Dirt biker teenagers crash at Green Point
Two teenagers were injured, one seriously, when their dirt bikes collided while riding at Green Point, east of Gosford, on the Central Coast today.
Ambulance officers called NRMA CareFlight’s flying trauma team at 5.30 pm to treat the pair at the Green Point tip.
The NRMA CareFlight doctor said the 15-year-old boy suffered severe concussion and was flown direct to Royal North Shore Hospital for further assessment, where he was in a stable condition on arrival.
The other rider, a 16-year-old girl, escaped with minor injuries and was taken by ambulance officers to Gosford Hospital as a precaution.
Quick response to the Central Coast was what the NSW Government promised in December when it approved an extension of NRMA CareFlight’s trauma trial to the region.
Backed by a $11.2 million grant from NRMA Insurance, a formal agreement with NSW Ambulance Service and approval from the State Government, the flying team is able to reach the Central Coast in a average 20-minute flight.
The trial, to demonstrate the benefit to patient recovery from having a specialist doctor support local ambulance officers in treating badly injured patients, including those with severe head injury, is keeping NRMA CareFlight in the air rushing to patients in not only the Central Coast but also to Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands from the charity’s base in the Westmead Hospitals’ campus.
Community fund-raising is allowing CareFlight to extend its flying squad response both geographically and soon, aided by new Night Vision Goggle technology, also to routine night landings.
Donors, or people wishing to nominate CareFlight as a recipient of their fundraising, are asked to contact the charity’s donation line on 1800 655 876 or visit the web site www.careflight.org
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ENDS: For further information please call NRMA CareFlight spokesman Ian Badham on 0418 245 748.
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