The training will mean the volunteers could administer pain relief and basic medical care before ambulance paramedics arrived from Greytown 20 kilometres away, or Masterton about 40 minutes drive. Fire and Emergency volunteers were currently trained to attend “purple” callouts, which were incidents such as cardiac arrests, but were very limited in what they were allowed to do in most other medical situations. This training from Wellington Free Ambulance changes all that.
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Martinborough Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Jake Hawkins (lying down) with volunteer firefighter Annah Rait (right) getting training from Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic clinical educator Brendan Harris. Hawkins said there were about a hundred calls to the town every year for medical first response and this was where volunteers could help.
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