CAA Congress
The Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA) Congress is Australasia's premier event for the Ambulance Health Sector, bringing together top leaders, decision-makers and senior management teams from ambulance services, health and emergency management sectors from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and further abroad.
We are pleased to announce that the 2024 CAA Congress will be held between August 14-16, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
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2024 Congress Partnership Prospectus
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2024 Platinum Sponsor
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COMPANY PROFILE Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. Stryker Emergency Care is proud to be the leading provider of powered transport equipment to over 5,000 ambulances across Australia and New Zealand. |
2024 Gold Sponsors
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COMPANY PROFILE Corvanta partners with out-of-hospital care providers, to advance and deliver the technology they need to deliver timely, integrated, patient-centric services to improve healthcare outcomes. Key capabilities include a Critical Communications Hub, Integrated Patient Care Records, an Incident Response App, CAD Integrated Drone, Fatigue Management, and Non-Emergency Patient Transport. |
COMPANY PROFILE Mercedes-Benz Australia / Pacific Pty Ltd is a company of The Mercedes-Benz Group AG, which over the past 125 years has pioneered many significant achievements in automotive engineering.
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COMPANY PROFILE Through our brands NEANN® and firelogistics®, RAPP Australia Pty Ltd provides lifesaving equipment to state Ambulance, Fire & Rescue and other emergency responders. NEANN® is our largest division and supplies, designs, and manufactures lifesaving medical equipment and products to state and territory Ambulance across Australia, NZ, PNG and beyond. We also are the exclusive distributors of some of the best medical equipment in the world. We offer custom designed products to suit client needs. NEANN® has provided these products to state and federal government agencies and hospitals for more than forty years. |
COMPANY PROFILE Since 1992, Device Technologies has been dedicated to improving patients’ lives through leading edge technology and services. Successfully supplying hospitals and healthcare professionals with the finest medical solutions for their patients, we continue to grow, with over 200 trusted brands over 1000 highly skilled staff throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Behind every brand distributed by Device Technologies is the concept that we are delivering leading technology into the most capable hands. We nurture the relationship between distributor and healthcare professionals, guiding the process from concept to delivery and ongoing support with training and technical service specialty teams. |
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COMPANY PROFILE Priority Dispatch is the world leader in providing research-based protocol solutions to emergency call centers in medical, fire, police, and nurse triage disciplines. For over 43 years, EMS and 911 agencies have used the IAED-approved and award-winning Medical Priority Dispatch System, first with manual cardsets and now in ProQA Paramount software. Our solutions include structured protocols and a gold-standard Quality Management Program, as well as training, certification, and continuing education—all time-tested across hundreds of millions of calls and serving communities in 30 languages in 59 countries around the world. |
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2024 Silver Sponsors
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COMPANY PROFILEBelgravia eHealth was founded in 2012 as a provider of specialist information technologies for the health and care sectors. Our partnership with Advanced Health & Care (UK) ensures that the suite of IT solutions on offer for ambulance, primary care and community care service represent the cutting edge of clinical knowledge and practice. Advanced Health & Care are world leaders in digital innovation for health, with nearly 1,000 organisations worldwide drawing on the expertise, system and service solutions provided. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILE Hexagon is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. Our solutions free our customers to harness the rapidly-increasing amounts of data, putting it to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector and mobility applications.
Hexagon’s strategy targets the rapidly widening gap between the enormous amounts of data being created and the world’s ability to harness it. For more than a decade, literally billions of 'things' — sensors and devices — are being connected to the internet. Our unique approach is to create value by freeing our customers to actually use all this data — to put it to work in new, world-changing ways. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILE ABOUT DEDALUS and amPHI amPHI’s Clinically Driven Electronic Prehospital Record (ePCR) Encompasses the Entire Care Pathway from Patient Collection to Hospital Arrival. amPHI Mass Casualty Events – Bringing Order to Chaos |
COMPANY PROFILE Laerdal Medical is a world leader in healthcare education and resuscitation training that uses immersive technologies and data-centric insights to increase survival and improve healthcare quality. We empower life savers, healthcare workers, to help them save more lives. Laerdal develops products, programs, and digital solutions designed to increase survival and improve patient outcomes. By implementing evidence-based solutions within the areas of resuscitation, patient safety, and global health, we help build competence of healthcare providers, educators, and lay rescuers. We address the changing needs of healthcare organisations within the areas of resuscitation, patient safety, and global health. Together with our partners, we believe we can help save one million more lives, every year. |
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COMPANY PROFILEZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei company, develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and cardiac monitoring, circulation enhancement and CPR feedback, supersaturated oxygen therapy, data management, ventilation, and therapeutic temperature management, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, as well as lay rescuers, improve patient outcomes in critical cardiopulmonary conditions. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEAt STEMLogic we draw on decades of experience working closely with our Front-Line heroes to build intuitive and customised software that better supports Public Sector groups around the world. With a core focus on innovation and safety, STEMLogic’s user-friendly software is embedded into existing technology frameworks and from day one delivers:
STEMLogic technology brings the future of the how and the why for Public Sector platforms into the now. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEEM Vision aims to change the Stroke Care paradigm and in doing so positively impact the lives of millions globally. Their lead product in development is a portable, cost-effective, non-ionising and safe brain scanner, capable of rapidly producing quality images of biological tissue to provide game-changing insights for clinicians. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEBMW Group has had a presence in Australia since 1979 with a national headquarters in Melbourne. This includes offices for our BMW, MINI, BMW Motorrad and BMW Financial Services brands, as well as a globally certified national training centre, fully equipped workshop and parts distribution centre. BMW Group has 69 years of experience in producing purpose-built Authority Vehicles for government. Since 2017 BMW Australia has supplied over 1,000 purpose-built Authority Vehicles to jurisdictions around Australia. Our product line-up is constantly evolving amid the industry’s transition to electrification and we now offer among the most electrified models of any manufacturer represented in Australia. |
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Award For Excellence Major Sponsor
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Event Sponsors
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Welcome Reception SponsorCOMPANY PROFILEORH has supported emergency ambulance and non-emergency patient transport services in Australasia for over 20 years. We have helped solve station location problems, quantify demand and capacity challenges, and set efficiency targets through our consultancy-based approach. Our industry-leading simulation and optimisation models allow us to quickly evaluate different options for change while providing powerful evidence to support key decisions. Our models have been used to: Our independent, global experience and specialist knowledge of the ambulance sector uniquely enable us to provide useful insight and feasible recommendations, and explain these clearly to external stakeholders. Learn More |
Delegate Networking Breakfast SponsorCOMPANY PROFILEHealthCare Software is an Australian digital health specialist with a long history of delivering software solutions to solve complex problems in the Australian Health sector. Our Controlled Drug Management solution enables the efficient, accurate and compliant recording of CD transactions, instant auditing across a vehicle, station, area or whole service and protection against the risk of diversion and abuse. Purpose-built to replace inefficient paper registers in Ambulance services, CDM has been widely adopted across Australia and is now available in the UK. Learn More |
Care Company DemonstrationCOMPANY PROFILEAustralia’s largest range of inflatable emergency tents, made since 1953. carecompany.com.au is the sole distributor of the LANCO Group’s inflatable emergency incident response tents, chemical decontamination shower tents and disaster response accommodation tents.Our key customers include the Australian, Canadian and American Samoa governments, Ambulance Tasmania, Ambulance Victoria, NSW Rural Fire Service and NSW SES.We supply made to order tents to meet your needs for base camps, triage & first aid, command centres and community disaster relief accommodation. We also supply a comprehensive range of heavy duty heating and air conditioning systems designed for our tents as well as solar powered and 240v lighting systems including our Australian Design Award winning all-in-one light. All our tents are designed for use in the harshest of conditions and are made in LANCO’s ISO 9001:2015 accredited factory. LANCO internationally supplies to NGOs, MoDs and emergency services in over 60 countries.We can design and manufacture to meet your needs, structures with a floor space from 20m2 up to 105m2. All our tents are interconnectable and include multiple temperature controlling features to reduce power consumption for cooling and heating. We look forward to meeting you at the 2024 CAA Congress. Learn More |
Coffee Cart SponsorCOMPANY PROFILEAmtek offers its customers competitive pricing and superior customer service. The highly skilled, incredibly dedicated team at Amtek with decades of extensive experience have worked on Ambulances and Patient Transport vehicles tailored for various applications and environments, including stretcher design and installations, seating solutions and wheelchair hoists. Additionally, Amtek offers various design and support mechanisms modifying vehicles requiring customised solutions, such as handrails, security barriers/screens, wheelchair ramps, and automatic and manual steps. Amtek prides itself on revolutionising the way industries operate, maintaining a strong commitment to its customers while continuously innovating. Recently introducing the new Modular Body Technology Ambulances into the Emergency Services space, Amteks innovation will remain steadfast as Emergency Response vehicles evolve in the future. With a knack for identifying industry gaps and filling them with groundbreaking, practical solutions, Amtek leverages cutting-edge technologies to transform industry operations. With state-of-the-art, purpose-built premises centrally located across New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia, Amtek is ready, willing and able to meet any request for unique and one-off designs for specialty purpose vehicles Learn More |
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Exclusive VIP Breakfast SponsorCOMPANY PROFILETeleflex is a global provider of medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose driven innovation – a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs – to benefit patients and healthcare providers. When time counts, rely on Teleflex to support clinicians with innovative solutions such as QuikClot haemostasis, Arrow EZ-IO intraosseous vascular access, MAD atomization, LMA and Rusch airway management. TRUST THE ARROW EZ-IO In any situation where intravenous access is difficult to obtain in emergent and urgent cases, the Arrow EZ-IO Intraosseous Vascular Access System from Teleflex is the proven1, fast2* and effective3 solution. QuikClot is a proprietary technology, comprising a non-woven material impregnated with Kaolin. Kaolin activates Factor XII accelerating the clotting cascade leading to faster bleeding control. Company website: https://www.teleflex.com/anz/en/index.html Learn More |
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Exhibitors
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COMPANY PROFILEGoodSAM provides a highly advanced range of tools to emergency services and 000 operators. In addition to the well-known crowd-sourcing resuscitation system, GoodSAM provides an appless system that can locate any 000 caller and open their mobile phone camera. Advanced AI enables additional tools to measure pulse / respiratory rate and transcribe and translate. Our pathways tool means calls can be directed to the on call team (e.g. for stroke, mental health or domestic violence). The multi-agency collaboration supported enables considerably improved situational awareness, in simple incidents such as fires, through to the complex active shooter scenario. www.goodsamapp.org Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEORH has supported emergency ambulance and non-emergency patient transport services in Australasia for over 20 years. We have helped solve station location problems, quantify demand and capacity challenges, and set efficiency targets through our consultancy-based approach. Our industry-leading simulation and optimisation models allow us to quickly evaluate different options for change while providing powerful evidence to support key decisions. Our models have been used to: Our independent, global experience and specialist knowledge of the ambulance sector uniquely enable us to provide useful insight and feasible recommendations, and explain these clearly to external stakeholders. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEHarcor offer an impressive range of custom emergency services products. This includes the design and manufacture of premium emergency services bags. The team at Harcor are able to offer ideas and experience, from concept to development and manufacture. Contact Harcor to discuss your special needs, including made-to-order bag sizes, materials, colours, logo printing and other features. Strategically located throughout Australia; our company works in partnership with clients providing tailored solutions for the emergency services sector; supported with the best possible service guaranteed! Learn More |
Company Profile: Blue Light Card Australia is the exclusive discount service for frontline workers, first responders and volunteers from healthcare, emergency services, aged care, disability and support services and defence. Learn More |
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COMPANY PROFILEFor 20 years, Women & Leadership Australia has been championing equity and empowering leaders in every aspect of life. – renowned programs for individuals Our learner-centric, flexible delivery model incorporates the latest research, frameworks and technology to deliver practical leadership skills that can deliver immediate impact in the workplace. As Australia moves ahead on its path towards gender equality, Women & Leadership Australia is providing the training, resources, connections and thought leadership to support individuals and organisations on this journey. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILESince 1933, Australian firefighters have relied on GAAM equipment to bring fires under control. GAAM Emergency Products is a specialist in the design and manufacture of pumps for urban and rural fire suppression, manufacturing a wide range of petrol and diesel-powered firefighting pump sets and ancillary systems. GAAM sources products and components specifically for fire, rescue, police, security, SES, and other emergency services and industrial organisations from suppliers around the world. Along with an extensive range of fire pumps, hoses, valves, and nozzles, our product range includes riot equipment, rescue equipment, and forced entry equipment. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEMindray’s new award-winning generation of BeneHeart defibrillators, redefines reliability and sets a new standard for lightweight design. With innovative technology, it offers more potential to deliver fast effective on-site diagnosis and rescue treatment, breaking through limitations and ensuring enhanced patient care from anywhere. Come join us to see what is possible at booth 10. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEJD Healthcare Group is an Australian-owned and operated healthcare company, dedicated to providing innovative and best-in-class medical devices to hospitals, aged care, and healthcare professionals. With over 22 years of industry knowledge, JD Healthcare aims to offer products that are relevant, high-quality, and trusted by healthcare providers across Australia. Backed by our knowledgeable sales team, we continuously strive to offer product solutions, training, and education to support our customers in achieving optimal patient outcomes. Learn More |
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COMPANY PROFILEDeccan International leverages operations research methods and data science to produce analytics applications that help Fire & EMS agencies reduce response times and achieve peak performance. Working with our data scientists and engineers, Fire & Rescue leaders gain critical operational intelligence that helps them save lives and property in their community. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEWe’re passionate about making work and the lives of mobile workers better. Established in 1985, Totalmobile is Europe’s award-winning field service management (FSM) organisation dedicated to delivering technology that makes work and the lives of mobile workers better. With a comprehensive range of market-leading field service capabilities, Totalmobile provides a fully integrated platform that empowers its customers to simplify processes, achieve operational excellence and experience an exceptional return on investment. With over 1,000 customers and over 500,000 workers using our technology every day, Totalmobile is Europe’s number-one choice for cutting-edge field service technology. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEThe MedicAlert Foundation are a trusted Australian Charity who securely manage people’s health information and provide it at point of care. MedicAlert helps protect vulnerable Australians living with complex and often hidden health conditions, giving peace of mind to themselves, family and carers that that they have the full protection of Australia’s most comprehensive and most recommended emergency medical information service. MedicAlert is the only emergency medical information service endorsed by paramedics across Australia, and now able to provide instant access via the QR Code Service to health documents including Care Plans and Advanced Care Directives, as well as other emergency health information. The new QR Code Service ensures instant access via a mobile phone to your patients’ vital health information when seconds count. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEIn the healthcare industry, providing accurate, reliable & high-quality products and services is vital to delivering the best outcomes and ensuring the safety of all patients. Chivaune Technologies are leading distributors of innovative Biomedical, Healthcare Simulation, and AV solutions to healthcare professionals across Australia & New Zealand and are official distributors for a number of manufacturers including Datrend, Pronk Technologies, IMT Analytics, Gaumard Scientific and SimStation. We have continued to grow our Healthcare Simulation business and we are now official distribution partners with NASCO Healthcare, SIMBODIES and SIMULAB, allowing us to offer a very broad range of Healthcare Simulation products. As a team, Chivaune Technologies have the Clinical and Technical expertise to provide consistent, high-level support to each and every one of our customers and business partners. We aim to build a strong long term, mutually beneficial relationship and look forward to working with you. Learn More |
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COMPANY PROFILEAs Australia’s population grows strongly in the wake of the pandemic, the .id team join the CAA congress this year to share the latest population forecasts for local areas across Australia, and our assessment of what this means for future demand for ambulance services in each state and territory. This analysis builds on research from The National Forecasting Program – an independent research project run by .id (informed decisions) that provides detailed forecasts of population and housing for local areas across Australia. This evidence base is used by over 130 local councils and some of Australia’s best known education, retail and essential services providers to plan and advocate for the needs of local communities. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEAmbulance Victoria’s (AV) purpose is to bring world leading, patient-focused, out of hospital, mobile and emergency health care to the Victorian community. Supported by a workforce of over 8,000 people, AV delivers the right care in the right place at the right time, serving over 6.7 million people across more than 227,000 square kilometres. AV was established in 2008 through the merger of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service, Rural Ambulance Victoria, and the Alexandra and District Ambulance Service. AV responds to over a million emergencies annually via road, air, water, phone, and our recently implemented video-assisted triage – an Australasian first, allowing even more accurate assessment. We’re proud to be leading the way, providing emergency time-critical response but also alternative care pathways for non-critical emergencies. We provide evidence-based care to patients because we promote and participate in key research, evaluation, and clinical registries. Our Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Register (VACAR) was established in 2009 and has become one of the largest pre-hospital cardiac arrest registries in the world, supporting a significant research program into the care of cardiac arrest patients by AV. Importantly, AV is committed to creating a progressive and capable workplace where all our people can thrive. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEThe Australasian College of Paramedicine is the peak professional body representing and supporting paramedics to provide the best person-centred care to communities across Australasia through leadership, education, research and advocacy. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILEThe Australian Stroke Alliance is a powerful collaboration dedicated to improving the care of the growing number of people suffering stroke.
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COMPANY PROFILESutherland Medical utilises the latest IT and web-based technologies. To support our customers we have implemented B2B as well as B2C software into systems. Our Sutherland Medical branded products are designed and manufactured in Victoria, Australia. We also distribute many Medical Device products from global healthcare manufacturers. We have long term commitments and established relationships with our Global suppliers who manufacture and supply respected and trusted Medical Device products to complement our Australian Made portfolio. Learn More |
COMPANY PROFILELed by a group of globally recognised clinical and scientific experts, Titan is changing the game. Our unique transdisciplinary expertise, data analytics platforms and extensive trial networks help our partners drive their early technological and therapeutic innovations through the validation pathway - expediting implementation and delivering maximum clinical impact. Learn More |
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