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Ambulance Victoria Chas Martin OAM Museum This museum is all about preserving and show casing the history of Ambulances in Victoria.

We are open to the public on the last Sunday of each month between 10am - 2pm.

This week, one of our dedicated volunteers attended Parliament House in Spring St to help celebrate a special occasion. ...
10/10/2026

This week, one of our dedicated volunteers attended Parliament House in Spring St to help celebrate a special occasion. It was the Victorian Parliament Heritage Week and the AV Museum was represented by Lee, who bumped into a couple of familiar faces. Firstly was retired ASV Paramedic Tony Austin (Formerly SO at Ballan) and famous for his leadership in quality & ISO accreditations for ASV. Second was Jenny McCoy from the AOTC where she worked at the Management Development Unit. They were part of the group given a tour of Parliament House by David Davis MLC.

Last weekend the AV Museum attended the Geelong Design festival, celebrating Geelong’s history in designing everyday ite...
05/10/2026

Last weekend the AV Museum attended the Geelong Design festival, celebrating Geelong’s history in designing everyday items (From household items to motor vehicles, especially ambulances). Part of the event was held in what was once the location of the Bodycraft Ambulance builders company that designed many types of ambulances for Victorian ambulance services in the past (One of their design’s was the museum’s 1963 F100). Our volunteers Dave & Lee took along our 1942 GM Chevvie and the 1968 Ford Fairlane, thanks for driving all that way.

Would you know what to do in the event of a medical emergency involving a patient in cardiac arrest? This month is “Shoc...
05/10/2026

Would you know what to do in the event of a medical emergency involving a patient in cardiac arrest?

This month is “Shocktober” where everyone is encouraged to learn CPR, learn how to use an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) and how to call Triple-Zero. Every day, 21 Victorians experience a cardiac arrest. It happens to people of all ages, often unexpectedly - and more than 75 per cent happen at home. Ambulance Victoria is promoting its annual Shocktober program to encourage the public to learn about “Call-Push-Shock”.

Here at the AV Museum we have an operational AED just in case as we are a public place hosting many visitors. The modern AED is lightweight and simple to use, compared to early model defibrillators from the 1960’s & 70’s. In the photo is a 1970’s Lifepak-3 alongside a smaller more modern AED. The Lifepak-3 was heavy, bulky and complicated to use. Back in the day only qualified physicians were allowed to use them, until MICA paramedics were authorised in their operational use. So please take the chance this month to learn more about Call-Push-Shock.

https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/call-push-shock

Today at the AV Museum we had a visit from the Bass Care Age Care Group. One of our dedicated volunteers, Dave, gave the...
30/09/2026

Today at the AV Museum we had a visit from the Bass Care Age Care Group. One of our dedicated volunteers, Dave, gave the visitors an awesome presentation & tour of the vehicles and exhibits. They came away a group of very satisfied customers and afterwards headed off to the “Baysie Pub” for lunch, thanks for coming 👍

The AV Museum support the St John Ambulance Association and their upcoming history seminar. Join us for the FREE livestr...
29/09/2026

The AV Museum support the St John Ambulance Association and their upcoming history seminar. Join us for the FREE livestreamed Historical Society seminar on Saturday 10th October via this link -- https://www.facebook.com/SJONElive -- something to interest everyone!
Further details please go to history.stjohn.org.au

Another successful Family Day here at the AV Museum today, lots of happy visitors who enjoyed all that the museum has to...
27/09/2026

Another successful Family Day here at the AV Museum today, lots of happy visitors who enjoyed all that the museum has to offer. Thanks for coming everyone 👍

Today the AV Museum entertained a couple of special guests, our CEO Jordan Emery and Executive Assistant Nina Klein paid...
21/09/2026

Today the AV Museum entertained a couple of special guests, our CEO Jordan Emery and Executive Assistant Nina Klein paid us a visit to see the museum and all it has to offer. The volunteers, including our curator Ralph and archivist Lee, gave them both a great tour of the vehicles and equipment we have on display. This included Jordan being given a chance to sit in our 1912 Talbot 4CT Ambulance which he noted was slightly more difficult to drive than a modern MB Series-3 Sprinter. Thanks for coming today 👍

Today two of our dedicated volunteers at the AV Museum, Dave & Lee, attended the Yarra Hills Secondary College Car Show....
13/09/2026

Today two of our dedicated volunteers at the AV Museum, Dave & Lee, attended the Yarra Hills Secondary College Car Show. Being vintage volunteers, they took along our vintage 1968 Ford Fairlane and 1976 Dodge AT4 MICA truck, both of which attracted lots of interest amongst the many people who attended. Thanks to everyone who came along to enjoy the day.

09/09/2026

This year the AV Museum celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) service which started back in 1971. This type of ambulance service bought a hospital’s intensive care level directly to the patient in the field, and initiated a huge change to the world of Paramedicine and pre-hospital care. It was the first of its type in Australia and only the third in the world (The first was in Belfast in Northern Ireland, established by Dr Sir Frank Pantridge in 1966). The first unit here was MICA-1 which started at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville and was established by cardiologist Dr Graeme Sloman. From this one pioneering unit, MICA has grown to cover the entire state of Victoria with around 600 MICA Paramedics today.

Here at the AV Museum we have a 1976 Dodge AT4 truck configured as an original MICA vehicle with various examples of medical equipment on board from that era. To all our former and current MICA Paramedics out there, we thank you for your outstanding service and clinical excellence.

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Melbourne, VIC
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