Event Health Services
Victorian Medical Assistance Team is able to provide Event Organisers with a guaranteed, unparalleled alternative to the traditional volunteer based first aid services model. Depending on your needs, we are able to provide your event with Doctors, Nurses and Advanced Responders, with each event being staffed by a minimum of one health care professional.
Bringing qualified health care professionals to the event environment provides a higher level of patient assessment, management and overall care. VMAT is experienced in providing event health services to a wide range of events, including but not limited to school carnivals, sporting events, concerts as well as high risk motorsport based events. We are able to work in partnership with you to tailor a complete solution package that will meet the specific requirements of your next event.
Tier One
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This is our base level of service. This level provides your event with one Health Care Professional (Nurse) and one Advanced Responder. It also includes the supply of one of our stretcher capable vehicles. This can either be a 4WD or non-4WD vehicle depending on the terrain.
Even at our base level of service, our staff are able to administer and perform the following tasks:
Medications
o Methoxyflurane
o Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN)
o Salbutamol
o Aspirin
o Glucagen Hypo-Kit
o EpiPen & EpiPen Jr
(Adrenaline Autoinjectors)
Complete Spinal Immobilisation
o Cervical Collars
o Scoop
o Spine Board
o VAC MAT
o Kendrick Extraction Device
Transport Patient to Hospital
o If authorised by Ambulance Dispatch Centre
Patient Assessment and Monitoring
o Primary Survey
o Secondary Survey
o Advanced First Aid
o Observations, including:
• Heart Rate (HR)
• Manual Blood Pressure (BP)
• Respiratory Rate (RR)
• Pulse Oximetry (Sp02)
• Temperature
• Continuous Cardiac Monitoring
Advanced Resuscitation
• Oxygen
• Hudson Mask
• Bag-Valve-Mask Oxygenation and
Ventilation
o Automatic Powered Suction Device
o Defibrillation
• Child
• Adult
o Oropharyngeal Airway (OPA)
Tier Two
This service includes the use of a Registered Medical Practitioner who has experience in delivering emergency medicine and critical care to the community. Additionally, the event will also be staffed by a Health Care Professional (Nurse) who has experience in the critical care environment.
Having a Doctor at your event means an unparalleled experience and a level of knowledge normally only found in the hospital setting. A Doctor is able to provide in-depth clinical knowledge, emergency triage, thorough patient assessment and advanced clinical care and management. Our Doctors also bring with them an array of medications that they are able to utilise if so required.
Some of our specific skill sets and equipment for Doctors include;
Advanced Medical Training
o Spinal Management
o Basic Suturing
o Fracture Management & Dislocation Reduction
Critical Care Experience
o Emergency Medicine
o Intensive Care Medicine
o Anaesthetics
Continuous Cardiac Monitoring
o 12-Lead ECG Interpretation
o Manual Defibrillation
Insertion of Intravenous Cannulas for all age groups
o Fluid Resuscitation
Administration of Advanced Intravenous and Intramuscular Medications
o Intravenous medications includes but is not limited to Antibiotics, Analgesia and Anti-Emetics
o Infusion Pumps
Advanced Airway Management
o Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Insertion
o Endotracheal Tube (ETT) Intubation
Tier Three
This is our event specific premium level of service. This level of service is completely customisable to meet the exact needs of the Event Organiser. Tier Three events often have multiple health care professionals and vehicles on-site at the same time.
For our larger events we often work out of a Medical Centre Marquee, a temporary structure that can be erected to provide a base for our staff to work out of.