(Photo: RACQ LifeFlight)
October 16, 2017
New Hope Group – the company developing the controversial New Acland coal mine – has joined forces with LifeFlight Australia to improve the safety of communities around their mine.
Community First Aid Kits, equipped with important emergency medical equipment, will be installed in community accessible places such as pubs and corner stores in Kulpi, Quinalow, Peranga, Haden and Biddeston.
The kits will assist local residents in delivering critical first-response care in areas that can sometimes be more than a 40 minute drive from the nearest ambulance station.
The first kit was installed at the Pioneer Hotel in Kulpi earlier this month.
LifeFlight Director of Clinical Services, Dr Mark Edwards, said the Community First Aid Kits would provide an important helping hand during the critical “golden hour” after a medical emergency.
“The hour immediately following a medical emergency is the most crucial time for survival and positive long-term outcomes for the patient,” Dr Edwards said.
“It is critical patients are provided with the best care possible during this time.
“LifeFlight Australia will continue to provide professional emergency medical care to these wonderful rural communities but before emergency services arrive, access to quality first-aid equipment could potentially save someone’s life.
“The Community First-Aid Kits are stocked with colour-coded emergency equipment with simple, short instructions to help treat and stabilise patients before emergency services arrive.”
