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20 March 2025
Watching the experts from the passenger seat
We’d met earlier that morning at the start of their shift; me keen to get as many photos and video as I could and experience a day in the life of a paramedic on the northern Gold Coast, and them; “volun-told” to have this internal comms guy
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15 March 2025
It's sunny skies for cardiac arrest survivor Gary
In early February 2025, 64-year-old Gary Fletcher had decided to start driving himself to hospital from his Narangba home after an extreme bout of chest pain while mowing, but his plans changed quickly.
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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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02 February 2025
Regional OIC’s photos take us back to the future
Dysart Station’s Officer in Charge Michael Board is still enjoying his 30-plus career but more recently, his sights have been set on recording our history using the very latest photographic technology.
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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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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