Black and White photograph of ambulance officer new recruitsambulance officers training course, new recruits

Fitted to ambulance carGreen VHF radio with handsetTCA FM1677,manufactured in Australia by Philips TMCradio mobile multichannel

Fitted to ambulance carGrey radio with handsetAWA 25M CARPHONE SOLID STATEradio, two way, awa, carphone, solid state

Used by Rural Ambulance VictoriaPhilips FM900 VHF E band Black base station radio FM 900 Compact Baseradio, base station, rural ambulance victoria

Used by unknown country ambulance service.Light blue microphone with red button.PYEmicrophone, country ambulance service

Used by unknown country ambulance service.Light blue microphone with red button.PYEmicrophone, courntry ambulance service

Used by country based ambulance officers to gain emergency access to buildings or cars when attending patients. Source Chas Martin AHSV curator 2 November 2016.Metal hand held axe with brown handle, red centre section and ambulance Maltese cross badgeAMB 11

Used in the Victorian Civil Ambulance Service Lonsdale Street headquarters until that facility closed and moved to Latrobe Street. The small size of this headquarters service switchboard demonstrates the rapid growth of the ambulance service in the 20th CenturyBrown timber switchboard. Black switch panel on front and notice plaque top right corner.noticevictorian civil ambulance service, lonsdale street

Used in the 1980s and designed to facilitate the movement of patients down stairs and into ambulances. Item was not carried in ambulances and had to be delivered to incident site when required. Item was not a success and ambulance officers continued to use chairs to move patients down stairs. Source Chas Martin AHSV curator 7 November 2016Red metal tracked chair with blue canvas seat.

Humidicribs are used to transport sick babies from small hospitals to major hospitals for specialist care. They work by maintaining normal body temperature and provide oxygen if needed during ambulance transit. Known by a variety of commercial names, earlier humidicribs were ones heated with water bottles. Not part of an ambulances standard equipment, humidicribs are kept in ambulance stations and carried if babies needed to be transported. In the early days before humidicribs came into use and when air ambulances did not exist, many more babies died during emergency transits than do today The Thermocot Developed from the Port-O-Cot, CIG later produced the Thermocot. The new humidicrib had a number of advantages over the Port-O-Cot. Most importantly it had an over-temperature alarm and cut out. It was also calibrated in degrees Celsius as by then the metric measuring system had been introduced to Australia. It also had a front opening canopy which was easier for nursing staff to use. Metal box with Perspex opening top section. Carry handles at each end.Thermocot portable infant incubator CIG

White cotton triangular bandage printed in black with drawings showing how it can be used. Small white label sewn to rear with initials N.R machine embroidered in red.Made in England The Vernaid Bandage Registered Design Approved by Sir James Cantlie K.B.E., F.R.C.S V & Co Ltdbandage, vernaid

Used by Country Ambulance Services , probably for ambulance subscriptions and other paymentsSmall cash receipt book with blue cardboard front cover and brown cardboard back cover. The book has blue cloth binding along the spine. The pages are numbered 1 to 50. Each page has a duplicate numbered page behind it. The book includes a loose sheet of blue carbon paper tucked behind the back cover.Printed in blue ink on the front cover 'No 432 Cash Receipt Book Numbered in Duplicate' Written in pencil on the front cover top right hand corner is 1/6 (presumably the price of one shilling and sixpence)

created by ambulance officer Lindsay O'Brien to help communicate with non English speaking patientsSpiral bound booklet with Ambulance Service Victoria logo in centreArabic Chinese Greek Italian Russian Turkish Vietnameselindsay o'brien

Grey cylinder shaped dressing with blue labelCestra Cotton Wool

Grey paper packet containing 1 dozen (12) Sanitary Towels. White paper label adhered to outside secures the packet closed. Label has black and red printing.Sanoid Compressed Sanitary Towel Made in Englandsanoid, sanitary towel

Single white cotton sanitary towel with blue fabric loops and wrapped in white paper packaging. The packaging is printed in red and black.Southall's Compressed Sanitary Towel Invaluable to ladies travelling Size Dsouthall's, sanitary towel

Square cardboard box with removable lid. Box is made from brown coloured cardboard. A paper label is adhered al around the box securing the lid in place. The box is wrapped entirely in blue coloured semi transparent Glassine paper and secured on the top and botton with small circular labels printed in red, gold and black. Box contains a gauze dressing. Gold Cross Brand Seabury's Borated Gauze dressing, borated gauze, gauze, seabury & johnson

Fullers Earth is powdered clay used as a cleaning agent amongst other things.Tin with lid. Paper labels adhered to lid and around body of tin. label on lid is white with Brown, beige and purple/blue printing. Label on body is white with gold and red/brown printing. Lid can be removed and reveals contents - white powder (Fullers earth).For Toilet For Nursery Fullers earth Extra Finely Levigated and Free from Gritfullers earth, clay, frank buckhurst

Round, flat cardboard box with lid containing silkworm gut ligatures for medical use. Made from white cardboard with red edging. The lid has a paper label adhered to surface printed in red, blue, yellow and gold. A small label is stuck on tip of the larger label. The underside of the box is plain white but had handwritten words in pencil.On bottom, handwritten in pencil "Always Boil" Label on lid "One hundred ligatures Silkworm gut" ligatures, silkworm gut, johnson & johnson

Rectangular, flat cardboard box with lid containing catgut ligatures for medical use. Made from black cardboard with yellow edging. The lid has a paper label adhered to surface printed in red, blue, and yellow. The underside of the box has a plain white label stuck over it.Label on lid "Three-spool Tank Package - Catgut Ligatures" johnson & johnson, usa, ligatures, catgut

Cardboard box containing bandage 2 inches wide. Made from white cardboard with blue, red, and yellow printing. Red Chain bandage 2 inches 6 Yardsbandage, red chain, johnson & johnson, sydney

White cotton bandage in a blue paper wrapper. A yellow label with red and blue printing secures the wrapper around the bandage. No. 5 Bandage White Open Woves. maw, son & sons ltd, bandage

Tin with hinged lid containing Carbolic soap. Tin is coloured gold, red and white with black lettering. Small white paper label adhering to bottom.Calvert's Medical Soap Pure Carbolic Acid soap, carbolic acid, tin, calverts

Cardboard box containing a tin of antiseptic ointment. The box is sealed so unable to describe tin. The box is yellow/orange in colour with red and black printing.Buckhurst's Healing Ointment Family and popular use ointment, antiseptic, frank buckhurst

White paper package with red printing and containing a Multi-Trauma Dressing. Curity Multi-Trauma Dressing Reorder 1967 dressing, multi-trauma, curity, the kendall company

Control room cards; White cards were used for an immediate emergency response, and if the white card had a red corner it denoted "Accident". Blue cards were used to denote and record routine forward bookings such as patient transport requirements. The cards were used at the Latrobe street Ambulance Headquarters circa 1975.Pale blue paper card with black printing on one side only.From To Car No.card, control room

Control room cards; White cards were used for an immediate emergency response, and if the white card had a red corner it denoted "Accident". Blue cards were used to denote and record routine forward bookings such as patient transport requirements. The cards were used at the Latrobe street Ambulance Headquarters circa 1975.Pale blue paper card with black printing on one side only.From To Car No.card, control room

Control room cards; White cards were used for an immediate emergency response, and if the white card had a red corner it denoted "Accident". Blue cards were used to denote and record routine forward bookings such as patient transport requirements. The cards were used at the Latrobe street Ambulance Headquarters circa 1975.Pale blue paper card with black printing on one side only.From To Car No.card, control room

White metal button badge with printed plastic cover in many colours. There is a metal pin at the back to secure the badge to clothing. On Badge; "Subscriptions 1800 017 500" "EMERGENCIES 000" "Junior Officer"badge

Keyring comprising white metal ring with plastic fob attached (coloured white, red and black)On front of Fob; "EMERGENCY DIAL 000" On back of fob "The Ambulance Service saves Lives"keyring, ambulance service