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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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30 December 2024
Officers teach lifesaving skills in traditional language
In a first for Queensland Ambulance Service’s community engagement, 12 officers have recently undertaken training to deliver a game-changing education program to some of our most remote communities using traditional languages.
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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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30 December 2024
Officers teach lifesaving skills in traditional language
In a first for Queensland Ambulance Service’s community engagement, 12 officers have recently undertaken training to deliver a game-changing education program to some of our most remote communities using traditional languages.
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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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14 December 2024
Aubrey's special ending to the school year
Darling Downs and South West Assistant Commissioner Peta Thompson and Paramedic Richard Taylor proudly presented nine-year-old Aubree Tidyman a Recognition of Bravery certificate after ultimately saving the life of her grandfather, Roland.
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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.