate Paramedic Program has openings across the state, offering the perfect mix of professional growth and natural beauty. What we offer: - A supportive environment with thorough orientation programs - Hands-on opportunities, from emergency care to specialised services - A dynamic and rewarding career path - Breathtaking landscapes to explore on your days off - An excellent work-life balance to enjoy all that Tasmania has to offer 👉 Start your professional journey with Ambulance Tasmania and make a real impact where it matters most: https://lnkd.in/gCp8nmTT #GraduateParamedic #Paramedic #GraduateProgram #Paramedicine #WorkWithUs #Careers #AmbulanceTasmania #Tasmania