Follow up with the Ambulance Comms Centre

[Nasty]

you know my story .... Grub died in the back-arse of nowhere in NZ ... no cell coverage no nothing ... calling the ambulance was hard .... but at least two locals and two riders did .... problem was the ambulance turned up 100 odd kms away ... the helicopter also did but followed the road till they found him.

I asked for an enquiry into the calls and what happened. On Wednesday (24/2) I have a meeting to be told what went wrong - they have admitted problems - and we will discuss what is the learnings that will be applied and taught to their call takers and what other actions need to take place.

I have a friend/old boss who heads up Ambulance NZ who is coming with me ... and that is good .. I am nervous ... and scared of what I will learn ... but this needs addressing as if I go riding and have an accident I want them to turn up. I will also request that this report goes to the coroner.

Just thought I would share ... I will report back on what I learn and also what we can do to help in future. This is not an enquiry into bringing Grub back - he is gone ... it is if ANY of us has an accident we want them to come and show up where we are.

[munster]

All the best Nasty. Can't be easy. I heard about Grub via Metagoo (Danny) who lives round the corner from you, an old friend from way back.

[Number One]

Will be thinking of you in that meeting chick. Good luck

[Mom]

I commend you for following up on this issue Nasty.

Mistakes do happen, but when they happen in the ambulance service dispatch area they really need to be investigated thoroughly, and the reasons for the mistakes highlighted and remedied. Must be a hard thing for you personally to do, so all power to you!

[yungatart]

Good on you, girl!
What you are doing may very well save lives!

[Trudes]

Good on you Kari, a lot of people would still be crying in their museli, you're making a difference, awesome!

[Okey Dokey]

Hi, Nasty, I hope this won't be too awful for you. Thanks for trying to make things safer for all of us in the future.

[chanceyy]

good on ya babe .. Thinking of you

[fLaThEaD FreD]

Bronwyn and I admire you for following through.......it needs to be done.

[FJRider]

Go girl.. the outcome may help any one of us in the future, anywhere in the country. not just in that neck of the woods.

[Swoop]

Good on you Nasty!
That "golden hour" needs to be used wisely after any form of accident. Riders tend to like the roads that are out of the way and cellphone coverage isn't brilliant in NZ.
Keep us posted.

[Sharry]

Good on you Nasty for still being able to think past what has happened and onto how can we make the future work for us. I know this cannot be easy

[Naki Rat]

Good luck with the meeting Nasty

I'll watch the results with interest particularly as we here in Taranaki seem to have more than our share of cellphone blackspots due to our 'interesting' local terrain.

[sunhuntin]

thoughts are with you, as always.

i will be looking out for the result/report. grubs death will not be vain, if even one life is saved as a result of this investigation.

[Nasty]

Meeting was good ... I am so glad that I took David my support - he was fantastic ... the report has not been finalised but will be in a couple of weeks .. there are a couple more things to investigate - i am impaitent but will hold out for it. Once competed they will send to me to review and we will meet again to go through it and any questions raised.

At this stage: Problems have been identified - and solutions proposed or in place now - once the report is finalised we can share the details.

One thing that KBers can think of is HOW we can help.

The thinking is that we know the roads by more names than the services do .. and there is a little common knowledge or common names known ... and they are looking at how we can help identify these pieces of road e.g. forgotten highway is a common name not a proper one ... things like that ... they will come and we can see how this can be done.

Thanks for putting up with this ... it should not be too much longer before I can really share what happened - with good solid knowledge.

Cheers - Nasty