<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>They were pretty clear in the Campbell Live coverage that they were particularly busy attending other urgent calls, so I would have to lean toward the idea of under-resourcing. I have the impression Ambo officers don't get large amounts of idle-time, which is both ideal (for StJ) and not ideal (for everyone else).<br>
<br></div>It also sounds like the calltaker initially gave the call the wrong, low priority which knocked it down the list.<br><br></div>What's always amazed me is the proportional differences between WFA and StJ... WFA seem to do proportionately more, with less, and don't sting patients for transport either. Would love to understand how they each spend their money.<br>
<br></div>Central commcen's and dispatch makes sense, but always run the risk that economy-of-scale is taken too far, I wonder if they've simply met their margins and need to up-resource from here to ensure service remains consistently high.<br>
<br></div>All the StJ folks i've met or worked with have been great. The problem has to be more systemic, IMHO.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Ed Linklater <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ed.linklater@gmail.com" target="_blank">ed.linklater@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Oh, absolutely. But whether there's any ambulances available to respond to those prioritised jobs is a different question.<div>
<br></div><div>In South Auckland last night there was a queue of 4 reds waiting with no ambulances available.</div>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:56 AM, David Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cisconz@gmail.com" target="_blank">cisconz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I was more saying that if the call was prioritized by Pro-QA, it would have the same priority in Wellington as it would the rest of the country.<br>
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Ed Linklater <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ed.linklater@gmail.com" target="_blank">ed.linklater@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">WFA are 95% paid ambulance staff whereas St John are heavily reliant on volunteers. WFA also have a better ratio of ambulances to population.<div><br></div><div>They both get the same funding though, which leads me to suspect that WFA just spend less of their money on management/bureaucracy.</div>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 8:18 AM, David Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cisconz@gmail.com" target="_blank">cisconz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I always find this interesting - St John and WFA use the same dispatch system and PRO-QA, and yet the perception is WFA is better.<br>
</div>Seen as Centralcomm is 50% owned by WFA and 50% St John - I just don't get it.<br>
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<div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On 13/08/2014, at 12:38 pm, "John Barnhill" <<a href="mailto:barny1@clear.net.nz" target="_blank">barny1@clear.net.nz</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Did anyone watch Campbell Live TV3 last night. St. John Ambo. not portrayed very well performance wise. Thank God we have probably the best Ambulance Service in the Southern Hemisphere (Wellington Free Ambulance) in the greater Wgton. area.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best advice is call ‘111’ and ask for “Fire’ – they will turn out to most medical emergencies – no questions asked, and are trained to deal with many medical emergencies, plus a lot more physically fitter than most Ambos when it come to performing CPR for prolonged periods.<u></u><u></u></p>
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