12April 2018 Rescue Care – Aeromedical activation An elderly lady in her eight…

12April 2018
Rescue Care – Aeromedical activation

An elderly lady in her eighties has been critically injured after she was knocked by a vehicle on Village Road in Kloof a short while ago.

Just after 12:50 Rescue Care Paramedics were called to the serious accident. On arrival they found the critically injured lady in the roadway.

She had sustained critical injuries and Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilise her on the scene and called in the assistance of an Aeromedical Helicopter operated by Black Eagle and IPSS Medical. The patient was placed on a manual ventilator on the scene and stabilised before being flown to a Durban Hospital for the urgent care that she required.

At this stage the events leading up to the collision is unknown however the necessary authorities were on the scene and will be investigating further.

Garrith Jamieson Paul Herbst Janus van Schalkwyk


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