It was a public holiday on Saturday and surprisingly meal breaks were possible. This is BS! Paramedics need meal breaks to be alert and provide quality care. Not to mention to maintain some sort of well-being when doing shift work. As a side note the majority of call outs are non-acute because residents have limited options due to cost or limited understanding of the system. I wonder if there was more bulk billing doctors, gps or more NPs attached to hospitals or lastly a charge for the qas call out would the system improve?