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Australian Paramedics Association (NSW)
As further Paramedics test positive for COVID-19, the Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) is demanding urgent measures to keep workers and communities safe, including better PPE and safety practices, greater hospital capacity and rapid antigen testing.
“The public would be horrified if they could see what our day-to-day work was like in the middle of the outbreak.
“Every Paramedic I know is at breaking point. We are scared for our safety, our families’ safety, and the safety of the community” said APA (NSW) Assistant Secretary Alan O’Riordan.
The union says the NSW Government has failed to implement key safety measures to ensure Paramedics have appropriate PPE, minimise workplace exposures, and avoid staff movement between Sydney and regional NSW.
Greater Sydney s seven-week COVID-19 outbreak has left paramedics at breaking point and living in fear of contracting the virus and spreading it to their families, the union says.
The Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) is demanding better PPE and safety practices, greater hospital capacity and rapid antigen testing.
APA Assistant Secretary Alan O Riordan says paramedics are contracting the highly-contagious Delta strain of the virus after being forced to wait inside ambulances for up to two-to-three hours with COVID-19 positive patients, before being able to off-load them to hospitals.
Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) is demanding better PPE (pictured) and safety practices for paramedics