All encompassing health facility opens in Ravenshoe with a new Ambulance vehicle
Published Thursday, 05 July, 2012 at 02:30 PM
Minister for Police and Community Safety
The Honourable Jack Dempsey
A new $1 million Ravenshoe Ambulance Station, which is a combined facility with Queensland Health, has been officially opened by Minister for Police and Community Safety Jack Dempsey and Minister for Health Lawrence Springborg today.
Mr Dempsey said the Ravenshoe Ambulance Station became operational on 27 March 2012 and has already become a highly functional facility that not only benefits the community but also the paramedics who operate out of the station.
“The Ravenshoe Ambulance Station services an area bounded by Evelyn, Tumoulin and Innot Hot Springs,” Mr Dempsey said.
“It also regularly supports Mt Garnet and Millaa Millaa Ambulance Stations, responding to the areas of Georgetown and Greenvale.
“The station is staffed with an officer-in-charge and two paramedics. This small team responded to almost 400 life-threatening cases last financial year and more than 400 non-life-threatening cases.”
Back in 1927, the first Ravenshoe Ambulance Station was built next to the Ravenshoe Police Station.
“The first ambulance officers of Ravenshoe Ambulance Station did not have bitumen roads and the average trip to Herberton Hospital took around eight hours of driving,” Mr Dempsey said.
“Despite the 36-hour journey to the local cattle stations on bush tracks and washed out dirt roads, ambulance officers delivered their patients safely to hospital.
“Much has changed since the early ambos travelled to local cattle stations. However, the dedication of the paramedics at Ravenshoe Ambulance Station has not.
“These paramedics provide life-saving support at serious traffic crashes, administer lifesaving drugs and transport the sick and elderly to medical appointments.”
A new ambulance vehicle was also handed over by Mr Dempsey to enhance resources for local Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics.
“This new Toyota Landcruiser Modular will be a valuable new resource for paramedics to transport patients to the hospital quickly and safely,” Mr Dempsey said.
“This vehicle will operate throughout the Ravenshoe district.”
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Media Contact: Danny Donald 0439 719 116 or Sam Smallbone 0417 226 114
Mr Dempsey said the Ravenshoe Ambulance Station became operational on 27 March 2012 and has already become a highly functional facility that not only benefits the community but also the paramedics who operate out of the station.
“The Ravenshoe Ambulance Station services an area bounded by Evelyn, Tumoulin and Innot Hot Springs,” Mr Dempsey said.
“It also regularly supports Mt Garnet and Millaa Millaa Ambulance Stations, responding to the areas of Georgetown and Greenvale.
“The station is staffed with an officer-in-charge and two paramedics. This small team responded to almost 400 life-threatening cases last financial year and more than 400 non-life-threatening cases.”
Back in 1927, the first Ravenshoe Ambulance Station was built next to the Ravenshoe Police Station.
“The first ambulance officers of Ravenshoe Ambulance Station did not have bitumen roads and the average trip to Herberton Hospital took around eight hours of driving,” Mr Dempsey said.
“Despite the 36-hour journey to the local cattle stations on bush tracks and washed out dirt roads, ambulance officers delivered their patients safely to hospital.
“Much has changed since the early ambos travelled to local cattle stations. However, the dedication of the paramedics at Ravenshoe Ambulance Station has not.
“These paramedics provide life-saving support at serious traffic crashes, administer lifesaving drugs and transport the sick and elderly to medical appointments.”
A new ambulance vehicle was also handed over by Mr Dempsey to enhance resources for local Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics.
“This new Toyota Landcruiser Modular will be a valuable new resource for paramedics to transport patients to the hospital quickly and safely,” Mr Dempsey said.
“This vehicle will operate throughout the Ravenshoe district.”
[ENDS] 5 July 2012
Media Contact: Danny Donald 0439 719 116 or Sam Smallbone 0417 226 114