Hospitals and Healthcare

As Victoria's ambulance service struggles to keep up with demand during the pandemic, a new collective of community paramedics say they could be part of the solution.

Dean's relentless workload as a Victorian paramedic pushed him to the brink, as a new report finds one quarter of the state's ambulance officers are suffering psychological distress.  

Poor physical and mental health among Australian paramedics is not just because of their exposure to traumatic events. It's also related to toxic workplace cultures and harmful management practices.

Anthony Almojera, on being a New York City paramedic and the injustices of covid-19.

As the country stays bunkered down during the pandemic, some ambulance services have seen a reduction in call-outs, especially to road accidents. Others say they're dealing with calls about flu-like symptoms that need to go elsewhere.

A new memoir explores the intensity of being a paramedic and what really goes down after that triple-zero call.

The gesture was enjoyed "so much" by the Australian man on his final trip to hospital, relatives say.

The woman was buckling her two young children into the car when she was allegedly slashed across the chest, inflicting a 15cm gash.

Overstretched paramedic educators are struggling to support front-line staff.

Getting basic healthcare in regional Australia sometimes can be hard. A community paramedic trial in Victoria is rethinking the profession's role and aims to ease the strain on doctors and nurses.

Paramedics are taught to avoid danger, so when this pandemic began my first instinct was to run away. Instead I cursed quietly, prepared my protective gear, and got to work. But I'm seen as a leper for doing my job, writes Benjamin Gilmour.

Call any time day or night and we’ll turn up to your front door. But Covid-19 makes things more complex

A new report reveals the number of men taken to hospital for self-harm incidents over the past three is three times higher than hospital data shows, and highlights how first responders feel ill-prepared to deal with patients in mental crisis. Read more at Monash Lens.

Ivy, who has since been diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy, is back to her bubbly self.

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, one positive story has emerged from tragedy.

A smartphone app will help Ambulance Victoria respond to major incidents where patients are spread out over a large area.