Sunday was a quiet day for emergency services in the Hunter Valley. Just before midnight, it became a shift they will never forget.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.It had been a quiet Sunday night for emergency services in the Hunter Valley. The ambulance control centre was fielding calls about routine transports, overheating cars, and an incident involving an “overzealous medical student,” said one paramedic in a bored tone, “trying to convince a patient there is something wrong with her”.
He asked whether there were several triple-0 calls, or just one. Perhaps a single report might have been exaggerated, or misunderstood. “We’ve received multiple calls,” the operator said grimly. De’Zuna declared a major incident as the death toll climbed. “At this stage, we have identified seven – I repeat, seven – code fours [fatalities],” he told the dispatcher. “We have one red [critical] patient, whose injuries are severe and unfortunately, we are expecting that is also going to code four.” There were more critically and severely injured passengers. “I’m still trying to locate how many patients I have.
De’Zuna told the incoming helicopters about the most serious casualty, a woman with a complex chest injury whose arm had been amputated at the shoulder. “She’s now intubated, she’ll be the most critical patient to be assessed,” he told the ambulance dispatcher. Her blood pressure was in freefall. There was a 58-year-old woman, who had not been restrained, reporting pain in her right arm and shoulder. Paramedics suspected her ribs were fractured. Her husband, 63, had a soft tissue injury to his neck.Forster said the agencies “worked well together to ensure we were protecting our people, and were providing the best care and support to casualties. It was a very intense experience.” In his 30-year career he had never seen so many casualties, but had attended other tragedies.
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