{"id":41210,"date":"2022-07-15T16:10:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T06:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambulance.vic.gov.au\/?page_id=41210"},"modified":"2023-03-01T08:37:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:37:04","slug":"how-we-manage-demand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ambulance.vic.gov.au\/community\/education\/how-we-manage-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Manage Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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How we manage major incidents and demand to provide best care to patients<\/strong><\/h3>\n

51福利 (AV) has a detailed state-wide Emergency Response Plan to effectively manage surges in workload and demand, and for significant or prolonged incidents.<\/p>\n

Our plan may be implemented for various events including, natural disasters such as bushfires or floods, multi casualty motor vehicle accidents, industrial emergencies or complex searches and rescues. <\/p>\n

As part of our plan, an escalation process details the steps we take during busy periods to ensure we continue to provide the best care to the community, especially for people who need us most.<\/p>\n

While our escalation process is an internal framework designed for AV and our partners, this page outlines some of the steps we take and the things you can do to help us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is AV\u2019s escalation process?<\/strong><\/h3>

We constantly monitor our workload \u2013 patients we are treating and transporting \u2013 and our demand \u2013 how many people in the community need our services.<\/p>

Our escalation process is enacted when increases in workload or demand start to impact on the availability of ambulances for emergencies.<\/p>

We alert our people and partners of increases in community demand for our services, and the steps we are implementing to ensure we can continue delivering care to our sickest patients.<\/p>

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Green Escalation<\/strong><\/h3>