Ramping rising as a patient waits 110 hours in Royal Adelaide Hospital Emergency Department for an appropriate bed

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Ramping rising as a patient waits 110 hours in Royal Adelaide Hospital Emergency Department for an appropriate bed

September 14, 2020 Demand for mental health treatment is adding to ambulance ramping problems with patients stuck in the ED waiting for a bed – including one patient who waited 110 hours....

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Caleb Bond: You won’t fix SA’s health system without investing more money in improving it

September 7, 2020 SA’s ambulance service says people are at risk of dying because it can’t cope with demand – and hospital ramping is back. If we don’t invest in health soon, we will pay with...

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The ‘war’ between ambulance management and union fires up, meanwhile ramping increases

September 7, 2020 The industrial dispute between ambulance management and the union, which union officials now describe as “war” is heating up as new data shows ramping rising....

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Dear Resident of South Australia

September 6, 2020 Dear Resident of South Australia, Thank you for your interest in supporting our efforts to secure safe staffing of the SA Ambulance Service, and to eradicate the scourge of ambulance...

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SA Ambulance Service risk report raises patient death potential owing to lack of funding, resources for paramedics

September 6, 2020 A report has warned of potential patient death due to the “deteriorating” ability of the SA’s ambulance service as more images emerge of ramping at an Adelaide hospital....

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Roster Reform, changing working conditions.

September 4, 2020 Ambulance Employees Association · FIVEaa Leon Byner – Phil Palmer...

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ABC Adelaide – Ali Clarke BREAKFAST 891

September 4, 2020 AEA Secretary Phil Palmer and SAAS CEO David Place discuss demands for changing working conditions. Ambulance Employees Association · ABC Adelaide – Ali Clarke BREAKFAST 891 Ambos...

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ABC Radio Adelaide – Mornings with David Bevan

September 1, 2020 Hospital Delays! Media interview with Phil Palmer 31-08-2020...

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Another Shocking Day for Ambos and Their Patients

August 31, 2020 Saturday 29th August saw yet another “OpStat (Operational Status) Red declared at 11:45 a.m. still going at 9 p.m. OpStat Red, by SA Ambulance’s own definition is, in brief, a situation...

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SA Ambo’s Explosive Post About The Death Of An Adelaide Patient

August 31, 2020 By Tim Ashdown  31 August 2020 Ambulance Employees Association · Fiveaa 31 – 08 – 2020...

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Fears Ambulance Delay Cost Patient’s Life

August 31, 2020 Channel 9 Media interview AEA Office 31-08-2020...

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Ambulance ramping and crowded corridors return to hospital EDs

July 31, 2020 Ambulances are again ramping at major hospitals as clogged EDs leave patients and medical staff in crowded corridors, making social distancing “impossible” according to the union....

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Extent of violence against emergency workers revealed; Unions demand stronger penalties to punish offenders

April 28, 2020 Frontline workers are getting attacked hundreds of times a year – and the unions representing them are pushing for permanently stronger penalties.....

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FIVEaa Radio – Leon Byner – Police, Ambos and other Emergency workers are copping abuse!

April 28, 2020 Police, Ambos and other Emergency workers are copping abuse! Starts at 01:44…...

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Coronavirus Australia: NSW paramedics urge leaders to declare a state of emergency

March 26, 2020 > NSW Paramedics have called on leaders to call a state of emergency to free-up funds, amid extreme coronavirus pressures on the front line....

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Arrest warrant issued for Donald Smith, accused of kicking paramedic

February 27, 2020 A man who allegedly fly-kicked a paramedic on Christmas Day showed up for his first court appearance – but not his second....

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‘Gut-wrenching’ delays for patients – and ambos

February 7, 2020 MITCH MOTT – A STRESSED and overworked senior paramedic has told the Employment Tribunal that trying to co-ordinate the ambulance service’s limited resources is so stressful the...

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Ambulance Employee Association demands on-call shifts in rural areas be scrapped over exhaustion and fatigue fears

February 3, 2020 Paramedics in some country towns are suffering from severe exhaustion and fatigue because of a system which leaves them either working or on-call for 96 hours at a time....

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Ambulance union heads to court over ramping and rosters

February 2, 2020 Complaints about ambulance ramping, rosters and more will be on public show this week when the ambulance union takes its woes to court, warning “lives are at risk.”...

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Proposed laws to help emergency services personnel with PTSD

January 23, 2020 News laws to make it easier for emergency workers to claim support for post traumatic stress have been introduced to South Australia’s parliament....

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