The Ambo's, Really do a great job!!, in all states i imagine.

agreed ...... hence i purchased the best sat phone avail as i just hope i NEVER have to use it but if i do it will be worth a million dollars ....

I could not agree more, I have had my fair share of being in the back of those intensive care ambulances, and the medicos are a truly dedicated and caring.

Incidentally, in some areas the 000 does not work for mobiles, the alternative number is 112.

Hope nobody has to use this information.

Cheers

Dusty

Hi xle,

I had a similar medical emergency happen in May when we were camping at a dam in Central Qld with family. The phone signal wasnt all that good and I think was only available with Telstra.
I had to dial 000 when my brother in law collapsed. The ambo's were there within about 20 minutes and he was taken off to the nearest hospital for tests and observation.
We were also very thankful that we were in a place where we could reach help and for the job that the Ambulance staff do.

My brother in law had double bypass heart surgery within a fortnight of his initial collapse having been transported to Brisbane by air ambulance so is a lucky Man.

Cheers,

Heather

Axle
Go the "Ambo's"

The most respected people in Oz.

Cheers
Bucky

From my trip story of our recent outback adventure, about an hour after arriving at Yulara....
"as we were driving out from the camp ground, we saw a lady lying on the road, and although there were a man and woman with her, I decided we should help. The lady’s name was Dale and she was quite ill. She hadn’t felt well all day, and had been in bed in her van. Her husband Danny was with her and he was obviously very concerned. The other lady was Heather and she said she was an aged care worker. Heather was trying to convince Dale that she needed medical help, but Dale was arguing that she felt she would be OK for the time being. We provided a small pillow for her, and Gayleen and I had a look at her and asked a few questions. Now, I’ll point out at this time that although I’ve done numerous First Aid courses over the years, this is the first time ever that those skills have been close to being needed. It’s a lot easier in the class room at St Johns with the mannequins than in real life, and Dale, as sick as she was, was thankfully not an accident victim covered in blood. In any case, we took control and firmly told Dale that we were going to organise medical assistance. We drove around to the reception office and reported it to the desk girl, she rang the medical centre, (which is right around the corner) and then we drove back to where Dale was still laying in the middle of the road. Literally three minutes later, the ambulance arrived! Quite impressive and comforting to know that medical help is so close! The ambo’s took over, loaded Dale into the back of the ambulance and took her to the medical centre. We continued on to watch the glorious sunset over Uluru."

According to the doctors at the medical centre, she was having a heart attack.

She recovered, thankfully, and we spoke to her two days later when she stopped by our camp to thank us for our help. I was very proud of ourselves for providing the little bit of help that we did.

Cheers

Brian