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01 October 2024
A lasting legacy after a young life lost
One day after Joel Week’s 21st birthday he tragically died in a single-vehicle crash at Valentine Plains outside of Biloela. A year on from the tragedy, the community has continued to honour the young larrikin who lived life to the fullest. To
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01 October 2024
Ed lives to meet his QAS saviours after 16 defib shocks
When Edward Morris collapsed into cardiac arrest on Noosa Main Beach last year, his wife Brooke was terrified to tell their children their father wouldn’t make it home.
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01 October 2024
A lasting legacy after a young life lost
One day after Joel Week’s 21st birthday he tragically died in a single-vehicle crash at Valentine Plains outside of Biloela. A year on from the tragedy, the community has continued to honour the young larrikin who lived life to the fullest. To
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01 October 2024
Ed lives to meet his QAS saviours after 16 defib shocks
When Edward Morris collapsed into cardiac arrest on Noosa Main Beach last year, his wife Brooke was terrified to tell their children their father wouldn’t make it home.
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01 September 2024
Ken proves CPR training has far-reaching benefits
A “Grey Nomad” walks into an ambulance station… It could be the start of a joke, but while the story the regional Victorian traveller told Baralaba’s Officer in Charge Vaughan Mason has left him with a huge and long-lasting grin, it was
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02 August 2024
QAS Paramedics compete for USAR selection
Within two hours of a call for duty, a select team of Queensland Ambulance Service specialists must be ready to deploy to a disaster zone anywhere in the world.
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31 July 2024
Mental Health Commissioner visits OpCen teams
How Queensland Ambulance Service has adapted its response to a steady increase in calls from vulnerable people was in the spotlight this month when Queensland’s Mental Health Commissioner Ivan Frkovic visited the Kedron Park headquarters.
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29 July 2024
Remote rangers recognised for life-saving skills
QAS staff travel to Bamaga in Queensland's remote far north to present certificates to community rangers for their quick thinking and CPR skills which saved a little girl's life.
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02 July 2024
QAS paramedic joins PNG landslide response
In the early hours of Friday 24 May a huge landslide flattened a village in Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, killing hundreds while they slept and leaving many survivors homeless.
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01 July 2024
Big-hearted Brody fundraises for defib
An 11-year-old boy called Brody has raised money to pay for a defibrillator for his local community's day care.
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01 July 2024
QAS in their blood: meet our King's Birthday Honours List paramedics
Two Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) officers have been included in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List, with their recognition reflecting the diversity of our staff, stations, and communities but also setting high professional standards.