AV 037 November 12, 2020 RISKS OF INTRANASAL KETAMINE Ambulance Victoria have recently introduced the use of Intranasal Ketamine as an avenue for pain management, and as a replacement for Intranasal Fentanyl. In 2019, approximately 60 paramedics in East Gippsland experienced Ambulance Victoria's botched investigation into Ketamine exposure. The mishandling of [...]
AV 036 November 11, 2020 RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN The AEAV is a part of the United Workers Union, with 150,000 members across the country. Our union has a long and proud history of working in solidarity with First Nations Communities, and we are coming together to stand for justice and [...]
SA 001 July 20, 2020 Petition Dear Resident of South Australia, Thank you for your interest in supporting our efforts to secure safe staffing of the SA Ambulance Service, and to eradicate the scourge of ambulance ramping at SA hospitals, in order to ensure a safe community for all South [...]
QLD 001 July 10, 2020 Access to patient information The Union has provided a number of members with advice, support and representation regarding allegations of inappropriate access to patient records in recent months. In all of these cases the allegations have been taken incredibly seriously by investigating officers and the [...]
NSW 001 June 11, 2020
TAS 001 May 12, 2020 AMBULANCE EBA - IT'S DONE We went to the TIC last Tuesday. We appeared, along with government reps, before the Tasmanian Industrial Commission to vary the Ambulance Award and to agree to the 2019 EBA. The TIC president approved the agreement with effect 1 July [...]
AV 035 April 14, 2020 Ambulance employees welcome recruitment boost in Victoria The Ambulance Employees Australia Victoria (AEAV) welcomes the fast tracking of the recruiting of paramedics across Victoria during the coronavirus crisis. Ambulance employees are at the frontline of the pandemic and workload is expected to increase with the [...]
AV 034 February 19, 2020 RURAL SPARES TO REMAIN UNPROTECTED? AV has presented their draft clause regarding the RSRP model as part of the EB negotiations. To date AEAV has in good faith supported the claim made by VAU to make some amendments to the RSRP model. This is despite [...]
AV 033 February 18, 2020 DRUG TESTING ROUND 2?! Members have alerted the AEAV that Ambulance Victoria is conducting hair testing in the East Gippsland region again. In March 2019, paramedics in Bairnsdale were subjected to barbaric hair testing during a probe for missing drugs. These paramedics were left with [...]
AV 032 January 29, 2020 AV SPECIAL LEAVE UPDATE Ambulance Victoria‘s Acting Executive Director of Clinical Operations, Terry Marshall, has confirmed that the AV Executive discussed the provision of support to staff who were affected by the recent bushfire crisis. In discussions with AEAV, Terry Marshall has stated that an [...]