The first few minutes after an accident can mean the difference between life and death for a patient and having someone on site with trauma care training can help increase their chance of survival.
Thanks to a Careflight trauma care training session in Cobar on the weekend, the chances are now better of someone local having the right skills to help.
A dozen community members that included police, Rural Fire Service, SES personnel, as well as a nurse, attended the Careflight workshop at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Sunday.
The Careflight education workshops aim to build resilience in local communities by improving access to health services and outcomes across Australia.
CareFlight’s trauma care workshops are one-of-a-kind and are provided at no cost to participants.
The three Careflight trainers, Mick Lewis, John Lenahan and Greg Ferguson, who have more than 75 years experience in emergency situations between them, travel all around the country providing the unique trauma care training.
They led the Cobar group through a variety of simulated emergency scenarios on Sunday including a small child being hit by a vehicle and a worker falling from a tree and suffering a chainsaw injury.
Lifelike medical mannequins and specially-designed simulation equipment aided in the recreation of a high-pressure, hands-on environment, ensuring the training was realistic, applicable and improved participants’ ability to connect learning to real-world situations.
In addition to lifesaving skills, participants are given training in essential leadership, teamwork, situational awareness and communication skills that will help them respond to traumas.
Mr Lewis praised the work of the Cobar workshop participants saying they had remained cool, calm and confident and that their emergency scenario incidents were “well led, well run and well executed”…Full story in this week’s edition of The Cobar Weekly out now!
