Category 5 Emergency Care

Category 5 Emergency Care is a Far North Queensland based First Aid and Medic business. We provide a wide range of high quality First Aid, Sports Trainer and Pre-Hospital Care courses in addition to Event Medic Support for corporate events, concerts, sporting events and public gatherings. To complement these services we also sell first aid kits and emergency equipment. Our services cater to multiple industries and extend across Australia with clientele spanning as far north as the Torres Strait and south to Victoria. Category 5 Emergency Care is the premier provider of Event Healthcare Solutions at public events and festivals throughout North Queensland. Category 5 staff consist of some of the most highly trained Emergency Pre – Hospital Staff including Emergency Nurses, Paramedics, Doctors and Medics (Paramedic/Nursing students). We have clinical oversight from our Medical Director (FACEM) and all clinical practice is in line with our Clinical Practice Protocols. We are one of very few private providers in Queensland who are authorised by Queensland Health to administer emergency medications. We also reduce the demand on both the Qld Ambulance Service and Emergency Departments by not calling for minor issues. Many ‘medics’ have little more than a 3-4 day Advanced First Aid certificate and little to no actual experience in managing medical emergencies, particularly at large events. The managers of Category5 Emergency Care are all Emergency nurses and Paramedics who have seen the sad results of inexperienced medics who have been placed in situation they were not trained to be in. It’s because of this, we will always advocate for a proper risk assessment, and we will never accept events where we feel our staff and the community will be placed at risk. As a company we will advise you if we feel the requested medical assistance will not meet the “coroner test”. We accept that we may cost more and you may go with a different provider and that’s ok. However, to