Paramedic Services Competitors

The NSW public sector includes ten departments and many agencies and organisations working together to develop policy and deliver important services such as health, education, housing, transport and infrastructure across NSW. We are over 300,000 dedicated people who share the same values - making a difference, giving back and responding to the future. Read our community guidelines: bit.ly/PD-community-guidelines

The RFDS is a national, charitable, health organisation delivering primary healthcare and 24-hour emergency services for those that live in rural and remote Australia. Long known as one of the largest aeromedical organisations in the world, the RFDS delivers health care where mainstream health services are not available, using the latest in aviation, medical and communications technology and a broad-reaching ground-service fleet. Supported by a vast number of volunteers and supporters, the RFDS provides a lifeline for those that live, work and travel in rural and remote Australia, and has been doing so for over nine decades.

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