On Thursday, June 10, paramedics will only attend the most "urgent, life threatening" emergencies according to a Health Services Union spokesperson.

"Last year, paramedics were awarded a paltry 0.3 per cent," they said.

"This year, the Government's proposed 1.5 per cent pay offer is again less than inflation, which NSW Treasury currently forecasts at 2.2 per cent for the coming year."

Batemans Bay station officer and HSU Southern Councillor, Mick Grayson, said paramedics didn't want it to go this far.

"If the government does what it needs to and starts talking to paramedics, this can be solved," he said.

"Effectively over two years they're offering a one per cent pay rise (when you factor in superannuation).

"We're doing more work, more intense work, increasing productivity for the health department, and there's no way the government will allow us to recoup that increasing work through a wage claim."

Mr Grayson explained paramedics were not exempt from the government's Wages Regulations, meaning they can't make a claim to increase their wages to an independent body.

"We do a lot of out-of-hospital treatments now," he said.

"We do a lot of complex activities in the field, and we're not being compensated for it.

"What should occur is giving us an exemption, and letting us go and have our hearing and figure out the worth of the work we're doing for the community.

"Paramedics in other states have done that previously, which is part of the reason why we're still the lowest paid paramedics in the country."

Mr Grayson said paramedics across the South Coast were "frustrated" with the ordeal.

"They've watched this play out over a number of years," he said.

"We've lobbied, written to the treasurer, asked for an exemption - we've been nice and polite and we feel the government has turned their back on us.

"How can we put pressure on them to change their attitude (without the work stoppage)?

"We have to do something now, draw a line in the sand, and get the government to listen, or at least start talking to us."

HSU NSW Secretary Gerard Hayes said next week's industrial action could still be easily avoided.

"We are flagging this action well in advance and have designed it to avoid impacting life threatening emergencies," he said.

"There will, however, be significant disruption on the day.

"Dominic Perrottet can avert all of this by coming to the table with a fair pay offer - he simply needs to provide paramedics a fair day's pay for a fair day's work."