MEDICAL RESCUE Competitors

Relief in times of crisis, care when it's needed most and commitment when others turn away. Red Cross is there for people in need, no matter who you are, no matter where you live. We help tens of millions of people around the world each year and care for local communities in Australia and Asia Pacific. For more information on our and how you can get involved, visit our website.

Ambulance Victoria (AV) is responsible for providing emergency medical transport, pre-hospital care and non-emergency stretcher and clinic transport services for around 5.2 million people throughout Victoria, an area of almost 227,600 square kilometres. The organisation is also responsible for providing air ambulance services throughout the state. AV is an integral component of the health care system and consequently a significant infrastructure is in place to enable a rapid emergency response and delivery of a high standard of pre-hospital care to the community. The objectives of AV are as follows: • to respond rapidly to requests for help in a medical emergency • to provide specialised medical skills to maintain life and to reduce injuries in emergency situations and while moving people requiring those skills • to provide specialised transport facilities to move people requiring emergency medical treatment • to provide services for which specialised medical or transport skills are necessary; and • to foster public education in first aid AV aims to improve the health of the community by providing emergency and health crisis services. In achieving this purpose, AV will seek to be known for: • excellence in paramedic services for health emergencies and crises • integrating with and connecting health emergency and crises services • effective first contact health emergency and crises solutions In a life-threatening emergency, please call Triple Zero (000). If it's not life-threatening and you do require care, you can access help through: Nurse on Call (24/7) - 1300 60 60 24 - https://www.health.vic.gov.au/primary-care/nurse-on-call Victorian Virtual Emergency Department - https://www.vved.org.au/ Priority Primary Care Centres - https://www.health.vic.gov.au/priority-primary-care-centres Better Health Channel - https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/ Your GP Pharmacists

CareFlight is an Australian aeromedical charity, established in 1986. CareFlight's mission is to save lives, speed recovery and serve the community by providing the highest standard of rapid response critical care. We use helicopters, aeroplanes and medi-jets to bring a hospital level of care to the critically ill and injured. Our aircrew, medical teams and coordinators work closely together to ensure that patients receive the best care as soon as possible. It's about bringing the right team to the right patient at the right time. CareFlight doctors and nurses are specially trained in pre-hospital and transport medicine. They care for severely injured patients who need emergency treatment at the scene of the incident. They also transport seriously ill patients who need to be moved between hospitals. CareFlight has a strong focus on education. We hold teaching accreditation with the critical care colleges of anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine. Over the years CareFlight has trained hundreds of critical care specialists in the unique and challenging environment of pre-hospital and transport medicine. Everything CareFlight has achieved over the years has been with the support of the community we serve. That loyal and generous support has made it possible for CareFlight to spread our wings across Australia and beyond. We rely on our many partners and friends to provide the resources to make the CareFlight difference.