The Council of Ambulance Authorities

The Council of Ambulance Authorities The CAA is the not-for-profit peak body for the eleven Australasian statutory ambulance services.

The Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA) is the peak body for the statutory ambulance authorities in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. As the peak body of these services CAA advocates, undertakes sector research, publishes white papers, provides training, hosts events, provides member offers, broadcasts monthly webinars, prepares newsletters and supports our members as needed. Read internationally, CAA publishes FIRST magazine three times a year. CAA's signature event is the annual Congress, being held in 2023 on August 2 and 3 in Brisbane, Australia. You can subscribe to our monthly email newsletter by visiting our website.

At our recent Congress in Adelaide, we hope you had the opportunity to visit the booth of one of our gold sponsors,  .  ...
08/09/2025

At our recent Congress in Adelaide, we hope you had the opportunity to visit the booth of one of our gold sponsors, . It was fantastic to see their demonstration of how their telemedicine platform, Zeus, is transforming prehospital stroke care in ambulance services around Australia. Joined by , and -x , whose lightweight, portable imaging devices are integrating with Zeus to take stroke smart ambulances to the next level.

Learn more at their website: www.titanprehospital.com

Staying local, today's   honour recipient is Debbie Fancett of  Ambulance Service 👏  Debbie is a highly experienced and ...
07/09/2025

Staying local, today's honour recipient is Debbie Fancett of Ambulance Service 👏

Debbie is a highly experienced and professional nursing leader for SA Ambulance Service. In her role as Advanced Nurse Unit Manager, Debbie provides frontline leadership for a large cohort of senior SAAS MedSTAR Nurse Retrieval Coordinators, patient advocacy for the community of South Australia, and an integrative approach to the SA Ambulance Service Emergency Operations Centre team.

Learn more about Debbie - https://loom.ly/oUh1Ivw

We are in the final stages of developing this year's program for the Women in Leadership Symposium 🤩Be sure to book your...
04/09/2025

We are in the final stages of developing this year's program for the Women in Leadership Symposium 🤩

Be sure to book your early bird ticket now 🙌

🎟️ - https://loom.ly/BwvikoQ

Today we head to Queensland for the   Honour Recipient. Congratulations to Rebeca Costello of Queensland Ambulance Servi...
02/09/2025

Today we head to Queensland for the Honour Recipient. Congratulations to Rebeca Costello of Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS).

Rebeca’s career with the QAS spans over 26 years and is a manager for South East Queensland Patient Transport Services. She is currently leading the QAS Interfacility Transport Priority Project statewide implementation is to ensure a more collaborative, efficient and effective patient flow process across the state working closely with the various Hospital and Health Services. Rebeca consistently demonstrates strong leadership and support across all staff that she works with and strives to achieve positive outcomes for patients and stakeholders.

Learn more - https://loom.ly/oUh1Ivw

The Council of Ambulance Authorities are thrilled to introduce the 2025   finalists 🤩After a rigorous judging process, t...
02/09/2025

The Council of Ambulance Authorities are thrilled to introduce the 2025 finalists 🤩

After a rigorous judging process, these finalists have made it to the final round of this year's competition.

Join us on November 12th in Brisbane at the to see who is awarded this years scholarship 🙌

As always, these events can't come to fruition without the help of our amazing sponsors:

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Attend the Women in Leadership Symposium - https://loom.ly/0sF5V0Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvt0ZiS4xAM

The Council of Ambulance Authorities are thrilled to introduce the 2025 finalists.After a rigorous judging process, these final...

After a short break, we're excited to continue to post about the inspirational   award winners 🙌 Congratulations to  Mor...
01/09/2025

After a short break, we're excited to continue to post about the inspirational award winners 🙌 Congratulations to Morrison of NSW Ambulance on being today's honour recipient 🏆

Rebecca, Communications Team Leader at Sydney Control Centre, provides exceptional leadership to a dedicated team of Emergency Medical Call Takers. Through her care and commitment, she empowers her team while fostering continuous improvement and growth.

Learn more about Rebecca - https://loom.ly/oUh1Ivw

All of the   pictures have been consolidated, edited and uploaded! Photo albums across the entire event are now availabl...
01/09/2025

All of the pictures have been consolidated, edited and uploaded! Photo albums across the entire event are now available!

See the full album - https://loom.ly/h7O7b5Q

📸 - Hannah Latta

We've almost finished collating all the photos from  , the album will be released very soon. But for the time being, her...
26/08/2025

We've almost finished collating all the photos from , the album will be released very soon. But for the time being, here is a little sneak peak 👀

A big thank you to Hannah Latta for being everywhere at every moment to capture our event 🤩

Last Friday we held the SA Ambulance Service Study Tour. Delegates from   travelled across Adelaide to see the incredibl...
25/08/2025

Last Friday we held the SA Ambulance Service Study Tour. Delegates from travelled across Adelaide to see the incredible MedSTAR and purpose built Norwood Ambulance Station. Covering topics from the volunteering experience at SA Ambulance Service to Clinical innovation, attendees were treated to some incredible insights and information to bring back to their respective services.

That’s a wrap on  ! 🎉 We hope you had an incredible few days filled with connection, learning, and memorable moments.A h...
21/08/2025

That’s a wrap on ! 🎉 We hope you had an incredible few days filled with connection, learning, and memorable moments.

A huge thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors, your support helped make this our officially our biggest CAA Congress yet!

Keep an eye on our socials for photo highlights in the coming days 📸

We can’t wait to see you in Canberra for ! 🙌

The Council of Ambulance Authorities are proud to announce the winners of last nights   held at the Adelaide Oval 🏆Congr...
21/08/2025

The Council of Ambulance Authorities are proud to announce the winners of last nights held at the Adelaide Oval 🏆Congratulations to all of our winners and to The National St John Ambulance Service for winning their first Star Award.

The awards are designed to encourage innovation and to enable services to share their work and learn from each other. The awards are independently judged by a panel of industry-respected judges from across the globe.

Congratulations to our winners:

Excellence in Technology:
Implementation of a Dedicated Prehospital Clinical Incident Management System
St John WA

Excellence in Clinical Practice:
The Safe Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in the CommunitY - Ambulance Victoria

Excellence in Staff Development:
Deliver Sector-Recognised Family and Domestic Violence Informed Education to Emergency Responders Across All of WA - St John WA

Excellence in Patient Care:
Paramedics Exposure Analysis (PEA) - Ambulance Victoria

Excellence in Leadership:
Volunteer Insights Survey - SA Ambulance Service

Excellence in Mental Health and Wellbeing:
2030 Staff Health Strategy - National St John Ambulance Service PNG

Star Award:
2030 Staff Health Strategy - National St John Ambulance Service PNG

Another special thank you to our sponsors as without their assistance, the awards would not be possible.

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Didn't attend Day 1 of  ? Don't worry, we've collated a few pictures to recap the day 📸More to come today for Day ✌️
20/08/2025

Didn't attend Day 1 of ? Don't worry, we've collated a few pictures to recap the day 📸

More to come today for Day ✌️

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