News

NewsMeet the oldest Air Ambulance Nurse in Australia
Meet the oldest Air Ambulance Nurse in Australia

Meet the oldest Air Ambulance Nurse in Australia

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

Originally posted on .

Join the conversation

FiftyUp Club
Fiftyup Club

Join the Conversation with other members below on the FiftyUp Club Forum. Join an existing conversation, or start your own. 

Conversation is closed.
Read our moderation policy here.
Trevor
Trevor from NSW commented:

I contacted Click Energy & changed over to them from AGL. I have had nothing but dramas with them since. First of all they signed me up & sent out the rates sheet with a welcome letter, only trouble was the rates chart was for a household with Solar Power. I then called Click Energy & they sent me out supposedly the right rates sheet, but once avail it wasnt , it was rates from another provider in my area! I once again called Click energy & talked to a female call operator who told me to wait until I got my first bill & then I would know what my rates were! I then demanded that I speck to a Supervisor, who once again received an topology for being totally mucked around. When he advised me of the correct rates for my area, these were quite a deal higher than my existing provider, AGL. Talk about a shambles, if this is the way the Fifty Up Club is going to negotiate & provide deals for members, they need to be more thorough in seeking out deals!!! Very disappointed, also have a real good loo at the life insurance deal, the term of the cover, most people are still alive at termination of cover!!! 

Jess - FiftyUp Club
Jess - FiftyUp Club from NSW replied to Trevor:

Hi Trevor, Sorry to hear about your experience. Can you please send your contact details to jess@onebigswitch.com.au and we will follow-up your case with Click Energy. Jess 

roger
roger from QLD commented:

Was watching news about the last Jay Leno show - reason being that the average viewer was 57 years old. The TV network was only interested in younger viewers. What does that tell you about big corporations and their interest in over 50s. I find this very confusing, as in my case, I watch MORE TV now that I am retired, travel more and enjoy going out more....consequently I have become a better consumer........so why no interest in the over 50s from big corporations. What does everyone else think. 

Olivia - FiftyUp Club
Olivia - FiftyUp Club from NSW replied to roger:

Hi Roger, this is one of the reasons the FiftyUp Club formed! We believe that over fifties are indeed better consumers and thus deserve better attention! 

Helen
Helen from NSW commented:

Banks themselves do not manage clients' wealth portfolios. The financial services that do are under a separate legal entity. The banks rely on consumers believing they are dealing with a bank and therefore assume their money is safe. Oh yes, there is a disclaimer somewhere in the wad of a statement of advice paperwork, usually in fine print. How about issuing two separate statements in addition to the statement of advice - one expressly stating that XXX financial services Ltd is NOT a bank and therefore there are no guarantees, the other expressly stating that loss of capital can occur in a market downturn and the client understands that they can lose money. Also a capital guarantee is only as good the company offering it. Who remembers Estate Mortgage with their guaranteed 18%+ returns?? As a separate issue, many focus on low mortgage rates and this has hit retirees and anyone else trying to save money - our income personally is now 1/4 of what it used to be. Yet personal loans, business loans and credit card rates are in the double digits. Why don't we start hounding the powers that be to tie term deposit rates to 2% lower than the current credit card rate of that provider. Now wouldn't that make the banks sit up and howl!! 

Charmaine
Charmaine from QLD commented:

a comment about the current debate on money matters A great start would be to reduce credit card percentage costs (some over 20 percent) Users unable to repay the debt .The banks too hungry and not considering their customers welfare. 

Peter
Peter from NSW commented:

Thanks for heads up Kurt, have never heard of Lumo, but worth a call 

kurt
kurt from NSW commented:

hi Peter.. yes do change if your not getting a better deal .. I have changed many times over the years.. now with Lumo energy supplier and they have offered the best deal for me.. might be worth your while to give them a call .. 1300 11 5866....guess I'm giving them free advertising .. but why not if they do the right thing and offer a good deal. 

Ross
Ross from QLD commented:

In the good old days they were honest pollies but todays lot are there to boost their pay packets and to hell with us. How about looking after the Aussies. To hell with the illegal immigrants. If they came into the country legally, they wouldn't have the problems they have. I don't feel sorry for them. There are too many migrants now. Look after your own, Mr. Abbott. Forget the rest. We were born and bred here but we don't get the perks these migrants get. Look after us first. 

Peter
Peter from NSW commented:

Checked with my supplier, Origin, who could only offer 9percent. I,m changing ???????? 

kurt
kurt from NSW commented:

I have checked the electricity offer and compared with my supplier. there was some savings to be made if I switched. When I contacted my present supplier they made me an even better offer than advertised on the FiftyUp club prices. Always good to compare and ask your present supplier to match or better the offer. Looking forward to some savings on electricity bills ! 

Jess - FiftyUp Club
Jess - FiftyUp Club from NSW replied to kurt:

Great news Kurt! It's good to hear FiftyUp members are getting better deals. 

Sandra
Sandra from QLD commented:

Can we please make sure the insurance offer by Coles is actually good or better than local Australian company insurance, and not just because it's cheaper??? How do we find out?? Sandra QLD 

Olivia - FiftyUp Club
Olivia - FiftyUp Club from NSW replied to Sandra:

Hi Sandra, you can give them a call on 1300 661 436 of you'd like to get a quote. Just make sure you read the terms and conditions to ensure the offer is right for you! There's no pressure to take it up if it's not! 

Comment Guidelines