Earlier today Aerocare, based in Bloemfontein received an emergency call from Quali-Care after a farm worker was seriously injured on a farm near the Gariep Dam. The worker fell from a stack of hay and suffered a serious spinal injury, necessitating fast and effective emergency air vacuation.
The Aerocare emergency plane left Bloemfontein airport at 11h26 and landed at the landing strip at Gariep Dam at 12h20.The patient was stabilised and brought to Bloemfontein airport where the ER24 ambulance took the patient from arrival at 13h25 to the Bloemfontein Medi –Clinic.
Emergency Personnel performing this evacuation were:
Pilot: Barend De Klerk
ICU Nurse : Karen Jansen
Paramedic : Juan Glover
Doctor: Dr Glover
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