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Meet the oldest Air Ambulance Nurse in Australia

Meet the oldest Air Ambulance Nurse in Australia

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Maureen Roberts has many career highlights to share from her 32 years as Australia’s longest serving air ambulance nurse.

In a recent interview on Macquarie Media, Maureen told the story of the pilot of her aircraft passing out at the controls and how she calmly popped his oxygen mask on and brought him around enough to land the plane. And you thought your job had challenges!

Maureen began her career in the Riverina and became interested in the Air Ambulance are speaking to a fellow nurse from the service. She started her career in Albury but is now based at Mascot, near Sydney.

Another memorable moment of her career involved a premature baby in the skies over the Hunter Valley in NSW. The Air Ambulance needed to land but a FA18 Hornet on “critical fuel” took precedence. Maureen remembers saying to the Air Ambulance pilot “the fighter pilot can eject if he needs to but we can’t, we need to land”!

One of the wonderful things about her job, Maureen told us, is that every day is a different experience depending on the patients you're transporting.

“Sometimes you're taking people home to die and they know they're going to die and they have the most amazing conversations with you."

Hear the full interview with Maureen Roberts here

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Carol from NSW commented:

Less zoning in on fifty and over and no penalty rates for late payment. 

Graeme
Graeme from QLD commented:

I hope you can get business to recognise the over 50's as seniors as I went to a caravan and camping show and the price said seniors but because I didn't have a government seniors card I had to pay full price I thought over 50 would be a senior by now 

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Someone from NSW replied to Graeme:

mate, you are still a baby ! It should be over 60s club ! Over 50s are still able to get a job for at least another 10 years. Those of us over 60 may but most likely not. Anyone who is looking to buy a caravan as a toy doesn't need help in my book. 

David - FiftyUp Club
David - FiftyUp Club from NSW commented:

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Daryl
Daryl from NSW commented:

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Brian from NSW commented:

discounts and products or offerings that are targeted to retirees 

maree
maree from QLD commented:

maree i hope we can all get a decent pension so we can afford whatever we need without scrimping and saving and respect from these medical gp who think they are god why should us pensioners have to suffer we all worked hard paid our taxes and get ripped off at the end 

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Shane from ACT commented:

I would hope that the fiftyup club could have those community members, over 50, who continue to contribute to society recognised, acknowledged and rewarded for the efforts and contributions through some tangible way that will assist them in the later years of there life. 

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alan from NSW commented:

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Help with cost of living 

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