The ambulance service called its seventh code red this year overnight. | By Ashleigh McMillan AmbulanceVictoria Ambulance
Victoria’s ambulance service reported a code red in Melbourne overnight, with ambulance ramping at a major hospital and a shortage of specialised paramedics.The escalation plan was called by Ambulance Victoria just before 2am on Sunday after extreme demand for ambulances within metropolitan Melbourne. The code red was withdrawn by 3.15am.
Hill said a number of ambulance crews specialising in life support had called for help from the Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics overnight, but there were none available.“That means they have got a patient who is sick enough that they require not just advanced life support treatment, they actually require intensive care treatment as well ... But unfortunately, the resources are so scarce when it gets this busy, but there’s often no MICA resources able to respond.
“I really want to see some real national engagement on this issue because so much of it sits under the federal system, which is primary care, aged care, and disability care,” he said.“So much of that is spilling over into the ambulance arena, despite the fact ambulances are meant to do a very specific job, which is treat and transport patients with immediate emergency medical injury or illness.”
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