Our people

Bryce

Simulation Trainer

Bryce has been a Paramedic for 10 years with Ambulance Victoria and is currently a Triage Practitioner working in Ambulance Victoria's Secondary Triage Program (Refcomm). He also spent 8 years as a Volunteer with SA Ambulance Service in some country locations. Before becoming a paramedic Bryce worked as a Registered Nurse in a busy Emergency Department in Adelaide's South. Bryce's passion for education has travelled through his career. During his nursing time he spent a lot of time working with graduate nurses, student nurses and junior staff supporting their learning and educational needs. As a volunteer Bryce worked with new recruits as a mentor and on road trainer. Bryce was well respected by his peers for his passion for education and consistently took opportunities to help out with training when he could.

During Bryce's paramedic career, he completed a secondment as a Paramedic Educator. Bryce is a Clinical Instructor and Study Day Facilitator, meaning he works with Graduate Paramedics, completing Infield Supervision and support for newly qualified Paramedics and Paramedics returning to work after extended periods of time off road. Bryce completed his Certificate IV in training and assessment to formalise his training skills and develop skills suitable for training not just paramedics, but members of the public also.

In Bryce's free time he loves spending time with his kids and working in the garden. Bryce's family are an integral part of his life and every minute he gets to spend with them, fills his cup and helps keep his passions alive.

Abbey

Head of Training

Abbey began her journey with the Australian Army in early 2013 as a Medical Technician, serving across various domestic and international locations. Alongside her operational experience, she took on instructional roles delivering first aid and combat first aid training, as well as leading adventure training activities, including sea kayaking in South East Queensland. Abbey also gained valuable experience working alongside Paramedics, including Intensive Care Paramedics, and across various hospitals throughout Australia.

In 2020, Abbey transitioned from the Regular Army to the Army Reserve and returned to Adelaide, where she has continued contributing to her reserve unit through training activities and various operational assignments.

Abbey joined Real Response in Adelaide as a casual trainer, quickly progressing into a permanent position before stepping into the role of Head of Dynamic Environmental Services. Following her contributions to the development and delivery of Real Response’s dynamic and simulation-based training, Abbey has since progressed into the role of Head of Training.

Abbey is passionate about delivering realistic, engaging and effective training that prepares people to respond confidently when it matters most. She brings together her military experience, clinical exposure and passion for education to support the development of Real Response’s training programs, trainers and overall training capability.

Outside of work, Abbey enjoys spending time with her German Shepherd, Bear, as well as family and friends. She loves going on adventures, camping, heading to the beach, staying fit, playing sport and travelling overseas solo on surf camps.

There are several components that make Real Response stand out from the competition. Our simulation based first aid training methods are an obvious feature that is transforming first aid training methods in Australia. Another reason for our success is the determination to bridge the gap between basic knowledge assimilation and genuine first aid response capability. Underlying all our success and achievements however, are Real Response’s greatest resource of all; our highly trained, expert, and committed Real Response staff and instructors.

Students of any subject will agree that even the most interesting and exciting subject matter can become as dry as a dog biscuit when knowledge is imparted by an unenthusiastic tutor and delivered in monotone mumbles. On the other hand, boring material can be made interesting if the teacher is animated and enthusiastic. So, you can imagine the effect of life-changing first aid and CPR skills taught by industry experts using enhanced simulation training techniques. Our course participants become enlivened, engaged and excited to share their training journey, and confident to put practice into reality should they ever face a genuine emergency.

At Real Response, we believe in developing the maximum potential of course participants. Our success isn’t by chance, and we hand pick our staff according to their high attainments, intelligence, experience, personality and ability to impart knowledge that stands the test of time. Our instructors are humble as well as capable, so without naming names (check out our profiles page), here is a small sample of the expertise on your side when learning first aid skills delivered by the experts at Real Response.

  • Advanced Life Support Paramedic and Underwater Medic
  • Critical Care Nurse
  • Combat Paramedic
  • Fireman
  • Clinical Instructor and Personal Trainer
  • Community First Aid Response
  • Senior Medical Advisor
  • Paediatric Nurse
  • Teacher and Instructor
  • Lecturer and Ambulance Paramedic
  • First Aid Instructor

As you can imagine from the above list, our courses provide a comprehensive approach to first aid training. Real Response instructors are multi-skilled individuals who appreciate the increased emergency response capability of teamwork. That’s one reason we apply enhanced simulation training techniques in our courses. With simulation training, formerly only used in military, paramedic, police and medical training, our students are absorbed into realistic life-and-death situations requiring a timely emergency response.

Our style is catching on, with Real Response simulation training spreading from Melbourne to Sydney, and employers couldn’t be happier. At last, they have genuinely trained first aiders on standby, ready to act at a moment’s notice to save lives. Even introductory course attainments at Real Response can make a huge difference in emergency response, while also developing character and confidence in our course participants. For example, Provide First Aid (HLTAID011), one of our foundational courses, imparts knowledge and skills that include:

  • Provide CPR to an adult, child and infant
  • Airway management and artificial respiration
  • Automatic External Defibrillation (AED)
  • Respiratory emergencies including anaphylaxis
  • Management of bleeding plus bandaging
  • Soft tissue injuries
  • Head and spinal injuries
  • Strokes, diabetes and seizures

There are a lot of skills learnt in only 1 or 2 days of training, providing an indication of just how easy the techniques are to learn when knowledge is imparted by Real Response staff and instructors. With Real Response, the attainments remain fresh until time for renewal of qualifications, providing a consistently high level of emergency response.

We offer accredited training all over Australia through private and public courses and online via Zoom. Our head office is in Melbourne at 117 Wellington Street, St Kilda, VIC, 3182. Additionally, we have staffed offices in Geelong (5 Yarra St, Geelong VIC 3220), and Gladstone (114b Hanson Rd, Gladstone Central QLD 4680) and Townsville (15 Ingham Rd, West End QLD 4810). We offer private training all around Australia, and public courses are available at our offices in St Kilda, Geelong, Gladstone, and Townsville as well as at Adelaide University in SA. We are constantly expanding our course locations, with more locations coming soon.