Ambulance Victoria was forced to declare a code red for three hours early on Saturday morning as calls surged. It meant ambulances were delayed reaching some ‘lights and sirens’ cases and the ...

Ambulance Victoria's aim is for 85 per cent of urgent ... she definitely should have got a lights and siren response," Mr Vickery said. On the night of Ms Vickery's brain bleed, Dr Adams, who ...

Just 65.4 per cent of code one ambulances arrived within the 15 minute benchmark for “lights and sirens” cases – well below the 85 per cent target. Ambulance Victoria has been plagued by ...

Ambulance Victoria has two official response time targets for Code 1 incidents. These are urgent care call outs requiring paramedics to respond with lights and sirens – incidents including heart ...

Ambulance Victoria again failed to meet agreed response ... Ambulances in Victoria are meant to reach 85 per cent of urgent “lights and sirens” cases within 15 minutes. However, the latest ...

The new performance data, revealed on Thursday, shows average wait times for “lights and sirens” cases improved ... In a statement, Ambulance Victoria Executive Director Regional Operations ...

Ambulance Victoria’s chief executive has resigned ... say wrongly classifies minor incidents as code-one “lights and sirens” emergencies, and internal turmoil. Victorian Ambulance Union ...

A pigeon in cardiac arrest, a cat in labour and a battle with hiccups are among the crazy cases paramedics have been called to, putting genuine patients at risk. They warned crews, at times via ...