Advanced Care Paramedic Jeff Bickford saves lives for 30 years

By Stephen Jeffery
Updated March 24 2015 - 12:28pm, first published 12:00pm
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years.Photo by Chris McCormack
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years.Photo by Chris McCormack
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years. 
 Photo by Chris McCormack
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years. Photo by Chris McCormack
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years.Photo by Chris McCormack
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years.Photo by Chris McCormack
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years.Photo by Chris McCormack
Redland Bay Paramedic Jeff Bickford has been with the Queensland Ambulance Service for 30 years.Photo by Chris McCormack

THIRTY years ago, Queensland's ambulances had no paramedics, were only recently installed with defibrillators and came under the authority of more than 90 separate committees statewide.