Ambulance Rescue show off their skills at the Nowra Show
The Ambulance Service of NSW Rescue Unit was on display at the recent Nowra Show to show the Shoalhaven greater community their rescue skill capabilities during a simulated motor vehicle accident.
In a first for the show, a simulated motor vehicle accident scene was set up in the showground main arena and the action began.
Paramedics were called to reports of a single car motor vehicle accident in which the driver of the car was seriously injured. Ambulance was deployed to the scene under lights and sirens to assess the situation.
On arrival, paramedics found a 25 year old female in a serious condition and first on scene paramedics requested backup from the Ambulance Paramedic rescue crews.
Show Onlookers were able to hear all the dialogue from the scene through a loud speaker including the initial Triple Zero call, the request for backup, the radio transmissions and the dialogue between the paramedics on scene and the rescue scenes.
Bomaderry Paramedic rescue had to cut the car into pieces to extricate
the patient from the car using all their fancy “toys” and machinery.
The “patient” was taken from the scene in a serious condition.
Ambulance is committed to assisting the community create safer and healthier environments and outcomes by making prevention everyone’s businesses. A number of innovative community education programs have been implemented to assist identify life threatening conditions, understand what to do in an emergency and the importance of adopting illness prevention strategies.