Edited sentence: Additionally, MICA paramedics in rural area's have been hampered by the lack of equipment and funding available to procure that equipment.In 2009, the service introduced the "whisperflow" CPAP device, though it has been budgeted for in several rural areas, it is not yet funded there by denying victorians of a piece of potentially life saving equipment at the cost of a mere $900.In many cases, community groups known as ambulance auxillaries are purchasing these for their local branches to ensure their local community does not "miss out" on potentially life saving devices, and has lead to a common joke among staff that these community groups will soon need to buy banadages and diesel to keep the ambulance running.Other pieces of lifesaving equipment not available to many Rural MICA Paramedics include Transport Ventilators, 12 lead ECG and Electronic Capnography