Journal article
Paramedic Law and Regulation in Australia: An introduction
Australian Paramedic, Vol.Summer, pp.5-14
2019
Abstract
Paramedics have always had an important role in the community. In the Parliamentary Select Committee of Inquiry Report into Ambulance Services in 1991, Jim Elder stated 'the ambulance service exists to serve the needs of all the people of Queensland. In life and death situations, one has the right to expect the benefit of an efficient service with up-to-date, high tech equipment and the assistance of uniformly skilled officers ... ' Elder's position from 1991 is no less relevant now. Paramedics are trained for emergency and urgent situations, and pre-hospital care reduces the economic burden placed on hospital emergency departments, highlighting the valuable contribution of paramedics to the wider community.
Details
- Title
- Paramedic Law and Regulation in Australia: An introduction
- Authors
- Dominique Moritz (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Criminology - LegacyPhillip Ebbs (Author) - Charles Sturt University
- Publication details
- Australian Paramedic, Vol.Summer, pp.5-14
- Publisher
- Emergency Media
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99472808202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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