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Katie spoke with Craig Garraway from St. John's Ambulance for a wrap up of recent incidents in the NT · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And joining me live on the line is Craig Garaway,
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  Speaker 1: the operations manager with Saint John's here in the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Craig.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Katie. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, very well, Craig. Busy weekend kicking off on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: We know it about two point thirty in the vo
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  Speaker 1: in Moyle a two car motor vehicle crash. Thankfully no
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  Speaker 1: serious injuries in that one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a bit of a busy weekend. And
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  Speaker 2: you're right, Sunday was that big day. But it started
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  Speaker 2: off late on Saturday afternoon with at two thirty crashing Moyl.
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  Speaker 2: Two cars have collided and as you've reported there, no
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  Speaker 2: one was seriously intied in that incident, but sort of
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  Speaker 2: moved on to Sunday where things got a bit busier.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah on Sundays, So firstly, let's start off with that.
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  Speaker 1: There's an incident at four point fifteen in Karama. What
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  Speaker 1: happened there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, the reports we had was there was a
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  Speaker 2: car doing burnouts there is my understanding on Fleminos Drive
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  Speaker 2: and I believe it's collided with the tree there. We've
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  Speaker 2: attended along with police and fire and we transported two
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  Speaker 2: people with non life threatening injuries to Rule down On
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  Speaker 2: Hospital as a result of that crash.
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  Speaker 1: And then a little bit later at all about six pm,
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  Speaker 1: seventeen kilometers north of Catherine, there was a buggy roll over.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, interesting one, that one. We had to send a
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  Speaker 2: troop carrier out there and the buggy was off the
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  Speaker 2: road a bit and we sent a true carrier ambulance
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  Speaker 2: out with our paramedics. And there was a male at
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  Speaker 2: that incident there who had quite a nasty fractured league
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  Speaker 2: that required obviously a feb of pane relief and then
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  Speaker 2: transport back into Katherine where the Cathern Hospital then looked
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  Speaker 2: after him. I believe he's probably had some surgery on
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  Speaker 2: that league as well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh goodness mate, Well it sounds like it was a
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  Speaker 1: bad break.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was very nasty and you know, as a
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  Speaker 2: result of that crash. But anyway, he will make a
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  Speaker 2: full recovery, but probably with a limp for a while,
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  Speaker 2: I would say, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And as you've said, there, obviously the troop he needed
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  Speaker 1: to get out there and access him and then get
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  Speaker 1: into to the Catherine Hospital. But was it in an
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  Speaker 1: area that was fairly sort of fairly tough terrain or
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  Speaker 1: rugged terrain.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it was just off the main road, so
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  Speaker 2: it takes a bit to get in there, and our
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  Speaker 2: main ambalances to Mercedes excuse me, it's not designed to
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  Speaker 2: be going off road and doing that. So we do
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  Speaker 2: have a true carrier in all our locations to do
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  Speaker 2: those difficult extractions where we need to bring people back out. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: a little bit difficult, but paramedics said, good at it,
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  Speaker 2: and they do it every day.
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  Speaker 1: And then of course about eight pm, mean humpty do
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  Speaker 1: this time some people came across a motorbike rider who
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  Speaker 1: was unconscious on the side of the road.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a bit of a shock for him, I believe obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you know, coming across a motorbike rider who's unconscious on
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  Speaker 2: the side of the road. Again, we had our critical
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  Speaker 2: response unit responded out to that incident along with our
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  Speaker 2: paramedics and he was in a serious condition that was
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  Speaker 2: transported back to the Royal Dahin Hospital where he's I
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  Speaker 2: believe recovering at the moment. I don't have any further
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  Speaker 2: details on his current condition.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. And in Bee's Creek, well, a woman hit a
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  Speaker 1: tree with her car, sustaining some air bag injuries.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, air bags are great, they save lives, but
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  Speaker 2: unfortuately when they go off, they go off with a bang,
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  Speaker 2: and we do see a lot of people, you know,
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  Speaker 2: not serious injuries, but injuries as a result of those
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  Speaker 2: air bags. And that's what's happened at nine o'clock at
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  Speaker 2: Bee's Greek. And she'll make it for recovery in hospital.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously the car is a bit worse aware after
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  Speaker 2: hitting a tree and exploding all the air bag.
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  Speaker 1: Sounds like an incredibly busy weekend for your cruise.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look it has been, especially Sunday. Saturday was reasonably steady,
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  Speaker 2: but Sunday very busy. Rights right across the territory actually,
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  Speaker 2: and it probably highlights Katie that I'm on my way
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  Speaker 2: to cater at the moment. I've just driven through some
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  Speaker 2: rain before Pine Creek. So people just need to be careful,
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  Speaker 2: get their car service, make sure your ties are up,
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  Speaker 2: the speed w wipers, your white blades are all sorted out,
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  Speaker 2: you know, all those little things we don't think about
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  Speaker 2: until it starts pouring with rain a bit too late.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and well, as you said, it's obviously it is
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  Speaker 1: something that we all need to be prepared for We
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  Speaker 1: need to make sure that our vehicles are sort of
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  Speaker 1: ready for anything and ready for that wet weather. But
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  Speaker 1: I suppose we've just all got to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: we're taking care on the road as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, probably a couple of things. Katie, slow down for start,
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  Speaker 2: and give yourself a bit of space for the car.
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  Speaker 2: The amount of crashes we've had where people are just
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  Speaker 2: running into the back of each other, and over the
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  Speaker 2: weekend I saw a number of people running through red
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  Speaker 2: lights while you know, I had a green light, so
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously it was well and truly read by
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  Speaker 2: the time you got there. Just slow down and give
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  Speaker 2: yourself a bit more time to get where you need
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  Speaker 2: to be.
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  Speaker 1: Good advice I reckon. Craig gar Away, the operations manager
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  Speaker 1: with Saint John here in the Northern Territory. Always good
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  Speaker 1: to speak with you. Thanks so much for your time
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  Speaker 1: this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah you too, Katie. Take care of me.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you you too.