Rod Wilson joined Victoria Police at the age of 18 years old back in 1976. Rod would spend 43 years as a police officer, 13 of which as a homicide detective before moving through the ranks to superintendent.
Rod has arrested a lot of offenders in his time, one of which was Paul Denyer, the frankston serial killer who in 1993 murdered 3 young women. During this time Denyer killed 18 year old Elizabeth Stevens walking home from the bus stop, 22 year old Deborah Fream who was out getting milk for her 12 day old son and 17 year old Natalie Russll who was walking home from school.
We reflect on Rod’s career and what it’s like to investigate murders from started the investigation through to ultimately putting hand cuffs on the culprit.
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The Ambulance Victoria M.I.C.A (Mobile Intensive Care) role is a highly skilled and sought after role. MICA flight takes that to a whole new level. With a large scope of practice and a helicopter as your ambulance, the MICA flight role is one that many paramedics dream of acheiving.
In this episode I'm lucky enough to chat to Cat Mackay about her journey to reach this role. As you can imagine she's learnt plenty of lessons on the way and we unpack them and her journey in this episode.
It’s not often we get to hear about what it’s like behind the razor wire but in this next episode Jacob tell us all about it. Jacob spent 10 years working inside Queensland correctional centres, working in different types of units, in a variety of different roles including tactical response and the dog squad. In this episode we unpack it all, from what it’s like starting out to responding to murders within the wire we talk about it all.
As emergency service workers we are often thrust in to high pressure situations requiring clear thinking and swift actions, which may result in someone living or dying. Leigh Anderson is no stranger to this after spending 15 years working as a frontline paramedic.
This exposure led Leigh to researching stress and then collating this information in his book 'The Paramedic Mindset'. This book aims giving us the tools and skills to maintain high performance and clear thinking during these stressful events.
In this episode Leigh and I discuss different aspects of stress such as interviews, the difficulty of being new to an emergency service role and dealing with complex emergency scenes.
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Have you ever thought about moving overseas and working as a Paramedic? Well today I sit down with Dannie from International Medic Solutions based out of San Diego in California.
Dannie has worked in the emergency medicine in a variety of different roles for over 30 years and now runs IMS with her partner Joe, actively assisting Australian Paramedics through the process of up skilling and becoming qualified in the US before finding a suitable ambulance service for you.
We unpack a bit about Dannie's career before talking through the medical system in the US. We talk about everything from what you'll learn transitioning over to pay and cost of living differences and everything in between.
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It's not very common that we get a look in to comms and get an understanding of the bigger picture which is what this episode is all about. Nathan is now an on road paramedic but previously worked in comms starting off taking triple zero calls before moving to the dispatching desk and juggling the chaos that is a board full of pending jobs.
For those looking to join the Queensland Ambulance service the graduate role at the moment often involves a 12 month EMD pathway before commencing on the road so this is the perfect opportunity to find out what you may be in for!
As Brad puts it, he has been collecting uniforms for most of his career. Starting off in the Australian Army, Brad was deployed to various locations before discharging and joining Victoria Police. During his time in general duties his hard work lead him on to the critical incident response team before again changing uniforms for the final time. Now Brad is a firefighter for Fire Rescue Victoria and his story proves that if you persevere and work hard you can achieve your goals.
Whilst working full time Brad runs his own business POLICEFIT, which specialises in preparing people physically for the entry requirements to emergency services and also assists those already in a frontline role maintain themselves physically in order to keep performing out on the road.
I learnt a lot from Brad and I’m sure there’s something for everyone in this episode!
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This episode I sit down with HART (Hazardous Area Response Team) paramedic Thibaut and chat about his career so far. From coming to Australia and not being able to speak a lick of english, to then moving to the United Kingdom to start his paramedic career Thibaut has had quite the journey. In this episode we unpack all of this getting stuck in to what H.A.R.T is and what they get up to.
In this episode I'm chatting with 'yourparamedicmentor' Glenn Ryan!
Glenn is an advanced care paramedic who runs an instagram page that is all about assisting paramedics on their journey through their career. Whether it be university students, new graduates or qualified paramedics looking for someone to chat to.
In this episode we talk through his career giving out some (hopefully) valuable advice for students, graduates and those looking to mentor.
Hope you enjoy this one!
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In this episode we get stuck in to a combat role in the army looking at the role and life of an infantry soldier in the Australian Army. Bailey spent 5 years as an infantry soldier before his career was cut short with a knee injury forcing him out of his combat occupation.
From his first haircut down at Kapooka through to being up for days digging holes at Singleton and eventually deploying to train foreign we unpack it all in this episode!
*Cheeky language warning on this episode if you are adverse to a few swear words*
In this episode we take a look at firefighting. Jack took us through the first couple of months at the fire academy through to qualifying and coming out on the road. He took us in to the mind of a firefighter when arriving at car accidents and fires and what it's like being in a 600 degree building when the roof starts collapsing.
Jack is also an active member of the fire service rugby league side where he has had some awesome experiencing all on work time. This was an awesome episode and I hope you enjoy!
Welcome back to another episode! This week I sit down with Simon and reflect on his first year out on the road as a paramedic after finishing university.
Simon has had a massive first couple of years on the road seeing a wide arrange of big jobs and having to quickly learn how to deal with both the clinical side and the mental side of the job early on.
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In the very first episode of the Code One Careers Podcast we sit down with the person who influenced my career choice, my dad Scott. A police officer of 18 years working in both Victoria and Queensland, he's experienced it all. We sit down and unpack his career, giving you a glimpse in to the world of general duties policing.
I hope you enjoy the show and look forward to the next episode!
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