Paramedic Jodie Rogers will drive into Ukraine inside an ambulance she paid for to provide medical aid

Lancefield paramedic Jodie Rogers will be on the front lines in Ukraine's war with Russia, bringing with her life saving equipment.

Lancefield paramedic Jodie Rogers has ticked off a major milestone on her mission to deliver medical help to Ukraine.

Ms Rogers will depart for Ukraine this week to volunteer with Smart Medical Aid, where she will drive into the country in an ambulance she paid for.

She will pick up the ambulance in Germany and drive into Lviv in Western Ukraine, where she will be based for three months.

This ambulance will be the 43rd delivered to Ukraine as part of Smart Medical Aid’s campaign and will be sent to Kherson, which is among the cities hit hardest during the war with Russia.

Since launching her ‘Ambos for Ukraine’ GoFundMe, Ms Rogers has raised $10,800 with the aim of reaching $100,000 to send over “as many ambulances as possible”.

“I‘m just so pleased, raising enough to send one ambulance is incredible but if we can get more, that’d be even more amazing,” she said.

“One of the things I thought I could do as a paramedic was to try get more ambulances and that’s what we’ve started doing.

“I’m very excited and a bit nervous for the (12 hour) drive.

“The border crossing from Poland to Ukraine is apparently long and arduous but because I’m an Australian volunteer I’ve got the necessary paperwork to get across the border.

“I feel pretty confident and safe because the situation is monitored daily there so there plans in place of where to go and where to stay.”

Her primary roles include training frontline defenders how to stop catastrophic haemorrhages, educating locals in using defibrillators and dispatching medical equipment from warehouses.

While Ms Rogers is unable to practice in Ukraine, she will be able to help extricate patients from hospitals into Poland.

She will also work in warehouses where she will dispatch medical supplies to the front line.

Part of her preparation for her trip also includes an “exit plan” which includes meeting up with friends of friends on the Poland-Ukraine border should she need to evacuate.

“Through my fundraising drive I’ve made contacts with Ukrainians living in Australia who have family in Poland and they’ve offered to pick me up from the border if I get stuck,” Ms Rogers said.

“I’ve got some tactical medicine training behind me and also wilderness medicine training behind me. And to be honest, I think I do my best work in those high pressure situations.”