Findlay Ferguson

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

@RobGrieves Also spotted one in Newport (VIC) on Saturday @techAU

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Any chance of fixing this system Labor? If not, no worries, just might need to get some good CPR training and education for the public on how to deal with emergency medical and public safety situations …. #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo @VicAmboUnion @PoliceAssocVIC

[Victorian Ambulance Union @VicAmboUnion]

#springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

So these ambulances just aren’t available for the community now, inevitably it will lead to poor outcomes for our patients, this is what happens when you use ambulances to fix gaps in the healthcare system #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Victorian Ambulance Union @VicAmboUnion]

Ambulance ramping last night at Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Crews with the lights on have been ramped for greater than 40 minutes, meaning they cant respond to patients in the community and will probably be working hours of overtime.
#springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Nah doesn’t look like a crisis to me, business as usual, no need to fix anything hey @JacintaAllanMP #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Victorian Ambulance Union @VicAmboUnion]

Ambulance ramping yesterday and last night at Sunshine and Ballarat Hospital.
Hospital delays are compounding the already stretched resources across Victoria.
#springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

This highlights perfectly what paramedics and @VicAmboUnion are trying to achieve, an EBA that delivers conditions to improve work life balance conducive of a family. It also highlights that if not, we will leave @JacintaAllanMP #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Laura Wirth @LauraCWirth]

The Australasian Paramedic Workforce Survey showed a great desire for flexibility in the workplace; a reduction in time pressures.

Also, 34% of paramedics now work outside of a jurisdictional ambulance service!

#ACPIC24

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

In a desperate bid to get fair working conditions signed off, paramedics are now considering moving their branches to the remaining level crossings in the state, with a bid to finally get some action #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Victorian Ambulance Union @VicAmboUnion]

Ambulance ramping overnight at Sunshine and Werribee Hospitals. Paramedics unable to respond and likely to work hours of overtime.
Meanwhile their EBA expired 8 months ago and paramedics still dont have a deal.
#springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Maybe @JacintaAllanMP and Labor just love ambos so much they want to give us our 5 mins of fame in the media, can’t think else why they’d drag out negotiations of fair working conditions over 20 months… #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Victorian Ambulance Union @VicAmboUnion]

20 months of negotiations with the Allan Government and Victorian paramedics still don’t have an enterprise agreement.

#springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Ramping starting off at Monash medical centre tonight. Brighton ambulance ramped so far for two hours. That’s two hours that the community in Brighton doesn’t have their ambulance. Few more ambulances just turned up…. #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Another day, another wasted resource. We attended 7 cases, only 2 needed to go to hospital. The rest didn’t need an ambulance. But our broken call taking system can’t handle that, and rather than work with us to fix it, @JacintaAllanMP would rather drag out this EBA #springst

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Imagine not valuing fair working conditions for your emergency services, you should be doing everything you can to preserve the staff you have, let’s make paramedics a career job again @JacintaAllanMP @VicAmboUnion #springst

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Wondering if I’ll be able to finish on time today to see my 7 month old son…. Looking unlikely under the current EBA @JacintaAllanMP @VicAmboUnion #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Apparently not essential enough #springst

[Victorian Ambulance Union @VicAmboUnion]

Victoria - The State of Emergency Service Dispute.

https://t.co/O7NP5P3ggK

Find police petition here: https://t.co/LnvyLRcEcl

#springst #ambosdeservealifetoo

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Sad day when our working conditions are compared to @essendonfc’s form @JacintaAllanMP @TimRichardsonMP @VicAmboUnion #springst

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[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Great idea @AmbulanceVic , public certainly need CPR training given the response times under @JacintaAllanMP #springst

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Mount Martha nightshift ambulance only just got back to branch now, 16 hours and 19 minutes after they started…. Seriously dangerous levels of overtime #springst #ambosdeservealifetoo @VicAmboUnion

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

Hopefully the advice is on how to return @AmbulanceVic to being an emergency service. AV must utilise the highly training paramedics to attend Victorian community members that have emergencies, not be tied up at low acuity cases that should be managed at a GP #springst

[Simon Love @SimoLove]

Premier Jacinta Allan says the Minister for Ambulance Services is seeking further advice on Ambulance Victoria and will meet with the chair of its board next week. Jacinta Allan says “This is not a sustainable situation,” @SkyNewsAust #springst

[Findlay Ferguson @Findlaybf]

@AmbulanceVic Something that the person leaking this information from senior executive should have been aware of. Very convenient timing to cover up the @VicAmboUnion vote of no confidence #springst