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AV Ambulance Community Officers
The Ambulance Community Officer (ACO) is a casually employed Officer (maximum of 20 hour per week employment), and is used to provide an advanced level of first aid to areas where:
Response of an Ambulance staffed by full time Paramedics to that area is significant, but the area is isolated & of extremely low workload (below 150 cases per year), therefore making the establishment of a full-time Ambulance Station not economically viable.
Or
A full time Paramedic is stationed at a branch without a rostered second full time Paramedic, and the ACO assists the full time Officer on an individual case requirement basis.
A present AV has over 30 ACO branches staffed by approximately 430 Officers.
ACOs undertake an initial 50 hour training program covering topics including cardiology, respiratory, trauma & medical emergencies, and are required to perform 30 hours of ongoing training each year.
ACO Clinical Matrix is as follows
Skills Matrix
Advanced First Aid
Remote Area First
Paitent Assessment
Pulse Oximetry
SAED
3 Lead ECG (if no paramedic)
Traction Splinting
Vacum Splinting
Vacum Mat
Oropharyngeal Airway
Nasopharyngeal Airway
Manual Ventilation
Suction
Intranasal Drug Delivery
ACO Medications
Epi-pen/Epi-pen Jr
Adrenaline
Aspirin
Atrovent
Intranasal Fentanyl
Glyceral Trinitrate Tablets
Glyceral Trinitrate Patches
Glucose paste
Glucagon
Penthran
Oxygen
Salbutamol
The Ambulance Community Officer (ACO) is a casually employed Officer (maximum of 20 hour per week employment), and is used to provide an advanced level of first aid to areas where:
Response of an Ambulance staffed by full time Paramedics to that area is significant, but the area is isolated & of extremely low workload (below 150 cases per year), therefore making the establishment of a full-time Ambulance Station not economically viable.
Or
A full time Paramedic is stationed at a branch without a rostered second full time Paramedic, and the ACO assists the full time Officer on an individual case requirement basis.
A present AV has over 30 ACO branches staffed by approximately 430 Officers.
ACOs undertake an initial 50 hour training program covering topics including cardiology, respiratory, trauma & medical emergencies, and are required to perform 30 hours of ongoing training each year.
ACO Clinical Matrix is as follows
Skills Matrix
Advanced First Aid
Remote Area First
Paitent Assessment
Pulse Oximetry
SAED
3 Lead ECG (if no paramedic)
Traction Splinting
Vacum Splinting
Vacum Mat
Oropharyngeal Airway
Nasopharyngeal Airway
Manual Ventilation
Suction
Intranasal Drug Delivery
ACO Medications
Epi-pen/Epi-pen Jr
Adrenaline
Aspirin
Atrovent
Intranasal Fentanyl
Glyceral Trinitrate Tablets
Glyceral Trinitrate Patches
Glucose paste
Glucagon
Penthran
Oxygen
Salbutamol