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Community Education Programs

Our core business is the delivery of emergency pre-hospital health care and transport services. While this continues to be our primary focus, we also recognise the value of developing community safety and prevention programs.

Working together with stakeholders and the NSW community we have developed a number of community education programs including the Be An Ambulance Hero – Dial Zero Zero Zero school education program, the Emergency Helpers program for pre-school age children, the First Steps campaign for new parents and the Life Live It Save It program for retirees

Be An Ambulance Hero - Dial Zero Zero Zero


School education program designed for 5-8 year olds to educate children on what to do in an emergency.

The program assists teachers educate children on the following topics:

          • Simple decision making skills

          • The difference between a little accident and a big accident, including how to identify an unconscious person

          • Understanding how to call an ambulance in an emergency

          • The emergency number in Australia - triple zero (000)

          • Increase the number of children able to effectively call for an ambulance in an emergency

          • Develop the confidence and skills necessary for children to be able to call an ambulance in an emergency and answer questions asked by 000 call takers.

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Emergency Helpers

As a pre-cursor to the Be an Ambulance Hero: Dial Zero Zero Zero primary school education program, the Ambulance Emergency Helpers Program aims to prepare younger children for emergency situations.

Program lessons include:

          • How to identify an emergency service worker

          • The number to call in an emergency

          • The importance of learning their home address

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First Steps

The ‘First Steps’ campaign is an Emergency Phone Card that outlines information required by Ambulance Call Takers so that an ambulance can be dispatched quickly. It also gives parents and carers the information they need to give to attending Paramedics.
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The Emergency Phone card aims to:

          • reassure new parents that in a medical emergency they should call triple zero for an ambulance;

          • familiarize parents with the questions they may be asked when calling for an ambulance to make the collection of information easier for the Ambulance Call Taker; and

          • Inform parents of the type of information that paramedics will require when they arrive on scene to help treat the child

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Life.. Live It Save It!


Community education program for over 55 retirees to recognise and deal effectivey with medical emergencies.

LIFE…Live it Save it is free to all community clubs in New South Wales who cater to retirees. The self-learning program is designed to be facilitated by community members in a group environment and includes viewing an instructional DVD highlighting the Program’s key objectives which are:

          • Early recognition of signs and symptoms

          • Calling ‘000’ immediately for an ambulance

          • Following Ambulance Calltaker instructions

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Ambulance is committed to assisting the community create safer and healthier environments and outcomes by making prevention everyone’s business.

A number of innovative community education programs have been implemented to assist identify life threatening conditions, understand what to do in an emergency and the importance of adopting illness prevention strategies.