News
9 November, 2024
Lifting spirits and saving lives
The Toogoolawah Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) has been able to purchase much needed equipment for their ambulance station, thanks to their annual raffle fundraiser and generous community donations from Toogoolawah, Esk and surrounding districts.
Two purchases they were able to make thanks to their raffle, Containers for Change, and generous community donors were a Lifting Cushion and a Hover-Matt mattress.
The Lifting Cushion, which costs approximately $6,000, is an inflatable cushion that helps lift a fallen person weighing up to 320 kg off the floor into a sitting position, saving patients and ambulance officers from physical risks associated with manual handling.
The Hover-Matt Air Transfer System, which costs around $8,000, is a mattress that allows ambulance officers to safely transfer patients on a cushion of air from the floor onto the trolley without lifting or straining.
This increases safety and reduces injury to both the patient and the paramedic.
Air technology is proven to deliver a safe and efficient patient transfer into the ambulance.
Members of the Toogoolawah Fire Station, Sam Turner and Shannon Mitchell, presented a donation of $2,500 to Officer in Charge (OIC) Tanya King and LAC President Vern Jobling.
Esk District Co-operative and IGA General Manager Tania Lukritz presented acting OIC Deb Walters and Mr. Jobling with a donation of $1,894.25 from the Community Chest Fund.
Toogoolawah’s LAC junior attendee, Peter Coleman, who has attended LAC meetings for nearly five years since primary school, was presented a Certificate of Appreciation and an Ambo Bear by OIC Tanya King to acknowledge his commitment to their volunteer committee.
The LAC assists and promotes the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) in the community.
