First Job

St John Ambulance (6DS), AMS, RFDS etc. Frequencies, callsigns and discussion.

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Are you an Ambo??

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Post by eswife »

rescue10 wrote:Yer they do have bronze and gold.Its just the gradeing system.

Silver and Gold are National levels with gold level also being able to work at international motopr sports events
So what skills can a silver paramedic do compared to a gold????
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Post by Markmywords »

Is this rating based on qualifcations that the "paramedic" holds or something that you have to do through CAMS to get the star rating.
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Post by donks »

rescue10 wrote:prob have seen ya.besides my photography I hold a Gold CAMS Fire Rescue Licence and a Silver CAMS Paramedic Licence
nice one. Do CAMS run special courses or something like that?
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Post by trekker »

donks wrote:
rescue10 wrote:prob have seen ya.besides my photography I hold a Gold CAMS Fire Rescue Licence and a Silver CAMS Paramedic Licence
nice one. Do CAMS run special courses or something like that?
Back when I was naive enough to think that you needed a CAMS 'paramedic' license to do events at the track, the grading system was mainly based on what you wrote on the application form, so the better you were at selling yourself on the form the higher your rating....
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Post by rescue10 »

It is a requirement from CAMS that all Paramedics/Officials are licenced to cover them for insurance.

No its never been how you can sell your self.You have had to supply letters of refrence and copies of certificates of Qualification ie I have to provide a Letter from the CEO of St Johns and provide my NSW Air Wing training Course Certificate and my certificate from Care Flight.

Any way you were only from St Jonhs Wanneroos First Aid service and non of their members applied for the licence hence St.Johns got the boot
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Post by ST_DOC »

Rescue10 i would be interested in knowing what training you completed for the NSW airwing and what you recieved from care flight? Im interested as im an ex US flight critical care paramedic.
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Post by Chicky »

I don't mean to be a stick in the mud... BUT this topic is about first jobs.... not about qualifications? It's just I keep looking at this topic hoping to see some more shared stories, but am only getting discussion on who/where/what to get the title, etc. Or am I missing something? :?
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Post by Markmywords »

Kudos chicky...i can remember my last job in w.a day dreaming and running the ambulance (82) into the back off a car sitting at a red light on hampton rd-resulted in 1 off to hospital
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Post by elm »

Ooh, doesn't sound too good. Was that the reason it was your last job in WA?
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I was doing like 10ks an hour if that so wasnt nothing big
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Post by Tyranus »

Markmywords wrote:Kudos chicky...i can remember my last job in w.a day dreaming and running the ambulance (82) into the back off a car sitting at a red light on hampton rd-resulted in 1 off to hospital
Don't you hate it when you go to run the red light but the person in front of you doesn't?
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Post by Ambul8 »

Markmywords wrote:Kudos chicky...i can remember my last job in w.a day dreaming and running the ambulance (82) into the back off a car sitting at a red light on hampton rd-resulted in 1 off to hospital
A banged up 82 - i reckon i no who u r :P

If so, a long time ago, we went P1 to look at a rental house!!
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Post by Markmywords »

Ambul8 wrote: A banged up 82 - i reckon i no who u r :P

If so, a long time ago, we went P1 to look at a rental house!!
:lol:

Oh gees um i think you could be one off two people.

1) Do you or did you have a pilots license ?
or

2) Did you ever go to NT at all ?
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Post by Ambul8 »

Markmywords wrote:
Ambul8 wrote: A banged up 82 - i reckon i no who u r :P

If so, a long time ago, we went P1 to look at a rental house!!
:lol:

Oh gees um i think you could be one off two people.

1) Do you or did you have a pilots license ?
or

2) Did you ever go to NT at all ?
a pilots license? nah i CHOPPED the wood, twas my offsider who pilot....lol

I knew someone who went to NT, well 2 of em from the same depot. likely related.

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Post by Markmywords »

Ok well im not VR but we know each other.

Where you down mandurah 1994 onwards to about 1997 or in that era
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