Ambulance ramping is a signal the health system is floundering. Solutions need to extend beyond EDs
- Written by: Brendan Shannon, Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine, Registered Paramedic, Monash University
Health-care systems across Australia are buckling in the wake of COVID waves and the flu season. Pictures of ambulances piling up outside hospitals have become commonplace in the media. Known as “ramping”, it’s the canary in the coalmine of a health system.
As a major symptom of a health system under stress, state governments...
