Ambulance Employees Association (SA)

Members have reported over 20 crews ramped after 4:30pm today at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Whilst ramping decreased last month this still saw nearly 3,000 hrs lost. This is the RAH today (12/11). There must be further improvements to flow, mental health and off-load procedures on top of additional beds to ensure ambulances are free to respond to the community.

Last night SAAS declared OPSTAT White with up to 54 ambulances ramped across Adelaide, 17 ramped at FMC alone, some for over 7 hours. Despite this risk to our community, SA Health is set to end the Statewide Code Yellow tomorrow, despite our calls for it to continue.

The ambulance union is demanding SA Health enforce its own policy on ramping. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3SFABgp

Abuse and violent behaviour against healthcare workers increased by 43% last year. Abuse should not be part of the job. Look after those who look after us.

It is never okay to abuse, threaten or assault healthcare workers. Everyone deserves to be safe at work.

Ambulances spent a new record of more than 5500 hours ramped outside Adelaide hospitals in July. indaily.com.au/news/2024/08/0…

In July ambulances spent over 5,550hrs stuck on hospital ramps, the worst ever on record. This is completely unacceptable & must be a moment for the Government to stop & reassess all actions they are taking to fix ramping. Full release at aeasa.com.au.

It’s an exciting day for the community as we cut the ribbon on Norwood’s first-ever, purpose-built ambulance station.

This is the fifth new or rebuilt ambulance station to open since we came into Government in 2022. This new Norwood ambulance station addresses a critical coverage gap in the city fringe suburbs - which were diverting crews away from their local areas.

Today Norwood Station was officially opened by Premier Malinauskas & Minister Picton 🚑. Norwood’s 24/7 crews will finally fill the massive ambulance blackspot in the eastern suburbs. These ongoing investments are directly improving ambulance response times for our community.

‘An 83-year-old woman spent 12 hours waiting to be admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital overnight, with the ambulance union saying the level and duration of ramping has “reached levels that I’d never previously heard about”. indaily.com.au/news/2024/07/2…

Woodville Station officially opened today 🚑🥳 housing a 24/7 crew & dedicated training facilities for Paramedic Interns. It is the first of 5 additional stations to open across Adelaide bringing much needed capacity for SA Ambulance. 📷 Paramedics Brett, Karli, Liv & Matt

SA government continues to invest in #health with a new #ambulance station and #hospital hub launch in Adelaide’s West - glamadelaide.com.au/new-ambulance-… @aeasa1981 @PictonChris @SA_Ambulance @rlarsenfpa @sa_ambos @James_W_Pearce @anthonypryz @AmbuDriver3688 @agwalker01

The State Government is committing an additional $58 million into the SA Ambulance Service to improve ambulance response times. 🚑 Read more >> hubs.la/Q02zy6Rf0 #adelaide #glamadelaide #southaustralia

Two major Adelaide hospitals will be given fresh upgrades to urgently bring online more bed capacity. The cash injection set to be a taste of a significant new record health spend as the government desperately works to fix the system. @ollie_haig #9News

More funding for 3 new ambulance stations, specialist telehealth paramedics and electronic records will improve patient care and ambulance response times. An additional 56 in-patient beds are welcome investments to improve patient flow and ramping. bit.ly/3X4NtzB

NEW $120 MILLION SA AMBULANCE SERVICE HQ & ADELAIDE STATION construction has officially begun! 🚑🙌 It's set to be complete by late 2025 >>> hubs.la/Q02tT6Fc0 #adelaide #southaustralia

🌺 On this solemn day, we honour and remember the brave men and women who have served our country with dedication, putting their lives on the front line to protect others. Let us pause and reflect on the courage of our service members, past and present. Lest We Forget.

Great work from our 000 members providing critical advice while Paramedics were on their way. Next year will see a new state of the art HQ open alongside an Adelaide Ambulance Station - bringing much needed capacity, functionality and resources for our members and the community.