Man injured when car runs into fence (Granville)
An elderly man was seriously injured when his car ran off a road and into a front fence at Granville, in Sydney’s west, this afternoon.
The NRMA CareFlight flying trauma team joined ambulance and police officers at the Blaxcell Street incident following a “000” alert at 3.30 pm.
The helicopter landed in nearby Colquhoun Park in Granville.
The NRMA CareFlight doctor said the 65-year-old man, from Granville, suffered head, chest and severe facial injuries.
The impact of the crash left him initially unconscious and he was trapped in the car for almost half an hour.
On release the man was given an anaesthetic then placed on a ventilator to control his breathing.
The man was taken under the care of the NRMA CareFlight doctor, in a road ambulance, to Westmead Hospital where he remained in a serious condition on arrival.
Quick response was what the NSW Government promised when it approved the NRMA CareFlight trauma trial.
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 virtually anywhere in Greater Sydney within a 15-minute flying time.
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 not only in Sydney but also to the Central Coast, 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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