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New study finds Victorian paramedics are experiencing high levels of psychological distress
A new study led by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology and RMIT University has found that more than a third of Victorian paramedics feel burned out by their work and are experiencing significant levels of stress.
The findings of this study, which was conducted by Human Resource Management, Marketing and Management experts from Swinburne and RMIT, Professor Peter Holland, Dr Lara Thynne, Dr Julian Vieceli and Dr Tse Leng Tham are taken from a comprehensive survey of the paramedic workforce in conjunction with the Victorian Ambulance Union.
Ambulance Victoria overloaded with non-urgent patients due to heatwave
Ambulance Victoria has been forced to warn the state s residents only to call Triple-Zero if there is an emergency after the service was overloaded with non-urgent patients last night.
More than 2000 calls were made to Triple-Zero for ambulances services, with just over half of those being people in life-threatening danger.
Ambulance Victoria tweeted an emergency alert just before 9pm last night, asking for non-urgent patients to call the nurse on call.
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