Tasmania has a wide dispersal of highly qualified paramedics throughout urban and rural areas across the state.

There are also over 500 volunteer ambulance officers who either provide support and work alongside paramedics in 14 stations, or respond from 23 wholly volunteer stations in smaller rural and remote areas including King, Flinders and Bruny Islands. There are also three First Response Services staffed by trained volunteers.

All of the Tasmanian Ambulance Service’s operational members are trained in the management of asthma and carry oxygen and drugs to effectively treat cases that range from mild to life threatening.

In addition to these skills, some ambulances are crewed by Intensive Care Paramedics who carry additional drugs for the treatment of life-threatening asthma and are trained in advanced airway management techniques.