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04 February 2025
LAC gets early start to teach young students first aid
Chermside Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) volunteer and student paramedic Emily Bailey admitted she had a moment of fear and trepidation when she accepted a request for the LAC to deliver first aid training to around 60 primary school children at
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03 February 2025
Brave boy recognised for quick thinking to keep his mum safe
In November last year, North Lakes paramedics Stacey Heath and Ainsley Jonker were called to a Keperra home after an eight-year-old boy called Triple Zero (000) stating his mum was having the worst seizure she’d ever had.
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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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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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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.
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02 August 2024
QAS Paramedics compete for USAR selection
Within two hours of a call for duty, a select team of Queensland Ambulance Service specialists must be ready to deploy to a disaster zone anywhere in the world.
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01 July 2024
QAS in their blood: meet our King's Birthday Honours List paramedics
Two Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) officers have been included in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List, with their recognition reflecting the diversity of our staff, stations, and communities but also setting high professional standards.
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01 June 2024
In the PTS passenger seat for a day
Queensland Ambulance Service’s Patient Transport Service (PTS) officers describe themselves as our Health System’s “quiet achievers”, ferrying patients to and from our hospitals.