Ambulance officers are making their own calls on whether to wear super-protective spacesuit-style clothes during the swine flu scare

An ambulance call operator has apologised for the way she handled emergency phone calls made by a Sydney schoolboy, who died while bushwalking in the Blue Mountains

After a year of negotiations, pay talks have broken down between the union and Ambulance Victoria over minimum rest breaks, with claims by the union that weary paramedics are falling asleep at the wheel

The Red Cross says almost a quarter of deaths among people aged under 25 are drug-related. The organisation is highlighting the statistic in its national Save-A-Mate program