Timmy

http://www.ambulance.qld.gov.au/recruitment/qualified_uk.asp

I pretty much haven’t read most of this but I have come to the conclusions that America Has Problems :wink: I think you need to hug it out guys!

In Australia we use EMT B primarily for Industrial and Standby work. Some courses: http://www.firstresponseaustralia.com.au/c...al_Response.htm http://www.medicone.com.au/HTP/50770.html In most states you have to have a 3 year degree as a minimum to work on an emergency ambulance. In my state you do your 3 year degree to become a paramedic then further on to ALS then I spose our ‘super medics’ are Mobile Intensive Care Paramedics (MICA) If you call 000 (911) in my state then chances are you’ll get an ALS paramedic crew who have done a 3 year degree. If the call involves anything cardiac or major trauma then MICA will back up the ALS team. MICA is a ALS paramedic who has gotten some pretty good road experience then go back to uni to get a masters degree. From what I’ve heard it seems that American EMT B is what we call advanced first aid over here or in some cases advanced first aid is a little higher because we can give S4 drugs. I find it a tad weird that an EMT can run on an emergency ambulance but yet they can’t give drugs…

:shock: I'm sorry! I had no idea that the password thingo would pop up!

We get ours from a sports medical warehouse dealer. But google it or maybe even ebay.

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BLAH! Things sound pretty messy over there… Maybe us Aussies should come over there, we’ll shout you lot out lol :wink:

I'd call in sick if I were you lol!

Well having just looked it up on google “ 2 Million people lined the streets and participated in the parade in 2006” btw, that’s a hell of a lot of people in one place! Having only attended a parade with 120,000 people I really could only imagine what happens. Mostly medical related stuff cardiac, diabetics, collapses, seizures, people tripping over the gutter or being pushed over, crush injury’s from the crowd pushing, a lot of people forgetting to take their medications or not eating cause they were in a rush, lost kids, environmental conditions play a big part. Know your way around, know were the toilets are ect… People always ask stupid questions so be prepared lol. God forbid but with that many people there’s a chance of terrorist activity… EDIT: Btw, make sure you look after your self, enjoy the day and get the best seats in the house!

I agree, elite level sport have appropriate medical care eg doctors, surgeons, physios, chiros, exercise physiologists ect ect but at grass roots sport things are a little sad but that’s just the way the cookie crumbles. Paramedics are only a phone call away.

I'd say the same thing if I had to work in the states :wink: :shock:

I think I'm in love with family guy!!! If it was real I think I'd marry it :shock: BTW, Peter is more than welcome to save my life anyday :wink:

Yeah I know, that’s what annoys me about Australia. You can’t do a good sports medicine course or extend your education unless you’re a sports doctor, physio or chiro. Most sporting clubs, even some of the more semi professional clubs only have athletic trainers or as we call them sports trainers in Aussieland. At my football club we have 90 (if not more depending on how many show up) players of all different ages and divisions play 4 games over a period of 12 hours. We have 2 level two trainers which is what I am, we have EMT-B, Advanced Sports Tapping/Strapping, Advanced Sports Massage, Nutrition/hydration, rehabilitation, meds admin, injury prevention, risk management ect… Then we have 2 level 1 trainer who are basically first aiders with a Tapping Cert, they work under the level 2 trainers, then a professional measurer. To become level 2 you have to work your way up, have been a level one trainer for a few years then it’s a one night a week course at TAFE for a year. Even though we do all these courses there’s not continued education or anything just a refresher every 2 years. I would love to do a proper course and have a solid continuing education program but unfortunately insurance only cares about someone have that bit of paper so they can play there game…

Yeah, my service has junior cadets (age 11) they do a basic first aid course, go out to events under adult supervision, treat minor patients, fill out the paper work, take some obs ect… when you turn 15 you can become a senior cadet, do courses like advanced first aid, 02, defib, OPAs, splints, spinal ect… I’ve lived in a rural area most of my life so I’ve done things that cadets from a more urban or metro area wouldn’t have done, purely because of lack of volunteers. The first event I ever attend I was on a response team at the Melbourne show then my 2nd was motocross this was when I was 12, I kinda got chucked in the deep end I spose. I’ve been a athletic trainer since I was 14 and working on the fire truck since I was 16 again because there was nobody else to do it. NB, if you wana know more then look at that ‘locked’ youth in EMS post.

In Australia we have a course Master of Emergency Health which gives you your intensive care cert (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/postgrad/med-82.html) You have to be an onroad ALS paramedic for 2 years before you can do this course. You can also do courses like Master of Health Science, Master of Health Services Management, Doctor of Health Science which don’t really apply to emergency paramedince that much but I spose if you wanted to get into admin and command they’d work.

Its ok to cry lol... Millions of litres of alcohol wasted...

I had the pleasure of working 3 of 11 days at a scout camp with 25,000 of them in stinking hot, dust filled, wind blowing hell hole.! Never again lol… But I must admit I learned a heap and it was a pretty cool experience although I must backup dust, most of the presentations you see you really can’t do much for eg. Fungal injections, gastro, homesickness, coughs and cold, cell phone sickness, computer sickness, pains and aches so on and so forth… Also infection control was a massive issue, gastro was pretty much an emergency and the patients got isolated immediately, we went though thousands of liters of anti bacterial gel, we don’t need 25,000 kids with gastro!! Although on parents and friends day it was emergency after emergency after emergency for our 12 hour shift lol We had 6 first aid posts an ambulance station and a fully equipped hospital onsite (the whole area had been set up like a mini city) so if anything was above our or the first aiders capability we organized a referral then took them over to see the docs. Good luck with it anyway!

Sometimes some good old fashion reassurance works well in situations like this. I agree, something’s up! This 'nurse' didn’t happen to be the Lab assistant with a first aid cert lol??

Haha yeah, when I look back it was young… I started when I was 10 learning the ropes and basic first aid, when you reach 11 you become operational, do some courses and attend some standbys then you gradually build up from there. You’re always under strict adult supervision of course

Hey My name is Tim and I have a problem

The day I started my clinical placement at our local hospital the paramedics were preparing a kid about my age to be flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital because he had Alport Syndrome and was experiencing hearing loss and blurred vision.

Well that was random...

We tend not to use Yank Tanks over here. lol I've never heard of Knee bangers before, original I guess lol... I've never had a problem with the easyloaders.