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November issue of First Response now available
Vol 23 No 2 -November 2018 is now available on the First Response page.
Closing Date for next edition of First Response is the 16th of January 2019 (but please send a.s.a.p.)
August 2018 issue of First Response now available
Vol 23 No 1 -August 2018 is now available on the First Response page.
Closing Date for next edition of First Response is the 16th of October 2018 (but please send a.s.a.p.)
February 2018 issue of First Response now available
Vol 22 No 3 – February 2018 is now available on the First Response page.
Closing Date for next edition of First Response is the 16th of April 2018 (but please send a.s.a.p.)
November 2017 issue of First Response now available
Vol 22 No 2 is currently available. Please go to the First Response tab to download this issue.
We are currently in the process of adding past issues. Watch this space for further details.
Call for nominations for the Board and Executive for 2017/2018
Audited financials FY 2016
There was a delay in completing our audited report, due to some technicalities in describing amounts – ie, whether an amount should be recorded as a grant or a donation, etc.
They have now been completed and the annual return submitted.
Should anyone wish to see the audited accounts please contact the Treasurer or the Secretary.
Dianne Coon
Secretary and Public Officer
Scholarships for volunteers
Last week the Hon Michael Keenan MP., announced the commencement of the emergency management volunteer scholarship program. The program will boost education development opportunities to ensure volunteers and their agencies are best equipped to prepare for and respond to disasters.
Eligible volunteers can receive financial support to access accredited vocational and higher education qualifications in emergency and disaster management fields. They will receive up to $12,000 for completing vocational education and training and up to $25,000 for higher education.
For more information on the application process visit the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience website.
https://www.aidr.org.au/education/scholarships-for-volunteers/
February 2015 Issue of First Response Now Available Online
The latest issue of the Volunteer Ambulance Officers Association of Tasmania quarterly newsletter “First Response” is now available from the “Newsletters” page on the VAOAT website
Careflight MediSim Trauma Training
Once again Careflight is offering their MediSim Trauma Care Workshop to emergency service volunteers in Tasmania. Participants who attended last year found this training extremely valuable and interesting.
This program runs over one day (8:30 to 4:30) or two evenings (6pm to 10pm) and is specifically designed to give participants the skills needed until emergency services arrive. While AT volunteers are already trained in Apply First Aid or Apply Advanced Resuscitation Techniques, CareFlight’s Volunteer Trauma Care workshop will build upon that training with additional knowledge, skills and confidence that may significantly enhance the long-term outcome of trauma patients. There are more details in the attached brochure.
The dates and locations for 2014 are as follows:
– Port Sorell November 25 & 26 (a two night workshop starting at 1750 and finishing at 2200 each night)
– Cradle Mountain November 28 (a one day workshop starting at 0820 and finishing at 1700)
– Hobart November 30 (a one day workshop)
– Freycinet December 1 (a one day workshop)
This training is not offered through or by Ambulance Tasmania. Participants will need to make their own travel arrangements and must wear casual clothes not AT uniform. AT cannot reimburse travel expenses and cannot provide Workers Compensation or any other insurance cover to participants.
Techniques taught by Careflight may differ substantially from those required by AT for VAOs and attaining competency in a skill or technique through CareFlight does not authorise a VAO to practice that skill or technique while working on-road under the auspices of AT.
AT recognise this is a valuable training opportunity for VAOs and the Director of Clinical Services has indicated that any VAO who completes the CareFlight training may apply to the Manager of Education and Professional Development for recognition of third-party training and will be awarded four training points towards their annual Minimum Requirements.