The staff and management of Providence Paramedical / Emergency Medical Support are all proven, tested experienced highly qualified and respectfully deserve the title of paramedic. The title is used inappropriately by some, but we will guarantee the clinical expertise and level of our people.   Most have been employed by or still hold positions within a government state ambulance authority*. All are registered and have ongoing educational practices. We correctly use the title of Intensive Care Paramedic to distinguish between lower clinically qualified officers in private providers and ambulance services around Australia and the general labeling of all ambulance officers are paramedics.

Our people have been tested and proven in many scene management situations and analysing risk is a normal frequent occupational task. The management is also familiar and have operated using Disaster Management and Incident Command Systems and practices.

The principle director of of Providence Paramedical has extensive experience as an Intensive Care Paramedic, Special Casualty Access Team (SCAT) Paramedic and Ambulance Paramedic Educator. He also has epanded his knowledge skills and experience working as a Remote Intensive Care Rescue Paramedic from a clinic in Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda and Cambodia.

He has worked in both rural and metropolitan areas and has a wide range of knowledge, skills, expertise, understanding and experience.

 He has enviable experience in the following specialist pre-hospital disciplines:

• Chemical, Biological and Radiological terrorism response (as a member of the SCAT response team and as an Instructor),
• Urban Search and Rescue (Paramedic attached to the NSW State Rescue Board USAR Task Force 1 and Instructor USAR Cat 1),
• Counter Disaster as Special Operations Educator - Acting,
• Medical Risk Management and planning for diverse major events,
• Cave rescue, rope rescue techniques, remote area paramedicine, fully encapsulated suits and breathing apparatus, and
• Paramedic/Intensive Care Paramedic Clinical Instructor.
• State Emergency Service volunteer qualifying as a First Aid Instructor, Rescue Flood Boat Instructor, Communications Instructor, and Disaster Rescue Instructor. Selected for a position as a State Rescue Instructor but had to graciously decline for personal reasons,
• Army Reserve 15 years service, notably 8 years with 1 Commando Company – Green Beret Qualified and 3 years with 1^st Parachute Surgical Team, and
• Qualified and experienced as a military static line parachutist, small watercraft assistant instructor, advanced rapelling and roping assistant instructor, Special Action Forces Medic, Parachute Medic, Section Commander (Corporal), acting platoon commander, training platoon instructor, paramedic instructor to 4RAR(Commando) from 1st PST.
• International SOS   Pty Ltd Paramedic,   Africa   -   Clinic Operations, helicopter medivacs from oil rigs,   Emergency care, malaria diagnosis and treatments

Prior to working for the Ambulance Service of NSW, Wayne worked as a qualified Mechanical Design Draftsman with Department of Defence Navy, Australian Defence Industries at Garden Island Dockyard, where he was a first aider and for several years and a member of the Passive Defence Rescue Squad, which was the emergency rescue team for the Naval Base.

Wayne has been selected for a number of interesting deployments:

• Deployed as a member of the ASNSW SCAT response to the 2002 Bali bombings to treat and support the wounded at the Denpasar Airport prior to supporting QANTAS with a group of returning casualties,
• Northern NSW Floods helicopter support paramedic responding to remote locations and isolated farms,
• One of 4 Urban Search and Rescue SCAT Paramedics put on standby by the Australian Government to attend ground zero after September 11, (Note: The Government decided not to deploy the Australian USAR contingent),
• Homebush Olympic Precinct Site Safety Paramedic post 2000 Olympic Games,
• Actively deployed assisting ACT Emergency Services and NSW Rural Fire service Remote Area Fire (RAFT) and ground teams during and after January 2003 Canberra Fires,
• Deployed during the riots at Macquarie Fields in Sydney 2005, attached to Riot Police (OSG) and was in the streets providing close paramedic support to the police officers in danger and any injured civilians, and
• Actively deployed over many years to provide paramedical support to the NSW Police Operational Support Group and State Protection Group Tactical Operations Unit.

Awards

• Police Commendation for arresting an armed offender,
• State Emergency Service Commendation for services to SES,
• ACT Emergency Medal for services during Fires 2002/2003,
  
• Ambulance Service of NSW, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
  
• Australian Nation Medal for 15 years meritorious service in ASNSW
• Has qualified for Australian Army Reserve Long Service Medal
  

Other events of interest

• Film medic on set of Mission Impossible Two
• Remote film medic on the Granada pre and production set of “I’m A Celebrity Get me Out of Here”,
• Co-ordination supervisor and senior ASNSW Safety Paramedic for Australian Safari 2002,
• Australian Rally Championship First Intervention Vehicle (FIV) - Motorsport Rescue Paramedic Newcastle Area 2004,
• Australian Rally Championship FIV   Motorsport Rescue Paramedic Bathurst 2005,
• Porsche Australian Rally FIV Motorsport Rescue Paramedic, Mt Buller 2006,
• Subaru Rally of Canberra FIV Rescue Paramedic, March 2006
• Many ASNSW supervisor roles during Sydney Major Events (City to Surf, New Years Eve, Mardi Gras)