Trish Vogel, Vanuatu
05 May 2010
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 volunteer receives emergency services medal.
Trish Vogel, VanuatuTrish 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.