Ambulance victoria emergency medical information book

Membership cover and non emergency transport ambulance victoria. From an original idea by intensive care paramedic rob snell, emi book was. Ambulance and nonemergency patient transport health. The emergency medical information book contains all of your information and medical records which is needed if or when an ambulance is called and you need to be transported to a hospital.

For information on ambulance transport payment guidelines please visit the victorian department of health. The emergency medical information book contains all your information and medical records which are needed if or when an ambulance is called and you need to. Ambulance victoria av transports patients in accordance with the non emergency patient transport nept regulations 2016 and clinical practice protocols cpps. The main users are patients outside the metropolitan area, which ensures rural communities have rapid access to our highest level of care and transport to specialist care in the melbourne. For non emergency ambulance bookings in western australia telephone 08 9334 1234. Ambulance victoria provides emergency and non emergency care to all victorians.

Emergency medical information book a community service. Ambulance victoria av, a victorian agency of the department of health and human services. Booklet emergency medical information rotary lions emib. For emergencies in australia always dial triple zero 000 for ambulance, police or fire. Pioneering paramedics and volunteer receive ambulance service medal. The emergency medical information book is a life saver.

Ambulance victoria av is responsible for providing emergency medical transport, prehospital care and non emergency stretcher and clinic transport services for around 5. The emergency medical information book contains all your information and medical records which are needed if or when an ambulance is called and you need to be transported to a hospital when paramedics are called, a typical scenario is that distraught family members may be unable to give correct details of. Emergency medical information book is where you can write your medical information ready for if an ambulance is called or you are transported to hospital. Ambulances are dispatched according to the medical urgency of the patients condition. Triple zero 000 callers can help us by providing information that is as accurate. The emergency medical information emi book provides paramedics and hospital staff with the opportunity to obtain rapid information regarding the patients medication, and in some cases, a brief medical history which may have be provided by the patients doctor. A combined community service project by rotary, lions club and ambulance service. Medical book lions clubs australia activities health medical book the emergency medical information book contains all of a persons information and medical records needed if or when an ambulance is called and they need to be transported to a hospital. In the case of a medical emergency call triple zero 000 and ask for ambulance.

Ambulance victoria provides emergency medical response to more than 5. Members cannot book their own transport and in all cases transport is provided to the nearest, most appropriate medical facility within victoria. Ambulance victoria s fleet of five helicopters and four aeroplanes provide a vital link between rural communities and metropolitan health services. Av provides emergency medical response to more than 5. Ambulance victoria av aims to improve the health of the community by providing high quality prehospital care and medical transport. We can staff a 7th and 8th ambulance through flex staffing if the calls for service exceed the availability of the 6 other ambulances. Victorias ambulance services respond to people who are seriously ill or severely injured, and nonemergency patient transport nept is also available. This process is supported by the ambulance victoria clinical practice guideline committee and medical advisory committee.