| lessons from the front lines: the prehospital experience of the 2009 novel h1n1 outbreak in victoria, australia. | the h1n1 (swine influenza) 2009 outbreak in victoria, australia, provided a unique opportunity to review the prehospital response to a public health emergency. as part of ambulance victoria's response to the outbreak, relevant emergency response plans and pandemic plans were instigated, focused efforts were aimed at encouraging the use of personal protective equipment (ppe), and additional questions were included in the call-taking script for telephone triage of emergency calls to identify poten ... | 2009 | 19952886 |