I have to say that I have no idea as to the level of training of the
Docs on scene at Goodwood. I know there were some very highly trained
people there, most of whom probably possess more medical knowledge in
their little finger than I am ever likely to achieve. I also know that
your everyday Paramedic is likely to be intimidated by that very fact,
because of this things probably didn't go as smoothly as they could of
done. Having said that I know all three casualties got the best possible
care achievable under the circumstances.
To mention a point that I made in my previous posting, what the ideal
situation is, is for the most appropriately and highly trained person at
the scene is stand back and take charge. In a scene like yesterday when
there are multiple casualties this has to be the most effective way of
dealing with your resources. In most of the serious RTA's that I've had
to deal with this usually falls to the basics doc and it works very
effectively.
I hope that in the debrief after the event that these points are bought
up and I'm sure they will by our officer in charge.
Jeremy, to answer your questions. The Paramedics did get near the
patients but only after a time delay of about 10mins, much to the
frustration of our control unit we had on scene. I'm not sure if Matt
was paged, but he was covering an event up in Midhurst at the time.
Mark Parsons - Paramedic, Sussex.
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