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Originally Posted by Black_BF_mKII
Nothing is more important than medical care. If you're still talking under the context of finding the job, before you administer the medical care, then either your partner can find further information via phone or you can do it via the dispatcher. I don't understand your point?
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You are from Melbourne, I see why you cannot understand the point.
Real example:
Injured person with 7 broken ribs, suspected neck and spine injuries on a road in a forestry region.
000 called.
000 cannot find the area despite it being very obvious of even google maps but as they are city people have no idea of the rest of the country other than on their computer.
000 told the nearest ambo was at a small town abou 15km away.
000 refused to be told which ambo "THEY WILL DECIDE WHICH AMBO".
000 send ambo from another town 100km away.
Ambo gets lost.
000 keeps asking stupid questions like where is nearest post office and where is nearest street corner and cannot understant that there is somewhere in Australia that does not habe a post office or street corner within a a few hundred metres.
2 hr go by.
Patient is getting a bit dehydrated and ants are starting to awarm.
Ambo still lost.
Give up on ambo and set off EPIRB.
Chopper turns up 10 min later but cannot land close and does not want to do air extraction due to risk with spine.
Chopper person at site rings ambo on personal phone and guides ambo in to allow transfer of patient from ground to chopper 2 km away. Radio did not work in area and chopper was on ground.
Patient requires 6 days in ICU.
The fact that YOU have never been in a situation does not mean it does not happen.
And you are an ambo, not a firery, SES, RFS, copper or any of the other services that may need to use any methodology to complete their task.
Coppers carry guns. They are not allowed to used them for hunting or pistol club but they have them in case they need to use them not to use all the time instead of other tools. If there was not an exemption in the law that allowed coppers to carry guns they could not legally use them.
Emergency services can use phones if they have to without breeching the traffic act. They can also exceed the speed limit.
This does not mean they are allowed to do 140km/h on the way to the fish and chips shop ringing ahead to grab 2 cod and chips.
Seriously, if you cannot understand how there may be a situation that does not follow the normal rules and you cannot think outside the square to solve a problem then I wonder if you are in the right job......