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Basic first aid was not so basic when it saved the life of a three-year-old boy when he fell from a first-floor window. Knowing what to do in the first minutes of an emergency can make a massive difference to the eventual outcome.
Notice relating to privacy breach
On Thursday 11 May 2023 Ambulance Victoria was made aware that documents containing personal information of some current and prospective employees was accessible to other AV employees on the AV intranet.
Douglas was driving his son Chais to work on the Hume Freeway when he went into cardiac arrest and lost control of the vehicle. He collapsed on his son as the vehicle swerved off the road into a guard rail.
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