Tasmania's Ambulance Protocol: A Race Against Time
Update: 2025-11-28
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The Tasmanian governments new ambulance protocol, aiming to reduce ramping by transferring patients to hospital care within sixty minutes, has sparked debate. While paramedics support the measure, doctors and nurses express concerns about increased pressure and potential compromises in patient care. The protocols effectiveness in improving overall ambulance response times is also questioned, with critics advocating for a broader system improvement. The forty-five-minute transfer window begins December fifteenth, with further reductions planned, raising fears of exacerbating existing pressures and compromising patient care and staff well-being.
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