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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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paul
paul from NSW commented:

How about free or half price fishing licenses in nsw for those people who have a seniors card 

jennine
jennine from NSW commented:

As a group there is strength and as electricity is expensive, the government should told to stop privatizing & gouging the near 1 billion $ in profit out of our utilities , these have already been paid for by us the tax payer.These are a necessity to modern life and these costs have far reaching effects on all facets our lives .By us as a group contacting our local members & telling the government they work for us & this what we want . Only then will we have realistic levels of cost of living expenses for all states and territory for now and the future. 

Harold
Harold from NSW replied to jennine:

I agree that electricity is expensive especially for a country with the coal reserves we have. Government running the industry sounds good on paper, but the problem you have is they are too tempted to pull the profit out and use it for other things rather than putting it back into the industry. Then they also fall victim to the gold plating sought by the unions. All this adds to costs. And every time there is a change in government we get a change in policy. Every incoming government promises lower electricity prices but when they get in they just can't bring themselves to giving up the money so nothing gets done. But they know there are real no consequences as we all need electricity and there is no option out there for the people. I know I have reduced my electricity usage yet my bills continue to go up and up. Rather than having the companies call us with the best deal, perhaps as a group we should say this is what we will pay for your service and if you agree you get all the business from everyone. We would then also expect you to show us where and how the profits would be invested back into the grid. Private or government owned I don't care just so I know I am getting a good price from a responsible and well run company. 

Someone
Someone from NSW commented:

Cheaper prices on everyday products with good quality and good customer service. 

michael
michael from NSW commented:

reduced living costs better purchasing powerfor both discretionary and non discretionaryitems especially overseas travel its amazing how much cheaper things are overseas 

Tony
Tony from NSW commented:

Not happy!! I have just been contacted by Coles Insurance about my car insurance. I live on a small farm in NSW. They will not insure me because I live on a rural property. Also, I have a small business in a nearby town and I use my Mitsubishi Express van (my only vehicle) for some deliveries well as my daily ride. They won't insure me because of that, either!! Not happy at all. 

Jeanette
Jeanette from QLD commented:

I would like to see discounts especially on some services, maybe some tickets to shows, insurance, etc. 

Graham
Graham from SA commented:

Not sure what I am expecting the Fifty Up club to do for the over 50's. It would be nice to be recognized as a mature Australian, but the world has gone mad with the cost of living. Yes, I would like cheaper insurances, Electricity and Gas and not to mention the cost of Water and all the things that would make life a little more enjoyable, but this isn't going to happen when governments are spending millions on things that we don't really need, and when it is spent, then it's the tax payer who has to find the cost of it even when we haven't been asked if we want it or not. Governments know the economy is in a mess, and yet they get themselves into a bigger mess. Isn't it about time they stopped spending and started to save. Oh!! and stop bickering on like spoilt children. That though will never happen. 

Graham
Graham from SA commented:

I don't know why those living in South Australia are different from the rest of this beautiful country. Having so many States in one country and being run by different local governments baffles me. On the subject of Electricity, South Australia is the highest in cost. Why should one state be dearer or cheaper ? why can't we all pay the same rate ? That's not just on Electricity but on all products. The answer to that is greed. 

Graham
Graham from SA commented:

The issue of 85 year olds having to sit another driving test every two years is a stressful ordeal. If your local GP thinks you are in good health then that should be good enough to keep driving. If you have a record of having heart attacks, blackouts and strokes, then that is a different thing, but if you are healthy enough to do things like younger people do, then it is unfair to pick on the oldies. Leave the oldies alone and let them enjoy their lives as long as they can. 

Someone
Someone from NSW commented:

A saving on any of the basics would be greatly appreciated! 

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