Educate the public to reserve 000 for life-threatening emergencies rather than minor ailments.

The problem

Consulting for the Shannon Group, the re-enactment of a boy’s near-death experience brought the misuse of 000 calls into the spotlight. Evaluations showed a drop in non-urgent daily Triple Zero calls and a concurrent rise in Nurse-on-Call usage along with an attitudinal shift towards ambulances, and subsequently influenced health-seeking behaviours among the Victorian community.

The solution