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 has failed to meet its target for “lights and sirens” call outs, with a third of patients waiting longer than the recommended 15 minutes for help to arrive. Picture ...

A code one case requires urgent paramedic and hospital care and involves the use of lights and sirens, according to Ambulance Victoria. Code one ambulance demands in Victoria have soared to record ...

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 ...

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'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 ...

Ambulance Victoria — who oversees the triple-zero ... “They’ve driven lights and sirens … to get to someone who has coughed after having a sip of brandy and that’s been dispatched ...

Andrew Crisp was appointed Ambulance Victoria’s interim chief executive ... classifies minor incidents as code-one “lights and sirens” emergencies, and internal turmoil.

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 ...