AVI volunteer receives emergency services medal
15 October 2009
AVI returned volunteer Trish Vogel's is a recipient of the 2009
Emergency Services Medal for her outstanding work at the SA
Ambulance Service.
AVI returned volunteer Trish Vogel's is a recipient of the 2009
Emergency Services Medal for her outstanding work at the SA
Ambulance Service.
Trish Vogel is the Manager Patient Services in the Murray
region and has been employed by the SA Ambulance Service since
1990. In February 2008, Trish was successful in gaining a voluntary
position as Paramedic Clinical Trainer through Australian
Volunteers International located in Vanuatu (Trish took 18 months
leave to undertake this voluntary work). While in this position
Trish was responsible for developing and implementing various
training programmes, policies and procedures and prepared funding
submissions for corporate sponsorship.
These activities were undertaken in very trying conditions, with
cultural challenges in an under developed country. Another major
hurdle for Trish was her gender and the barriers she had to break
down in a male dominated society in order for her to complete her
tasks.
Whilst deployed in Vanuatu, Trish required medical treatment
which required her to return to Australia for treatment. While
Trish could have opted to not return to Vanuatu following her
treatment, she did return and completed her volunteer work.
Trish's outstanding achievements during her voluntary deployment
through Australian Volunteers International in Vanuatu, has been
well recognised and she is using the skills she developed from her
deployment in leading a review of the Upper Murray Service
Delivery.
For more information visit www.safecom.sa.gov.au.
Photos:
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