AMBULANCE VICTORIA STRATEGIC PLAN 2010 â 2012
AMBULANCE VICTORIA STRATEGIC PLAN 2010 â 2012
AMBULANCE VICTORIA STRATEGIC PLAN 2010 â 2012
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Glossary & abbreviations<br />
ACO<br />
ARV<br />
AV<br />
CAA<br />
CAD<br />
CALD<br />
CERT<br />
CFA<br />
CPG<br />
DH<br />
Dispatch Code<br />
ECG<br />
ED<br />
EMA<br />
ESTA<br />
GIS<br />
MFB<br />
MICA<br />
MTS<br />
Single<br />
Responder<br />
Ambulance Community Officer<br />
Adult Retrieval Victoria<br />
Ambulance Victoria<br />
Council of Ambulance Authorities Australia<br />
Computer Aided Dispatch<br />
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse<br />
Community Emergency Response Team<br />
Country Fire Authority<br />
Clinical Practice Guidelines<br />
Department of Health<br />
Priority of ambulance dispatch (From 1 to 3; Code 1 means a<br />
time critical dispatch, with a response using lights and sirens)<br />
Electrocardiogram<br />
Hospital Emergency Department<br />
Emergency Management Australia<br />
Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority<br />
Geographic Information Systems<br />
Metropolitan Fire Brigade<br />
Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance<br />
Major Trauma Service (The Alfred Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital & Royal Children’s Hospital)<br />
MICA paramedic or Ambulance paramedic response unit<br />
without transport capability (usually a sedan)<br />
SHERP<br />
State Health Emergency Response Plan<br />
Triage Category Priority assigned to patients in hospital emergency departments (from 1 to 5)<br />
VACIS<br />
Victoria Ambulance Clinical Information System<br />
VACU<br />
Victorian Ambulance Counselling Unit<br />
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