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15 February 2025
MHLS: Meet our quiet achievers saving lives everyday
There’s a group of extraordinary professionals sitting in the Queensland Ambulance Service’s Kedron Park Operations Centre who are largely unknown, but their influence on our patients and staff since the team’s inception has been enormous.
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10 February 2025
Clinical Hub expansion starts in March
Work is set to start this coming month on the $8.31-million Queensland Ambulance Service’s Clinical Hub refurbishment, to accommodate 30 additional staff members.
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01 February 2025
From the big smoke to the bush - our deserving ASM Award recipients
Two long-serving Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics have received the ultimate reward for their dedication and commitment to the service - Baralaba Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Vaughan Mason and North Lakes Senior Operations Supervisor (SOS)
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03 January 2025
QAS features in outback town's artwork
A small outback town has embraced its history for all to enjoy and learn from, and it’s clear the Queensland Ambulance Service has a very special place in its residents’ hearts and minds.
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24 December 2024
Disaster team makes it home in time for Christmas
Sixty-six members of Queensland’s Disaster Assistance Response Team made it home in time for Christmas after providing much needed assistance in the aftermath of Vanuatu’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that caused significant infrastructure collapse
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20 December 2024
Paramedic channels Santa to bring some Christmas cheer
With so much technology now at our fingertips, it now seems like a mammoth effort for a dying tradition, but Drayton Station’s Clinical Support Officer Nathan Brown has wholeheartedly embraced the hand cramps accompanying his letter writing and
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18 December 2024
Team effort brings Christmas magic to North Mackay Station
Ross Kerswell (pictured above and below) is known as the Christmas elf of North Mackay Ambulance Station, where each year he constructs his home-built display out the front of the station. However, when Ross suffered a stroke in the lead up to
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30 November 2024
Co-Responder says her job is simply 'the best'
They say if you love your job, you’ll never work a day in your life.For Queensland Ambulance Service's (QAS) Mackay-based Co-Responder Jessica Pulis, that’s more than just a saying...it’s a reality.
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06 November 2024
Co-Responding with The Nats: how falls teams work
Ask any patient our Falls Co-Response teams have responded to over the last year, and they’ll tell you what a positive experience they’ve had. The QAS Media team recently spent time on the road with one of our Falls Co-Response teams.
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04 November 2024
Falls figures flag a fine future
After a successful pilot in 2024, planning is now underway to expand the Queensland Ambulance Service’s (QAS) Falls Co-Response Program into more of the state’s regions in 2025.
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01 November 2024
Wayne Sachs on his 50 years
Queensland Ambulance Service's Gympie Station Officer-In-Charge Wayne Sachs reflects on his career with QAS as he receives his 50-year Long Service Medal.