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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2009, 07:15:28 PM »
I quite liked that story. It was good to see a couple of my mates in the vid :P

Its a good service and it is great to see that it got off the ground instead of the usual Adelaide pomp & circumstance getting in the way.
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #26 on: November 29, 2009, 03:46:32 PM »
MedStar Operations Centre was open for a tour on Thursday and 40 people made the visit for a look see.

There was a demonstration involving a casualty who had fallen from a roof and Matt Hooper and his team put on a good display.Some of the equipment was on display and a mini ventilator unit costs $35,000 bearing in mind the weight issues for the choppers.
MedStar will be relocating in about 18 months to a new facility at the western end of the airport for quicker dispatch.

Currently the SAAS SOT and MedStar are sharing the same facility which is a bit cramped to say the least.
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2009, 03:54:03 PM »
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #28 on: December 29, 2009, 04:58:39 PM »
Those pics are great! It is such a sight getting to see those helicopters come in and land on our helipad. One night we had two land on the deck one after the other. I had a chat to the pilot of the first helicopter while we were waiting for the second and he was ex Army and was in the 171st Aviation Squadron who are the Special Forces pilots. They fly the SAS and 4RAR around etc (equivalent to the US 160th SOAR "Night Stalkers").

I will get to go and spend a day down there one weekend, should be cool to see what goes on there.
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2010, 07:50:11 AM »
Health Minister, John Hill, has launched a new aero-medical retrieval service to get emergency teams out to critically injured and sick children and newborns faster than ever before.

Minister Hill said. “MedStar Kids specialises in the emergency care and treatment of young children and babies.”

“There are now teams of specialist doctors, nurses and paramedics based at Adelaide Airport 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ready to go at a moment’s notice.

“When you have a very sick or newborn baby, every second counts.

Premier Mike Rann said the new service, MedStar Kids, also transfers children and their parents between hospitals across South Australia.

“Before Medstar set up its adult retrieval service last year, the average time between receiving an emergency call and getting a team on their way to the scene was 35 minutes.

“The new service has cut that average time down to just ten minutes.

“Since the launch of the adult MedStar service in March 2009, the specialist teams have successfully retrieved over 1300 seriously ill and injured adults.”

Dr Jane Cocks, MedStar Kids, clinical director, said the service is expected to help with around 800 retrievals and transfers across the state each year.

“The children’s retrieval service in South Australia was previously carried out by staff at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre, and they provided an excellent level of care.

“The benefit of having a dedicated MedStar Kids retrieval team based at Adelaide Airport is that we will be able to reach the patient and start treatment quicker than ever before.

“Bring able to provide early emergency medical care for seriously ill and injured babies and children makes a big difference to their chance of survival and their long-term recovery.”
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #30 on: February 13, 2010, 10:52:52 PM »
When medstar first took over as the retrieval service they were doing pead cases as well,
 
 its good to see that there is now a pead team available but do they do roadside trauma as well or just hospital to hospital? at the SAAS conference last year the guy who took us through medstar base said they would be doing all road side retrievals. 

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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #31 on: February 14, 2010, 09:12:58 PM »
Yes, they do roadside retrievals.
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #32 on: February 14, 2010, 10:47:49 PM »
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #33 on: February 15, 2010, 12:33:51 AM »
Here is a pic of VH-LSA which is the Bell 412, a four-bladed variant of the famous Huey. I took this on our helipad with my iPhone. I'm pretty impressed with the quality.

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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #34 on: February 15, 2010, 07:12:33 AM »
And here's one I prepared earlier

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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #35 on: February 16, 2010, 12:49:43 AM »
Awesome photo Pip! Can you tell us the scenario here?
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #36 on: February 16, 2010, 06:51:52 AM »
Motorcylist crashed off Gorge Rd Paracombe, landing on a ledge about 8-10 metres down.

Had to be winched out (wth great difficulty) before begin flown to hospital.

More photos at

http://www.fire-brigade.asn.au/gallery/pages/rescueparacombe180110/index.htm


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« Reply #37 on: February 16, 2010, 04:17:30 PM »
That's an awesome website Pip, great photos all round.
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #38 on: February 16, 2010, 09:53:49 PM »
Thanks.   :-D

It certainly takes up enough of my time!!!     :-D

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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #39 on: August 25, 2010, 12:44:47 AM »
By the way Pip, that image is now my phone background. Its orientation is perfect for the iPhone screen and its such a cool image!
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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #40 on: August 25, 2010, 01:22:50 PM »
I'm glad people can make use of our photos   :-D

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Re: Medstar retrieval service
« Reply #41 on: November 27, 2010, 02:17:29 PM »
Does anyone know the call sign for medSTAR? I think SOT is SO174 but I think medSTAR is different. 

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« Reply #42 on: November 29, 2010, 08:57:54 PM »
I know their callsigns are simply MedSTAR 71 for the 0700-1900 team, MedSTAR 81 for the 0800-2000 crew and so on.  Similar to all the SAAS crews, not sure what their pager callsign is.
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Re: Medistar retrieval service
« Reply #43 on: July 19, 2011, 09:05:06 AM »
There is talk of having a rescue chopper down here in the SE working out of MOUNT GAMBIER the Grant council is pushing for it along with other council's here in the SE. I understand there are concerns about the RFDS service as they are too busy and that at night they only have one plane that covers SA/NSW/NT (parts of)....

I know it has been a while but this regards to your earlier post about having a rescue chopper in the South East:

South-East plea for rescue copter

A SOUTH-East councillor is calling for a rescue helicopter to be permanently based at Mt Gambier.

THIS follows two recent incidents in which a Victorian rescue helicopter was called to assist emergency services.

Grant councillor, Alan Hill, said the people of the South-East were being neglected by the State Government and his pleas to get a helicopter for the region were being ignored.

The lives of regional people were just as important as those in the city, Mr Hill said.

"Our regional lives have the same value as city lives and our taxes have the same value as city taxes," he said.

"Warrnambool, which has similar demographics, is a lot closer to Melbourne . . . yet they have a rescue helicopter and we don't.

"If you are in a serious car crash within 200km of Adelaide, if the situation demands, then a helicopter will get you to the appropriate health care far more quickly than by road ambulance."

Mr Hill said Mt Gambier was the largest regional city in SA, while the whole South-East region had a population of about 70,000 people.

He said the helicopter could also be used by other emergency

services. "They can give you a thousand reasons why it can't happen . . . but nobody is even trying, we are neglected down here, we don't get what we deserve."

An spokeswoman for Ambulance Victoria said they were there to help across any borders when requested.

Keith is the furthest distance in the South-East that the Motor Accident Commission rescue helicopter can fly to from Adelaide and return with out refuelling.

Local Independent MP Don Peglar said the proposal had previously always been put in the too hard basket: "But I think it is worthy of analysis to see what the true benefits are."

Health Minister John Hill did not respond to questions from The Advertiser.


http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/south-east-plea-for-rescue-copter/story-e6frea6u-1226095571202