Csu Stories

“In my final year of studies in high school, I was admitted to hospital and underwent surgery and without that I wouldn’t have been able to live for any period of time. I guess in that time I transformed… I started to realise I wasn’t all that invincible. It was a recognition that my survival was dependent on others, members of the health workforce, the expertise of doctors and nurses and clinicians. Not only was I not invincible, I was - and we all are - vulnerable people and our wellbeing and sometimes our very survival depends on those around us.” Phillip talks with host Jess Mansour-Nahra about how he came to be a paramedic, his experiences working in emergency management, and how paramedics cope with making life and death decisions in high intensity situations when lives are hanging in the balance. Phillip Ebbs is a senior lecturer in paramedicine at Charles Sturt and an Australian paramedic and researcher. Phillip has held senior paramedic leadership roles across a number of high profile incidents i