The unique training program helping more Indigenous Australians become paramedics
The Torres Strait is a unique environment to work as a paramedic. The region is home to a series of islands scattered over a stretch of ocean spanning 48,000 square kilometres from the tip of Queensland's Cape York, towards Papua New Guinea, and over to Indonesia. Most of the staff at the Thursday Island ambulance station, where the area's main hospital is located, are trained to fly on a rescue helicopter. On a busy day, the flight paramedics could be required to do back-to-back jobs across the 18 inhabited islands. They, along with the helicopters, are on standby 24 hours a day. An aer...
Source: sbs.com.au
