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St. John's NT's Craig Garraway's weekend crime wrap · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now we know that there's always plenty happening around the
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  Speaker 1: territory and our paramedics are incredibly busy all the time.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody out there at Saint John's and joining me on
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  Speaker 1: the line right now is Craig Garaway. Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 2: Craig Hey, Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: How are you not too bad? Craig by the look
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  Speaker 1: of it, pretty busy weekend Saturday out at rum Jungle Lake.
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  Speaker 1: Talk us through what happened out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look a bit of a varied weekend for our
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  Speaker 2: parametriolicals territory Lake Rumdungle Lake out A bachelor there used
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  Speaker 2: to go there many years on as a young lad,
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  Speaker 2: very deep lake, and we had a forty five year
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  Speaker 2: old mile there diving in that lake and may have
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  Speaker 2: come up a little bit too fast and had the
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  Speaker 2: decompression like symptoms when he surfaced. So the Bachelor Clinic
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  Speaker 2: we responded after we got the triple lo call. We
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  Speaker 2: also worked with care Flight to see if they had
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  Speaker 2: any resources in that area, and we also sent a
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  Speaker 2: paramedic crew out that way. So between the three responses,
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  Speaker 2: so Clinic and Careful, we're able to get that patient
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  Speaker 2: back into the world on hospital in a stable condition,
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  Speaker 2: which was a good end result.
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  Speaker 1: Goodness, it sounds like a pretty frightening situation and one
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  Speaker 1: where everybody had to obviously get involved and make sure
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  Speaker 1: that he was able to get to the hospital as
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  Speaker 1: quickly as possible.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, it was a bit scary out there for
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  Speaker 2: the people involved, and obviously it's not something we get
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  Speaker 2: a lot of in the Northern Territory, so yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: something a bit different for us, and obviously all the
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  Speaker 2: services working together there tom sure we've got a good,
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  Speaker 2: speedy result.
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  Speaker 1: And speaking of scary, well, about five pm yesterday in Farah,
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  Speaker 1: it was every parent's worst nightmare. A five year old
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  Speaker 1: hit by a car.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, as you said, it is a nightmare for
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  Speaker 2: parents and for the person driving the car as well,
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  Speaker 2: and by stand as it's a horrific thing to see happen.
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  Speaker 2: And a little young fella had some bleeding from the
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  Speaker 2: face and the nose and paramits they're attended. Thankfully, was
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  Speaker 2: in a stable condition and was transported to hospital. But
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  Speaker 2: a bit of a warning for everyone, you know, young
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  Speaker 2: kids don't have that road sense that other people do
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes they just come out of nowhere. They always
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  Speaker 2: be prepared yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Goodness me so, so here's all right, just minor injuries
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  Speaker 1: by the sound of it.
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  Speaker 2: That's correct. That's my understanding the moment mine are injuried
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  Speaker 2: from that incident and recovering quite well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and just a reminder that you know that little
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  Speaker 1: kids are about depending on where where you are. I know,
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  Speaker 1: it can be so hard. You know, at all times
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  Speaker 1: you've almost got to have eyes in the back.
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  Speaker 2: Of your head, are you sure?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, sure do Now another one, this one early this morning,
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  Speaker 1: you received a Triple zero call from a woman who
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  Speaker 1: was in labor.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it happened in Johnston, very early this morning. Our
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  Speaker 2: Triple zero center out at pem Cauley there, our call
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  Speaker 2: taker there took a call for a lady who was
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  Speaker 2: having a baby girl. And I didn't want to wait
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  Speaker 2: any longer and wasn't willing to wait till the end.
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  Speaker 2: What's got there either, So our call taker there worked
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  Speaker 2: with mum over the phone and sister her through the
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  Speaker 2: birth and both baby girl and mum doing both very well,
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  Speaker 2: and we're transported to check out.
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  Speaker 1: Goodness, mate got there, so had the baby at home.
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  Speaker 2: I had the baby at home on Valentine's Day with
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  Speaker 2: the words time, oh twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: How lovely you guys are all Like, there's quite often
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  Speaker 1: situations where our paramedics are well the call takers and
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  Speaker 1: the operators are having to help women deliver their babies
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  Speaker 1: at home.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, we probably do about probably close to ten
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  Speaker 2: a year. I reckon both they averaged it out and
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  Speaker 2: some really interesting scenar horios I must have met along
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  Speaker 2: the way or the journey there. But our guys do
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  Speaker 2: a fantastic job in the comm center there. They talked
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  Speaker 2: the family or parents or whoever it is at the time,
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  Speaker 2: right through the whole process, and it's a very well scripted,
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  Speaker 2: trained process to ensure that really good outcomes at the end.
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  Speaker 1: How amazing do you ever? I know that it's probably
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  Speaker 1: just a day in the life really of one of
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  Speaker 1: those call operators or a paramedic. But is there ever
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  Speaker 1: a situation where you then get to go out and
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  Speaker 1: meet the parents with their babies or anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, we try and do that a bit. It's
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  Speaker 2: good for our guys, it's good for the parents on
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  Speaker 2: the other end of the phone, and it's always a
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  Speaker 2: great photo opportunity for the parents. For the eighteen l
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  Speaker 2: twenty first birthday, and yeah, so we do work with
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  Speaker 2: the media and the family to try and make that happen.
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  Speaker 2: And just it's nice to have a really good story.
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  Speaker 2: Normally most of my stories aren't overly politician. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's great to have a really positive story.
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  Speaker 1: Any babies named after the paramedics or the call takers, I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Not aware of any at the moment, but if I
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  Speaker 2: find everything.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm always fascinated by these women who are able
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  Speaker 1: to have their babies at home. I think it's amazing,
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  Speaker 1: that miracle of life. And like you said, so often
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  Speaker 1: you guys are out there for that real trauma that
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  Speaker 1: you see every day, but when you get to see
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  Speaker 1: these happy stories, I think it'll be lovely.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, look, it is fantastic, and you know, we
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  Speaker 2: love being part of it. And yeah, it's just a
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  Speaker 2: great part of our job. You know, the paramedics and
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  Speaker 2: the health workers have a really horrific job a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the time, but it's really nice to be part
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  Speaker 2: of these really good stories.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Craig Garaway, it is always lovely to catch up
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  Speaker 1: with you. I really appreciate your time this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, talking again soon.