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BEECHWORTH - CHILTERN - RUTHERGLEN - STANLEY - YACKANDANDAH Friday, April 19, 2024

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INSIDE STRIVING FOR COMMUNITY Senior MICA paramedic Paul Stefaniak wants to see improved ambulance resourcing for rual communities

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Paramedics have started p protected industrial action for better ambo resourcing g PARAMEDICS in Victoria have ramped up their industrial dispute with Ambulance Victoria (AV) claiming the ongoing lack of adequate ambulance resources across the state including in Indigo Shire. Officers have claimed Ambulance Victoria does not provide 24-hour ambulance coverage to Beechworth, Chiltern, Tallangatta, Corryong, Myrtleford, Mt Beauty

BY CORAL COOKSLEY ccooksley@ nemedia.com.au

and Bright communities. According to local paramedic Paul Stefaniak, Ambulance Victoria provides daytime coverage for 11 hours, after which the paramedics are expected to take the ambulance home and work ‘on

call’ for a further 13 hours. The paramedic said the ‘on call’ resource model is outdated and when an on-call ambulance is called out during the night paramedics are entitled to take a 10-hour fatigue break. Mr Stefaniak said this leaves communities without an ambulance for 10-hour periods for a significant number of days each month.

“Ambulance Victoria mandates that 14 hours is the maximum shift length that any paramedic can safely work due to their fatigue management policies but these policies do not apply to ambulance branches that work a call roster,” he said. “Ambulance Victoria and the State Government believe one paramedic is sufficient to provide optimal patient care,

when up to two paramedics crewing is the minimum standard in Melbourne and larger rural centres.” In Chiltern, Tallangatta, Corryong, Myrtleford, Mt Beauty and Bright a single paramedic is paired with a member of the community who has completed a certificate two in emergency medical first response. ■ Continued page 2

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