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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1104 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 November 2018 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

VOLUNTEER MARINE RESCUE SERVICES — PAIN RELIEF ADMINISTRATION

1104. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the minister representing the Minister for Emergency Services:

I refer to an incident in Esperance on 11 October 2018 in which a fisherman was barbed by a stingray approximately 30 nautical miles off the coast. Volunteer Marine Rescue Services personnel were not permitted to give him pain relief during the return journey, and my understanding is that St John Ambulance volunteers were not allowed to journey with the VMRS to collect the man.

(1) Are Volunteer Marine Rescue Services personnel not allowed to administer pain relief; and, if yes, why?

(2) Are St John Ambulance volunteers not allowed to administer care on the sea or in the air; and, if yes, why?

(3) Who makes the decision that St John Ambulance volunteers are not allowed to administer care on the sea or in the air?

(4) Are professional community paramedics allowed to administer care on the sea or in the air?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) Volunteer Marine Rescue Services volunteers are permitted to offer schedule 3 medication to the patient. The medication must be self-administered.

(2)–(4) Refer to St John Ambulance WA.