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A 45-year career came to a close last month when Stephen 鈥楤irdy鈥� Bird put on his uniform to complete his last shift with 黄片视频 (AV).

Stephen started his paramedicine career in 1982, when he joined the Horsham 黄片视频 Service after years working as a nurse.

After working in the Grampians region for three years, he made the move to Melbourne to progress his career and 鈥渘ever looked back鈥�.

Over the decades, Stephen has played a key role in AV鈥檚 response to some of the state鈥檚 most significant incidents, including the tragic events in Queen Street and Hoddle Street in 1987, the Russell Street bombing, and the Mercy Hospital shooting.

Stephen鈥檚 care and compassion have profoundly impacted countless Victorians in their greatest time of need. This includes witnessing eight babies, whom he insists delivered themselves, take their first breath.

In 1988, Stephen was among the first paramedics to join the organisation鈥檚 Communications Centre in Doncaster. His clinical expertise, calm presence and radio-quality voice on the other end of the phone became invaluable.

鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing to look at where Triage Services is now - employing over 300 practitioners and taking on a large portion of the service鈥檚 workload,鈥� Stephen said.

鈥淭asmania has a similar Triage Service to AV and one of our people helped set that up. It makes me incredibly proud to have seen AV innovate and lead the way in how we serve and care for patients in the community.鈥�

Stephen also worked at Qantas for nearly 20 years in roles such as cabin service manager, which saw him apply his paramedicine knowledge to patients in the air, while also learning management skills transferable to AV.

鈥淲e received incredible training, and I brought those skills back to AV to share with other leaders, such as how to manage people, how to have performance conversations and how deal with difficult situations.鈥�

After a remarkable career defined by dedication, professionalism, and care, Stephen is hanging up his boots and headed for a well-earned retirement.

鈥淚 have been so humbled to receive hundreds of beautiful messages from community members and colleagues thanking me for the work I鈥檝e done throughout the years,鈥� he said.

鈥淚鈥檝e done all the travelling around the world one could possibly desire. Now I'm a real homebody. I鈥檓 more than happy to spend my days in Ocean Grove with my partner, Phillip, and beautiful little staffie Ruby.鈥�

After four and a half decades working on the front lines, Stephen鈥檚 advice for others is to never be afraid of pursuing opportunities to grow your skills and career as you never know where it might take you.

鈥淢y generation was so comfortable with such a good job and nervous to change but I think it's important to try your hand at different things,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 encourage people to have a look at the organisation and take opportunities as they come.鈥�

鈥淲ithout a doubt, 黄片视频鈥檚 paramedics are among the highest trained in the world and I think this has been a great organisation to work for.鈥�