MICA begins 1970 - 1990

1971 MICA (Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance) concept trialed in a bid to address the avoidable deaths from road accidents and heart attacks.

1972 Ambulance officers trained over some months at Royal Melbourne Hospital replaced medical registrars on the MICA ambulance. The network of MICA Ambulance teams based at hospitals grew to 10 over the next 20 years.

1978 The first student ambulance officers began the Certificate of Applied Science Course.

1986 Helicopter retrieval of trauma and time critical patients began.

1989 The current Doncaster headquarters opened.

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