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I wish you well with your inexperienced paramedic crew that have a combined total of 3 years experience between them when you or your family need them. I know I would prefer a crew with 20+ years experience between them managing my time of need. But you won't get that because all the experienced ones are now "getting out of the kitchen".
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Ours is a bit complex, we work 12 hr shifts that is loosely a 2 days and 2 nights arrangements but there are periods throughout the roster where we have multiple afternoon shifts or multiple day shifts. My base rate of pay at the highest increment (we have 3 increments spaced at 2 years apart) is $29/hr which is less than an enrolled nurse gets paid in QLD. We get 6 weeks annual leave which is good and two weeks accrued leave to make up for the fact that we average 40 hours per week, not 38. We do not get weekend penalties and will soon lose our night shift penalties as well in exchange for a "aggregate rate" that is unaffected by how many weekends or night shifts we actually work. The end result is we work an average of 40 hrs per week, plus at least 5 hrs overtime, 7 days a week missing 3 1/3 weekends out of 6, not seeing our family for days on end and having no ability to plan social lives or sporting interests. We also have extreme pressures at work with the decisions we make with responsibilities far beyond the pay we receive. We deal with trauma, death, destruction and the darkness of humanity daily and we do it all for about $70-80k a year at the highest increment.
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The truth is we get paid less than enrolled nurses, spend 12 hours on shift with no meal breaks, no rest pauses and if we have a problem with any of it we get "managed" out of the service.
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Let me say first and foremost that ambos are on a very short list of careers that I will instantly respect someone for doing and that I am eternally grateful to all those who are brave enough to take on the huge burden that goes with it.
I'm a radiographer and have worked in the country, in big public hospitals and now in a relatively cushy private hospital. I've seen trauma patients from all sorts of incidents and I work extended hours being on call and getting called in in the middle of the night, but I know that none of that compares to what our front-line emergency services see. Plus I only get rostered on for 8 hours. I wish that there was a real and acute threat that ambos could make to force the government to listen, but short of putting lives at risk, there is nothing other than the chronic issue of burnout and breakdown that plague the industry. As proud as it makes me, it truly scares me that my best friend and my younger brother are looking to be paramedics because I've talked with paramedics who have either given up life outside of work, including relationships or are virtually burning out in front of my eyes. I thank every one of you and wish you all the best in improving BOTH your pay and conditions. |
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Problem is, the heat is rising, and the kitchen is getting crowded. And there will be a point where everyone walks out of the kitchen. What happens then? And you say that it wont happen, they wont strike, because they are good, self sacrificing people who put themselves out there. And that's what the Ambulance dept hold over them. They know they wont strike because its not fair on the people who need their help because they are (quite literally sometimes) innocent bystanders, who didnt ask to be in a car accident, didnt ask to get burned in a fire, etc. And what if the majority of emergency workers cant "stand the heat" get out and only the ones who can do stay? Current staffing levels are too low. What are you going to do when your bleeding out after a car accident with no way to treat it yourself because your pinned? Beat you wish the AC got turned on in the kitchen awhile ago huh?
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I have all the respect in the world for paramedics so its completely ****** that I hear this happening. *thinks about running as a local MP*
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Thanks, other option is to write to your local MP and get him to explain why this is the case, get your friends and family to do so as well.
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23 minute response time here in Central/Northern rural region for Ambos in Vic.
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To put it into context, 23 minutes for life threatening emergencies. Hours for other lesser acuity cases. And the high court recently upheld an injunction to publish the real times. The Victorian ambulance crisis isn't getting better any time soon.
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Point is, plenty of workers in plenty of industries get the shaft. |
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That's why being a member of your union is important, have a look at the conditions that the construction industry has and how strong safety regulation is.
Your annual leave and paid sick days weren't gifted to you by business. The reason people tend to unionize in a shop is there are serious underlying issues which are being ignored, for my situation at the time we turned to them after more than a year of trying to sort out issues we had which kept getting ignored. The only reason why I am still a member is that my political party membership requires it ![]() Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 04-11-2014 at 10:29 AM. |
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I'm not a big fan of Unions, but it looks like the Ambo's need one.
If they already have one they're not doing too much.
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Vic has the AEA which is doing the big campaign for better conditions, as people were saying they won't just go out on strike, so they can be bullied and pushed around easily.
If you see a Vic Ambo you'll notice it has writing all over it, I'll post up pics when I get home. |
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Yeah I have the stickers and a t-shirt.
I used to build your ambulances bro ![]() What a poo storm that was, I feel sorry for you guys driving those horrible rattly pieces of crap. The cupboards rattle, the door catches don't even lock half the time, reverse sensors upside down, the flash patterns on the emergency lights don't match, the list goes on lol. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 04-11-2014 at 08:50 PM. |
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Haha nice, Mader or ETT? Door latches on the drawers that don't lock, in front of the jockey seat, are the most annoying lol. Oh and when the screen for the reverse cameras is put right over the dashboard cupholder too lol.
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ETT, for those not familiar with the two manufacturers, the older ETT ambos have fiberglass rear wings with LED red and blue modules on it.
The newer ones ditched the rear wing and have a light bar but with raw aluminum brackets holding LED work lights. you 'll be well acquainted with faulty touch screen controls double pressing everything, oh and the reverse camera monitor location blocking the cup holders was a request from the rural paramedics according to fleet management as they preferred it there. I'd be interested in taking this to PM if you want to discuss further issues and why we didn't fix them. |
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I wish I got 8 weeks paid leave a year for doing 48hour weeks.
TBH I was not familiar with the dispute ambo/paramedics have, other than if I was to graffiti my work van, I'd lose my job. Unsure what the pay rate is but I naturally assume it is high based on what you need to see and deal with. I know you can't clockoff at the end of the day. This field should be a role that is inviting for new people so the man power is there in the event of an emergency, the government should back this as they do any other public service.
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This is the Vic Ambos and what they're doing to raise awareness, this is my local crew:
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I sympathise with their plight but that is not a good look. |
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The point that annoys me so much is that so many think we are lucky that we get so many holidays yet we have no social life, a very family unfriendly roster and deal with stresses that most people say "I could never do your job".
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Pretty good comprimise, imagine if the CFMEU was their union? David Davis the health minister would probably face down on the floor in a pool of his own blood, and they would still go out on strike illegally, fight with police and picket the hospitals lol. Quote:
http://www.open.edu.au/careers/healt...dics-ambulance Starting salary: $50,000 P/A Senior salary: $73,000 P/A Average salary: $61,000 P/A So a worksafe inspector gets paid $11K more a year than a senior paramedic. Being a paramedic seems like the "LV Mechanic" of the emergency services world, all the qualifications with none of the pay or conditions. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 05-11-2014 at 07:12 PM. |
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and something else which has also been mentioned, people only care when it affects them directly.
i hope you never have to experience a situation where the response time is the difference between life and death of someone close to you. |
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And personally I think the writing is a bad look too, but we have nothing else we can do in our campaign. The reason it's allowed is due to it being approved under protected industrial action by Fair Work Australia.
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