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Overtime is “Voluntary”

October 4, 2019 Channel 7 Media interview AEA Office 04-10-2019...

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Ambulances spent 2303 hours ramped outside Adelaide hospitals last month

October 4, 2019 Patients were forced to wait in ambulances outside Adelaide’s crowded public hospital emergency departments for a staggering 2303 hours in September – the worst ramping figures in the...

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FIVEaa Radio – Leon Byner – Phil Palmer on Paramedics and Overtime

October 3, 2019 Interview starts at 01:32...

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ABC Radio – Ali Clarke & David Bevan – Phil Palmer on Paramedics and Overtime

October 3, 2019 Interview starts at 02:42:00...

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Roo & Ditts – Phil Palmer on Paramedics and Overtime

October 3, 2019 Interview starts at 22:22...

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SA ambulance officers to work on public holiday Monday amid overtime dispute

October 3, 2019 Ambulance officers will cover the upcoming Labour Day public holiday – but a dispute on overtime work remains.   Adelaide Now Subscribers Click on the link below.....

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Safe Staffing = Safe Community

October 2, 2019 ABC Radio interview 02-10-2019...

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Adelaide researchers look at why PTSD among paramedics is twice as high as other health workers

July 22, 2019 The rate of post-traumatic stress disorder among our paramedics is skyrocketing, with a team of Adelaide researchers desperately trying to determine the cause — and what can be done to...

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Fatigue and Stress Major Issues For Ambos

June 28, 2019 Townsend, K., Loudoun, R. and Wilkinson, A. (2018) Improving People Management in Emergency Services, Summary Report. Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University,...

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Paramedics need better care for accumulated stress

June 21, 2019 Ambulance Employees Association: Scoping Literature Reviews drawing on qualitative literature to address the physical, psychological, psychobiological, and psychosocial health of...

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Elderly woman dies after ramped for more than an hour in ambulance at Flinders Medical Centre carpark

September 20, 2019 An elderly woman taken to Flinders with a non-life-threatening condition died after her ambulance was ramped for more than an hour because of overcrowding, the union says.   Adelaide Now...

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Elderly patient dies after being ramped at Flinders Medical Centre

September 20, 2019 Up to 40 per cent of staff have said they would not want to be treated in the area’s hospitals. An elderly patient who waited more than an hour for treatment while being ramped at...

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Ambo ramping was worst on record in August, union says

September 19, 2019 Leaked data shows how many mental health patients are waiting more than a day to be treated – as the ambulance union warns ramping is worse than ever....

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