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victim of the terrorist bombing is carried off a Hercules
at Brisbane International Airport.
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Air Force spearheaded the ADF’s efforts to assist the victims
of the Bali terrorist attack.
Within hours of the blast, the first of the Air Force’s C-130
Hercules aircraft was bound for the Indonesian island with an Aero-Medical
Evacuation (AME) team on board.
Over the course of the next three days, four C-130s on constant
rotation ferried medical teams and supplies to Bali and brought
home 66 injured people, mostly Australians. By Tuesday night, all
known serious Australian casualties had been successfully evacuated
from Bali.
The C-130 crews also played an integral role in transporting many
of the injured to their home states, with victims taken to Sydney,
Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
An additional C-130 carrying medical supplies flew from Richmond
to Darwin.
The AME teams, the first of which touched down in Bali late on Sunday,
October 13, comprised Air Force and ADF personnel, both full-time
and Reserves, highly skilled in providing medical assistance.
Medical Officers, Nursing Officers, Dental Officers and Medical
Assistants train for four weeks in specific areas to become part
of the AME teams.
Training is provided in survival, flight line safety, equipment,
aircraft operations and missions.
A total of five teams consisting of 13 doctors – including
Anaesthetists and Intensive Care Specialists – 16 Critical
Care Nurses and 12 Medical Assistants from the Air Force, Army and
Navy were flown to Bali.
All up, 43 team members from Air Force bases at Darwin, Amberley,
Edinburgh, Williamtown and Williams embarked on the AME flights.
Two ambulances, four drivers and medical supplies were also transported.
A P-3C Orion was used to ferry staff from Foreign Affairs, ASIO
and the Australian Federal Police from Canberra to Bali..
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