Tasmanian paramedics are currently striking, with IA taking the form of a blanket conveyance of everyone who calls to ED, regardless of clinical need. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AqZaCShFm/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Curious to know what people’s view are on this. In my mind strikes are always going to cause some form of Pt disruption, in the case locally when we were only responding to Cat 1’s - some mis-triaged sick Pt’s slipped through the net.
By taking literally *everyone* who calls to ED that’s not happening, and it’s a very stark demonstration of how much see and treat, ED avoidance and clinical reasoning is used day to day in generalist Paramedicine. You’ve then got pressure on government not just from the ambulance trust to end the strike but also the hospital trust. Ethically I worry about the arguably inevitable harm that blanket conveyance will bring, but as a strike tactic I really respect it and wonder if it would work well here in the UK?