During the Omicron surge, ambulance services are experiencing increased patient numbers, emergency department ramping, shortages of supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), and staff absences resulting from staff being furloughed, awaiting testing, becoming infected or as a result of exhaustion and burn-out. As a result, we are now seeing the predicted overwhelming of ambulance […]
OzSAGE releases advice on paramedicine and ambulance services
OzSAGE has today released a ‘rapid advice’ to assist ambulance services and governments in addressing issues related to growing demand and complexity of care, and the protection and wellness of staff dealing with the inherent challenges of a pandemic in relatively uncontrolled clinical settings. We believe that these issues must be addressed to help maintain […]
Working Group: All Advice Documents, Paramedicine and Ambulance
Tags: paramedicine