r/ParamedicsAU

Please mention whether public or private.

We have exams coming up and with placement looming, I am terrified of freezing up under pressure or making a massive mistake in front of a preceptor.

For some reason, the standard formulas they give us in lectures just do not seem to click in my brain when the clock is ticking. Every time I look at a scenario with varying concentrations or infusions, the numbers just turn into a blur.

For those who used to struggle with the math side of things, how did you finally get it to click?

How much are ICPs and CCPs actually making gross and net for the last financial year in each state?

Are you routinely doing extension of shift and over time?

I’d love to compare each state!

In university everything is very black and white with clinical practice guidelines but on road the patients rarely present like the textbook. I am struggling a bit with knowing when to strictly adhere to the flowcharts and when to use a bit of common sense when a patient sits right in the grey area.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently studying paramedicine and will be graduating at the end of next year. Due to NSW licensing requirements, I won't have my full driver's licence immediately after graduating, so there'll likely be a period where I can't apply for a graduate paramedic position.

I was wondering if working as an Ambulance Call Taker or Dispatcher during that time would be worthwhile. My thinking is that it would keep me involved with the ambulance service, help me gain experience with the systems and job, and show on my graduate application that I've stayed engaged rather than doing unrelated work while waiting for my full licence.

For anyone who's been in a similar position or has experience with recruitment:

• Does working as a Call Taker/Dispatcher make you a stronger applicant for graduate paramedic roles?
• Is it looked upon favourably by recruitment panels?
• Or would I be better off focusing on other healthcare roles while I wait?

I'd really appreciate any advice or personal experiences. Thanks!

Thinking about making the move from Queensland down to Victoria later this year. For anyone who has done the interstate jump recently, how painful was the transition process? I know AHPRA registration carries across, but I'm mostly wondering about the workplace induction side of things and any differences in protocols or systems. Was it fairly straightforward, or were there any surprises?

If your service said they'd upgrade something, what would genuinely improve your day?

hey guys I'm 21 and am wanting to start adventuring down the hole of being a paramedic and then eventually become a firefighter and paramedic. I didn't apply myself in school and was too busy with sport and got a pretty bad ATAR of 40. Paramedicine at UniSC needs a ATAR of 85.

I have worked as a ski patroller while I'm currently living in Canada, which allowed me to get my EMR certification, Advanced first aid certification and wilderness first aid (these are all Canadian certs though). I'm hoping my real world experience will help to boost my selection rank with QTAC. I'm wondering if I should maybe do a STAT test. I was also reading that I could do a bachelor of health and science and if I do well then transfer into paramedicine but that also has a requirement of a 50 ATAR. A good friend of mine from Tasmania managed to complete his studies in only two years instead of 3. which if that is possible for me i‘d love to do.

Finally, if I‘ve become a qualified paramedic I would love to work some overseas jobs with it, maybe some disaster relief work, is this a path you can take in Australia?

Work life balance has become increasingly important to me over the years. NSWA has a very restrictive leave policy compared to what I had in LAS and i still haven't gotten used to what I lost. Not keen to move back overseas but I am willing to look at other state services. All other things aside I would like to know about other services leave policies mainly QAS, ACTAS, AV and AT.

How many weeks leave do you get?

Can you take overtime as TOIL?

Are you able to take single days off as leave/TOIL?

If not what is the smallest/largest block you can take off?

How far in advance do you have to request/book leave?

How likely is your service to give you an unpaid leave of absence/career break?

For the senior crews on here, does this intense hypervigilance eventually level out over time, or do you just permanently view the entire world as a giant hazard mapping exercise?

Hello to anyone reading this, recently I got myself enrolled at the australian paramedic college, then later on I found out that it was a “waste of money”, based on the post about it that ive read here, excuse my english but, Ive recently moved to Australia fresh graduate of year 12, and literally have no idea how things work around education here. The only reason I took it on apc is because of the diploma for emergency health care, which I thought would be a stepping stone towards paramedicine once Ive entered a uni, I don’t think I can back down now since like I said Ive been enrolled already, is it really a waste ? , or maybe there’s still a chance for me to make use of what I’ll encounter or learn here once I go to a uni for the course of paramedicine ( again sorry for my english ).

Good morning/afternoon team,

I currently work full time in defence and looking at transitioning out within the next couple of years. I have always wanted to be a paramedic, however, looking at the universities and the courses, it doesn’t look like they offer online and are all held during the week. I have tried contacting the unis to no avail with help wrt the situation. Has anyone had any experiences similar to this that have made it work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I just have a few questions in regard to my time studying which I can’t exactly find a straight answer for
(VIC)

-If I complete the diploma of emergency healthcare will I skip the first year of the bachelor of paramedicine

-What exactly is the 160 hours of placement