SLE program to remote East Gippsland
Terry Houge supervising a couple of the community ambulance officers at Cann River
The Mallacoota workshop
A two-day ALS Physical Assessment workshop in Mallacoota in the far east of the state recently provided an excellent training opportunity for community ambulance officers.
Mallacoota is about 235 km east of Bairnsdale (or 520 km east of Melbourne). Run by Terry Houge, Paramedic Community Support Coordinator with Ambulance Victoria, and assisted by Laurea Atkinson, the SLE Project coordinator, the workshop was attended by 23 Ambulance Community Officers, all volunteers.
It is an exciting development for the SLE project to reach remote parts of the state.
Laurea also visited Cann River, a little closer to home at a mere 165 kms from Bairnsdale, where participants took part in a workshop using the equipment available for off-site training.
Laurea and her mannequins are well sought after throughout East Gippsland for training opportunities and workshop participation which, until now, was very difficult given the distances required.