"They definitely went above and beyond on this mission," Aircrew Officer Blake said. After NSW Ambulance Critical Care Paramedics Marty and Stuart had spent the night on a cliff edge with the patient, Aircrew Officer Blake arrived on scene of this Blue Mountains rescue the following day in the helicopter. "When we arrived at the site, we could see Marty and Stu had experienced a hard night on a rope secured to a very small area on the cliff. Yet even through all that hardship they remained profe

How do we rescue a patient from remote or hard to reach places in an emergency? 1. Locating: Information from the initial 000 call is used to identify the patient's general location and then the crew use various mapping software programs and look out for visual clues or use search patterns once they're closer to the site. 2. Positioning: Once the patient has been located, the entire crew work together to determine an appropriate position to commence winching. The NSW Ambulance Critical Care Para