For the community
Calling Triple Zero (000)
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Learn about calling Triple Zero for an ambulance in an emergency. This includes what an emergency is, how to call 000 and how to teach kids about 000.
Registering an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
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Learn about AEDs and how to register your publicly accessible AED in Tasmania.
Keeping ambulance officers safe
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Learn how to keep Tasmania’s ambulance officers safe including information about unacceptable behaviour and how to help ambulance staff.
Ambulance costs
Learn about the costs of Ambulances:
Feedback, compliments and complaints
- We are happy to receive feedback from you.
- This helps us to improve our services.
- We acknowledge, review and investigate all complaints.
- We will respond by a phone call, email or letter.
- For information regarding COVID-19, please visit the Coronavirus Tasmania website or call the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738
How to provide feedback
You can provide a query, comment/suggestion, compliment or complaint by contacting us through one of the below channels:
- Phone: 03 6166 2011
- Email: [email protected]
Latest news
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Congratulations to the three Department of Health staff who have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.
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The next stage of a campaign to promote respect towards Tasmanian health workers has been launched, with staff members from the Department of Health again featuring at the centre of the campaign.
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New mental health emergency response service to rollout in North West Tasmania
Tasmania's successful mental health emergency response service will expand to the North West of the State from next week as part of a two-year trial designed to boost access to timely, appropriate and evidence-based mental health care in the region.
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New Queenstown Ambulance Station set to open
The new Queenstown Ambulance Station is set to open in the coming weeks.
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Media releases
Restart a Heart Day
Every year, around 30,000 Australians and New Zealanders will suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and every minute a patient is in cardiac arrest, not receiving CPR or Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) shocks, the chances of survival drop by 10%.
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