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Acting officer-in-charge at Proston Ambulance Station Kim Urquhart, sitting on the Raizer lifting chair, with members of the Proston Local Ambulance Committee on Saturday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 9, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

A massive fundraising effort by a small community led to a special presentation to the Proston Ambulance on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

The Proston Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) began fundraising in November last year to buy a Raizer lifting chair for use by local QAS paramedics.<\/p>\n

Acting officer-in-charge at Proston Ambulance Station, Kim Urquhart, said the battery-operated, mobile device could lift a person weighing up to 150kg off the ground into a seated position, from where they can be easily transferred into an ambulance.<\/p>\n

She said the device was necessary because Proston paramedics respond to jobs as solo officers, and were not allowed to try to lift a fallen person by themselves.<\/p>\n

In the past, they have had to wait for up to an hour for back-up from another station such as Murgon or Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

“It’s all about safety,” she said. “Safety for us and safety for the patient.”<\/p>\n

The Proston Ambulance Station covers a huge area and can respond to jobs as far away as Mundubbera, Monogorilby and Chinchilla.<\/p>\n

There are two permanent officers based at the station and two 4WD ambulances.<\/p>\n

Proston LAC president David Hunter said when they heard about the need, they sprung into action to raise the $5500 necessary to buy the chair.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We were allowing 12 months to raise it, but we did it two months!” he said.<\/p>\n

David had a special thank you for John Welsh, publican of the Golden Spurs Hotel.<\/p>\n

When the fundraising paused with about $1400 to go, John stepped up and the hotel contributed the remainder.<\/p>\n

About the same time, the former Hivesville Markets organising committee wound up and offered the LAC $1000.<\/p>\n

David said this money would be put towards their next fundraising project.<\/p>\n

Major donations for the Raizer chair were received from the Golden Spurs Hotel $1484, Proston Lions Club $1000, Proston Golf Club $620, Proston SPAR Supermarket $500, Proston Towing $500 and Hivesville Fuel $250.<\/p>\n

Individual sponsors also stumped out amounts ranging from $5 to $200.<\/p>\n

David presented thank you certificates to all the fundraisers.<\/p>\n

Kim said the Proston LAC was the largest in the Darling Downs QAS region and one of the largest in the State.<\/p>\n

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Acting OIC Kim Urquhart demonstrated how the Raizer chair operates with the help of “patient” Raymond Dionysius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Proston LAC president David Hunter presented John Welsh, from the Golden Spurs Hotel, with a thank you certificate …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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… and Helen Young, from the Proston & District Lions Club …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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… and Brian Garland, president of the Proston Golf Club …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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and Irena McDonald, Lyn Ramscar and Val Klein, from the Hivesville Markets committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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