Congratulations to Daniel Kearney for his presentation last week. Although, none of us really want to meet Daniel in a “professional capacity” it is comforting to know that in the event of a health issue he and his colleagues, from NSW Ambulance Service, are there to help us out.
Daniel has been in Mudgee for more than thirteen years and he is an inspector for the region encompassing Mudgee, Gulgong, Dunedoo and Coolah.
The chronicle of the evolution of an ambulance driver to a paramedic was a fascinating topic. Our guest speaker, NSW Ambulance Inspector, Daniel Kearney, gave a very interesting presentation. He explained that advancement in technology has fundamentally changed the role of an ambulance attendant from a driver to that of a paramedic who is able to provide advanced life support to patients, e.g. setup intravenous cannulation, diagnose patients and give up to 35 different medicines to Intensive Care Patients (ICP).
With increasing focus on health care at home by our government, a number of initiatives/tests are in the pipeline which include use of drones and computer systems. So, conceivably someday in the future, an autonomous robot at home, not only perform day to day household duties such as vacuum cleaning, but also may be able to deliver defibrillation.
In that respect, our Club has earmarked some funding towards an automated defibrillation machine to be placed in a strategic location in Mudgee.
NSW Ambulance provides high quality clinical care and health-related transport services to over 7.3 million people across New South Wales. NSW Ambulance provides over 1.2 million total responses (both emergency and non-emergency) an average of about 3,340 responses per day. This is equivalent to a call for assistance every 25.9 seconds.
Val gave the vote of thanks to Daniel for his presentation.
