Advanced preparation. Ambulances.

There are quite a few matters that need to be sorted out before you head off into the wide blue yonder, and ambulances is one of them.

Do you know what the situation is if you are from one state, but are house sitting in another state and need an ambulance? Often different States have different rules. So I called the local Ambulance Service to find out.

I am a Queenslander, and my  home address is in Queensland. If I am house sitting in Queensland, it's not a problem. But what if I was in NSW today, when I really did have to call an ambulance?

The Queensland Ambulance service told me that all the ambulance services are basically connected. If you are not in your home state you may be given an account that  you must then send to the ambulance service in your home state and the account will be paid by them. You generally will not have to pay up front for their services in another state, or if you do pay, then your home state will repay you. You may, however, have to prove your home address, either with your divers licence or car registration or similar.

Ambulances are usually used in emergency situations, times when we will probably be stressed, not thinking clearly, and possibly injured.So before you leave home, why not phone the ambulance service in your home state and find out for sure what their rules are, and get the address to send the acccount if you should need to.

Think ahead. Be prepared.