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http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 61,00.html


Have a read of this its not good

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i knew the word munchy would come up there somewhere

So not enough call takers and not enough paramedics ouch thats going to hurt

Mining industry can look good for some paramedics if the works regular.

i not allowed to do overtime until 3 months proby is up

Well,

That media article will mean SJA will most likely recruit more people into the university program.. Good news for those wanting to get in!

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munchkin1981 are you based in metro or do they allocated you over to country when your a student Ambulance Officer / Paramedic . Interested to know should I one day pluck up the courage to re-apply..

munchkin1981 wrote:i not allowed to do overtime until 3 months proby is up

munchkin is a call taker atm (if i pass tomorrows assessment) so i do both metro calls only and country calls/dispatch

the government should really step in and stop relying on a funded charity organisation to run the paramedic service.

Imagine if the police force was ran by a private charity that was then funded by the govt . there would be outrage!!.. why not with the ambulance service.

It is time they got rid of st johns, and made it or transformed it into the WA paramedic/ ambulance service just like nsw. And gave it the funding and training it deserved.

And think of all the problems they'd have ...like Victoria and NSW...no service...no funding...

I think our system works well when there are enough people to take positions up.

Agreed woobla1, one day yes but its not an easy transformation.

woobla1 wrote:the government should really step in and stop relying on a funded charity organisation to run the paramedic service.

Imagine if the police force was ran by a private charity that was then funded by the govt . there would be outrage!!.. why not with the ambulance service.

It is time they got rid of st johns, and made it or transformed it into the WA paramedic/ ambulance service just like nsw. And gave it the funding and training it deserved.

we do get the training wobbla its not as straight forward as taking details and hanging up

this is a pretty common problem I think in the more rural areas. Waroona is pretty rural, and there is really only a couple of people who are available regularly. However when patient transfers are required, these couple of people are the only ones to do that... so if there is an emergency while they are out, the call will most likely go to a neighbouring town, which could delay the arrival of help by up to 30mins, and with the area serviced by Waroona, that could mean waiting for up to an hour for an ambulance... crazy

Well if they answered the 000 line before telstra say to you hold the line lets try another number would be great...i wonder if they have daily KPI's with calls not answered and how fast they get answered.