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.