Your Stories
Are you a former patient of CareFlight? Perhaps someone you know has been a patient, or perhaps you have seen or been involved in a CareFlight mission.
We’d love to hear about your CareFlight experience and even see your photos if you have any. Sharing stories is not only a great way for our medical and aviation crews to learn about our patients' total experience, it’s also a great way for us to share our work with the community.
Tell us your story by sending us an email to events@careflight.org. Please make sure you include your name and phone number. We will pass on your story to our medical and aviation crews and will be in touch with a note of thanks.
A letter from a father
About 11am one Tuesday morning, CareFlight responded to my daughter who injured herself at Penrith Anglican College. Ambulance and Police also attended the scene. Tayla had suffered head trauma and also possible spinal injuries and was treated at the scene by CareFlight doctor, Dr Bernie Hanrahan. I attended Nepean Hospital where Tayla had been taken. While there, nursing staff advised me that there was a phone call for me and it was from Dr Hanrahan who was ringing to check on the welfare of Tayla. To say that I appreciate the expert medical care rendered to Tayla by Dr Hanrahan and the Ambulance staff, is immensely inadequate. And to know that Dr Hanrahan took the time to contact the hospital to check on how Tayla was going was unbelievable and something I will never forget. My wife and family are truly in your debt. Tayla regained movement in her legs and is up and walking. I have no doubt a miracle occurred that day and that miracle includes the treatment and care by Dr Hanrahan and the CareFlight team, along with Ambulance personnel. Peter Seymour |