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Wellington is filled with lots of little secrets for you to discover while strolling its streets - whether it be a secret Kiwiana dining delight to a fancy pants restaurant or the pub with the biggest telly to watch the rugby on. The Capital of Cool guidemap offers a rare insight into experiencing the city as if you’d lived here all your life, with a selection of the coolest things to do in the capital as chosen by Wellingtonians.
The Christchurch earthquake was a tough final testing ground for the new Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic uniform, but it proved to be up to the mark and sealed the end of an extensive period of development and field trials. The new uniform was initiated by the Wellington Free Ambulance board who wanted a fresh new look for the capital’s iconic ambulance service.
A man was trapped in his truck after it rolled forty metres down a bank on Rimutaka Hill Road. Two Wellington Free Ambulance rescue four-wheel drives and two road ambulances are at the scene.
Wellington city’s first alarmed public access automatic external defibrillator will be formally launched on Thursday 25 August. The public access defibrillator will be located at the Wellington Railway Station, next to the Customer Service Enquiry Desk.
Tickets to the 2011 Wellington Free Ambulance Annual Dinner, held at the Amora Hotel Ballroom on Friday 11th November, are now on sale. Guests enjoy a three-course meal with wine and the opportunity to bid on unique auction prizes, with fantastic entertainment from MC Mike McRoberts and acclaimed musician Anika Moa. Get your tickets now, and support your ambulance service!
The Wellington Free Ambulance Rescue Squad was called into the Akatawara’s north of Upper Hutt to save a 14 month old boy suffering from acute shortness of breath at 3:30pm yesterday. Wellington Free Ambulance Rescue Sqaud paramedics had to negotiate heavy snow to access the young boy’s house.
The Wellington Free Ambulance Rescue Squad was deployed on Sunday to escort frontline ambulances through snow covered roads and driveways. “Some roads in Karori, Johnsonville, Wainuiomata, Naenae and Ngaio were snowbound, making access difficult for frontline ambulances,” Wellington Free Ambulance Team Manager James McMeekin said.
The Wellington Free Ambulance is currently trialling a new programme that looks at treating emergency callouts in the home. It's a far cry from the usual job of an ambulance - transporting people to hospital - but as Luca De Jong reports, it's in it's third year of funding and the programme is easing the load on the region's hospitals.
Wellington Free Ambulance is presenting its inaugural Safer Community Award to the East Harbour First Response Trust to acknowledge the group’s community defibrillator programme. The Eastbourne Community Response Trust has been raising funds for the past 10 years to place Automatic External Defibrillators (AED’s) into Eastbourne.
Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics have responded to an incident on the corner of The Terrace and Salamanca Road this afternoon. The incident occurred at 3:45pm and involved a collision between a cyclist and a bus. The 22 year old male patient received advanced emergency medical treatment at the scene and was transferred urgently to Wellington Hospital with head and leg injuries.
Injured and drunk late-night revellers in Courtenay Place will receive treatment from medics and a Wellington Free Ambulance unit based there, in an attempt to relieve pressure on the hospital's emergency department. The incident occurred at 12:18pm and involved a window cleaner falling from approximately the 5th floor of a high rise office building.
Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics have responded to an incident on The Terrace this afternoon. The incident occurred at 12:18pm and involved a window cleaner falling from approximately the 5th floor of a high rise office building.
Manoeuvring a three-tonne vehicle through rush-hour traffic at high speed is tough enough - but even more so when someone's life is in your hands. Every week, Wellington Free Ambulance's fleet of Mercedes-Benz Sprinters clock up thousands of kilometres carrying patients to and from hospital.
Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics responded to an incident on Willis Street this afternoon. The incident occurred at 1:09pm and involved a collision between a pedestrian and a bus. The female patient received advanced emergency treatment at the scene and was transferred urgently to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition.
Thousands of Fijians will have access to an emergency ambulance thanks to the generosity of Rotary and Wellington Free Ambulance. Rotary has purchased an ex-frontline emergency ambulance from Wellington Free Ambulance and plans to ship the vehicle, fully equipped, to the Fijian Island of Tavenui.
Thousands of Kapiti Coast residents will continue to have access to a treat-at-home health service thanks to new funding announced today by Otaki MP Nathan Guy. New Zealand’s first treat-at-home paramedic service has received $230,000 in government funding for the next 12 months. The announcement comes as WFA
Wellington Free Ambulance is pleased to announce their partnership with KPMG Wellington and launch the Wellington Free Ambulance KPMG Rescue Squad. A rescue squad and an audit, tax and advisory services seem to be an unlikely partnership, but the organisations have partnered together because of shared values and a commitment to the Wellington community.
Wellington Free Ambulance is pleased to advise that top level financial management expert, Rose Anne Macleod has been elected the new chairperson of Wellington Free Ambulance. Effective immediately, Rose Anne succeeds outgoing Chairman Shaan Stevens.
This year Wellington Free Ambulance is selling the Wellington Entertainment Book, a local restaurant & activity guide offering hundreds of 25-50% off and 2-for-1 offers from the finest restaurants, cafés, attractions, activities and accommodation. The 2011 / 2012 edition has new inclusions like La Bella Italia, Lone Star and Ascot Cinema, and favourites such as Logan Brown, Boulcott Street Bistro, Hippopotamus, The White House, The Hurricanes, Wellington Zoo, plus many more!
The Right Honourable John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, today opened the country’s newest ambulance station, The Odlin Trust Regional Ambulance Station, operated by Wellington Free Ambulance. The new regional station is adjacent to ED at Wellington Hospital, and allows Wellington Free Ambulance to reduce response times for patient callouts and provide a better patient experience.
Wellington Free Ambulance has deployed its specialised Paramedic Rescue Squad into Christchurch overnight. The first four Rescue Paramedics were airlifted into Christchurch at 4pm yesterday, with a further eight Paramedics and four vehicles including 2 frontline ambulances and 2 fully equipped off road vehicles, were deployed on a ferry sailing yesterday.
Wellington Free Ambulance has been quick to respond to earthquake devastated Christchurch in the hours following the tragedy. Within minutes of the earthquake striking emergency 111 ambulance calls were diverted from Christchurch to Wellington’s Central Emergency Communications Centre.
Wellington Free Ambulance announced today that it will deploy medics on mountain bikes for the first time in the organisations 85 year history. The mountain bikes will bolster the event unit, which also includes a specially equipped quad bike, 4-wheel drive utility and a fleet of dedicated road ambulances.
Hot off the press, the 'I am Brave' children's storybook is now available to purchase from Wellington Free Ambulance. The story centres around a young girl named Jasmine, who along with her brother needs to call 111 for a (Wellington Free) Ambulance when her father has a fall...(continued).
Wellington Free Ambulance has moved to assure all Wellingtonians that the ambulance service in Wellington will remain free-to-the-patient, as it has been since 1927. This assurance has come on the back of St John raising prices to unprecedented new levels... (continued).
A pair of Chief Executives will be shaking their collection buckets together this morning as part of the Wellington Free Ambulance annual street appeal. Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA) CEO Alan O’Beirne and PSIS’s chief executive Dr Girol Karacaoglu, who this week signed a charity partnership agreement, will be on the streets this Friday to help raise vital funds towards New Zealand’s only.... (continued)
A chance stop-off for a burger led two paramedics to save the life of a young heart attack victim. Six days after suffering a severe cardiac arrest on a Wellington city street, Josh Ilton celebrated his 21st birthday in Wellington Hospital – surrounded by family, friends and the paramedics who saved his life....
Wellington Free Ambulance’s advanced driver training is heading down a new track. Now, with support from Craig Shepherd’s company Harbour City Security, and Boomrock Station’s private driver training circuit, paramedics can learn advanced skills at a local purpose built facility.
A brand new Mitsubishi Pajero joined the Wellington Free Ambulance fleet in July. The rapid response Pajero is operated by the duty team manager, providing clinical support and incident command 24 hours-a-day. The Pajero is specified with the latest electronic safety wizardry... (continued) 
Two and a half years of hard work and determination by the Rotary clubs of greater Wellington has resulted in a new frontline ambulance for Wellington Free. Representatives from several Rotary groups met with CEO Alan O’Beirne in early July, handing over the final cheque for the new vehicle – to be named the ‘Rotary Ambulance.
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