Image Gallery 2008
09 September 2008
Aero Medical Evacuation Exercise
On operations in East Timor with about 100 mounted and foot patrols being conducted each week, their is the ever present possibility that an Aero medical Evacuation (AME) of injured personnel might be needed. In order to maintain a high state of readiness in the event of such an emergency, rehearsal exercises are periodically conducted at no notice. These involve mobilising and practicing all aspects of AME procedures in real time scenarios.
The recent exercise scenario involved a mechanised patrol in a remote locality, where an Armoured Personnel Carrier simulated an accident with two casualties, one critical. The AME practice worked well with all benchmark timings being met or bettered.
| 20080904adf8161479_048 (Left to Right) Private David Truscott and Private Ben Wadley hold a saline drip through the hatch in an armoured personnel carrier, during a training exercise at a small village in East Timor. (Date taken: 04 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080904adf8161479_070 Australian Defence Force paramedic Steve Whan gives Lance Corporal Gavin Jones information to be sent back to the medical centre, while on an aero medical evacuation exercise at a small village in East Timor. (Date taken: 04 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080904adf8161479_093 Australian Defence Force paramedic Steve Whan and International Stabilisation Force soldiers move mock casualty Private Thomas Blackshaw onto a stretcher, during a training exercise at a small village in East Timor. (Date taken: 04 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080904adf8161479_102 (Left to Right) Private Jason Ognew and Private Avon Collis tighten the strap over a mock casualty during an aero medical evacuation exercise at a local village in East Timor. (Date taken: 04 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080904adf8161479_275 Private Ben Wadley takes note of information on an injured soldier, whilst Private David Truscott shields the soldier from the sun with an umbrella during an aero medical evacuation training exercise in East Timor. (Date taken: 04 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080904adf8161479_294 Australian Defence Force medical centre paramedic Steve Whan checks a soldiers condition. At the same time Combat First Aider, Private Ben Wadley passes information on to Steve on the vital signs of the casualty, during the training exercise. (Date taken: 04 September 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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