Breaking: Paramedics across Sydney are reporting rapidly increasing call volumes, with reported wait times for the highest level emergencies of up to an hour | lucy_carroll
Health Services Union NSW secretary Gerard Hayes said paramedics are expecting a “summer they have never seen before” as the volume of triple zero calls escalates with increasing COVID-19 cases and other traumas and injuries over the holiday period.
“Paramedics are also catching COVID-19 and needing to take extended periods of time off work,” the manager said., show that on Wednesday the average response time for P1, or potentially life-threatening cases, was 58 minutes across Sydney metropolitan area. P1 category cases cover cases including unconscious patients, people having an acute heart attack or choking.
“People are going out and partying and paramedics are under significant pressure on top of the COVID pressures that are already under,” said Mr Hayes.
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