Melbourne's Lockdown: The impact on Health Care Workers

With Victoria set to out ease out of its second lockdown, fears of a third wave still lurk in the minds of many Melbournians. Reporter, Christian Loone talks to the health care worker and trainee paramedic Leah Early, in Melbourne to find out what life in lockdown has looked like for the state and the impacts it’s had on health care workers.

 

IN THIS REPORT: 

1. Victoria turns to NSW for contact tracing tips (0.46)

2. Leah talks ‘lockdown fatigue’ (2.03)

3. New face mask practices for health care workers (3.08)

4. The re-opening of volunteer service- Ambulance Victoria’s GoodSam Emergency Response (3.44)

5. How COVID-19 has changed the way paramedics work (4.20)

 

Duration: 5min 35 secs

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For steps on how to download the GoodSam app:

 

https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/goodsam/#:~:text=GoodSAM%20is%20a%20free%20global,GoodSAM%20alert%20will%20notify%20you.

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Become a GoodSam responder : 

https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/goodsam/become-goodsam-responder/

 

CREDITS:

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Produced by Christian Loone

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With thanks to our guest Leah Early 

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