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INFORMATION FOR ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES & COUNCILS
What Is It?
Trachoma, or sandy blight as it is somctimcs known, is an eye infection which can cause visual impairment or cven hlindncss in
latcr lif'e.
What Causes It?
The orga,nism that causes trachonra is Chlamydia trachomatis. Living conditions havc a strong inf'luence upon the prcvalcncc of
trachoma. History has shown that trachoma disappears whcn living conditions improve.
What makes Trachoma worse?
Impairment of vision is morc likely to occur in the fbllowing circumstances:
'Repcated infection with trachoma'Othcr concurrcnt eyc infcctions. A dry, dusty cnvironment ancl flies
Who does it affect?
Active trachoma is a discasc of childhood and adolcsccnce. Many Aboriginal childrcn who have trachoma expcrience littlc or no
eyc discomfort, so thcy are unaware that they havc an infection.
Elimination of Trachoma
Trachoma disappcars whcn living conditions and pcrsonal hygicne, i.e. f'ace washing, improvc. It is esscntial that housing, watcr
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For further information phone David Parrish on: Phone (08) 8981 5866, Fax (0S) 8981 2644
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Communique
Business Manager's Report
Training Manager's Report
Operations Branch News and Views
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Alice Springs Cadet Division
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Priory Pictorial
Meetings
9
Investiture of NT Deputy Prior
Lord Mayors Reception
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NT Government Reception
Capitular Procession
14
Deputy Prior's Reception
Operations Branch Assembly
Presentation to Charles Campbell
Morning
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Tea
Breakfast on the Esplanade
Happy Hours
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Australian First Aid Championship
Presentation Dinner Dance
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NT District Championship Teanr
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1997 Rescue/Disaster Management Course
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Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis
in the Pre-Hospital Environment
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First Aid Championships.
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General F|anagerb report
My opening comments this month ore reseryed for Councillors, staff, rnernbers,
fomilies ond friends of St lohn, together with sponsors, the NT Government,
Loerdol, Territory lnsurance Office, Ansett Austrolio, Motorola, Seoview Wines
ond Territory Heolth Services for o marvellous contribution to the success thot
wos Priory Week
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1997.
Thank You.
I t certainly takes some adjusting
I after the franric pace of prepaI rations for and the actual
I conduct ofthe Priorv Conference,
L.r,nrrrg )emlnar and tlrst Ard
Championships. I know many staff
gratulating Richard on his award of
the AM, announced on tle Queens
tage of these discussions will be our
entry into a more appropriate busi-
Birthday weekend.
It was most remiss of me not ro
specifically menrion the support and
assistance extended to St John by
ness
planning cycle with THS.
Finally, farewell and happy rerire-
ment to Clem Larcombe, former
Katherine Regional Manager, who
wandered around, seemingly in a
daze, for quite a while, but we are
Territory Health Seryices during the
Priory Week (and the other 51), so
leaves us to redre
now back to normal.
for that I apologise
yet? Good Luck and Thank You.
I hope readers enjoy this - mainly
photographic - edition of Outback
This edition of
Outback
Ambulance, quite correctly in my
opinion, features so many of the
magic moments that naturally
occurred during the Priory Week.
We have tried to find the right blend
of formal, business and social reflections and we hope rhey bring back
fond memories.
Special mendon, however, I rhink
needs to be made of the Chairman
and Chief Minisrer's presentarions
during the NT
Governmenr
Reception at Parliament House,
when Rachel Greenrree, Shelley
Patterson and Chrissie Frampton
received their Bruce Perkins
Scholarship funds and Makaylia
Bretag accepted the proceeds from
the Eric Johnston Memorial Fund.
It really was something special, as
was the final Presentation Dinner
Dance on Sarurday at the Aviation
Heritage Centre.
Then again, I suppose we will all
have our own special memories.
Casuarina Headquarters has certainly taken on a new appearance
with the completion of the Tiaining
extensions and the refurbishment of
the Workshop and Store areas. It is
planned to conduct a formal opening of the Ricbard Morris Cen re at
- and thank you.
On the domestic front, I am
pleased that the review of the NT
Operations Branch appears ro
be receiving a fair trial. Once
the changes are fully comprehended, particularly the philosophical
changes, I am confident it will
be a good model for other,
smaller States. District
staff and Operarions
I am sure
everyone at StJohn joins me in con-
Ricbard Morrb,
David Baker
General Manager
contribution
to parchase
ambulance aebick
Rural Response Group
called into action - after
a shaky start. Lionel
Crompton and the group
are to be congratulated
on their community contribution as a supplement
to the service.
Continuous Quality
Improvement, Enterprise
Bargaining and Infection
Control policies were also
all implemented recently
and these will result in an
even better service than
before. Negoriations with
Territory Health
AM
witb cheqae
Particularly pleasing
Services
over our service agreethe time of publication
appear headed for an
long-serving Chairman,
you
also to see the Noonamah
appropriate recognition for our
future. In addition to this very
it finds
well. Merry Christrnas and a Happy
New Year.
Branch Members are to
ment for the next three to
five years continue, and at
in
Ambulance and that
Minister for
Heahb Serzsices,
Hon D. Burke MILI
presenting Cbairman
be congrarulated.
the
an appropriate juncture
in ????? Well Clem
and Shirley, made your minds up
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s we approach another St
John Ambulance Australia
(IVQ Inc AGM the financial
has finally been completed with all
award staffreceiving a 37o increase. A
statements reflect a year of
consolidation and srabiliry.
to have it comply with the new structural requirements and to update any
The three-year agreement with
review of the Award will be conducted
trritory
obsolete clauses.
In a process of looking at measures
close to finalisation for a further
for StJohn Ambulance Australia Si"f)
Inc to become more cost-efficient we
have moved to the NT Govemment
Health Services expired
on 30June 1997 and negoriacions are
three-year contract to provide
the Ambulance Service for the
Northem Territory.
controlled telephone directory
system. With the completion of the
fire centre in Alice Springs we now
In June we conducted a major
Subscription Scheme recruirmenr
have all centres accessing
campaign which was extremely suc-
this option, which will
cessful, boosting our numbers by
some 650 members. The new option
provide us with subsrantial cost savings in the
coming years.
St John (NT) again
participated in The Expo
of providing members the oppomrni-
ty to join for more than one year (up
to three years) was very popular and
we now have members who are paid
beyond the year 2000.
We have received and are using
the new imported Ford
F2 50
Ambulances and await the arrival
of
four new GMC vehicles from the
USA in December this year. These
new, powerftrl machines have been
very popular with the staff, and the
diesel option is proving most econqm=
ical. The projected lifespan of these
vehicles is expected to extend beyond
the existing five-year program.
The enterprise bargaining process
expecting babies and the cause has
been clearly placed on the "ryping
chair". With others within the team
wishing to avoid such an occurrence,
the chair has disappeared and all
ryping is now done standing up.
In closing I take this opporruniry
to thank everyone for their supporr
over the last year and to wish everybody a Merry Christrnas for 1997.
Ross Coburn
Jenny, Barb and
Kzren, some oftbe
belpers assi*ing
duringPriory
Business Manager
and Territory-wide Show
circuit, which are always
very good promotional
exercises for us. I take
this opportuniry ro thank
all the staff and volunteers who actively supported these events and
in particular to congrar-
ulate the Alice Springs
stand fbr winning the
display of the Show,
Presently we have a
few administrarive staff
Seasons Greetings to aII St Joftn Members and Statf trom
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From the Training Department
It is with a greot deol of pleosure thot I introduce this orticle by offering
my sincere thonks ond congrotulotions to oll those who in sorne woy were
involved in moking Priory '97 ond the Notionol Instructors Seminor such an
overwhelming success. While much hos been soid about the success of
these events, I would like to specifically torget my oPpreciotion to the
Troining Department staff in Dorwin for their tireless efforts during
the lnstructors Seminor. Without your willing suPqort and involvement
we could not hoye presented such o well received seminor.
I would also like to thank our
| .,r.ry speclal guest presenters
| *tto helped out during the
I seminar bv presenting interI .rting and diuerse sessions.
These were: Dr Phil Alderslade
from the NT Museum and Art
Gallery, who presented a most
enjoyable and information
packed session covering marine
Mr Graeme Gow
for a very interactive session
about snake bite; Dr Antje
Haase for her session covering
tropical diseases; Mr Tony Neale
envenomation;
who presented an informative
session covering hearing
impaired students; and Mr Tim
Bowen, Laerdal State Manager
for SA/NT who spoke on public
access defibrillation.
In particular, I would like to
acknowledge Thnya Griffith's contri-
bution to the organisation of the
Instructors Seminar. After all her
hard work Thnya did not get the
opportunity to attend the final product as she went into hospital the
night before the seminar commenced for the birth of her second
child, Tahni, a sister for Jake.
Congratulations to Thnya and Rick.
In researching information for
the 1997 AGM,
it
was again very
pleasing to see an increased pardcipation rate in our public education
programs with a corresponding
increase
in Departmental revenue
generated for rhe 1996/1997 financial
year. I would like to thank the entire
Tiaining Team, including Part-Time
and Associate Instructors, for their
valuable contribution in this area.
The current edition of Australian
First Aid is undergoing a major rewrite at this time. When the next
edition is ready for publication it
will be a combined Volume One and
fivo version with enhanced graphics
and text presentation.
In conjunction with the rewrite
of this book is the national project
to 'modularise' our First Aid
course
content throughout all levels of
courses combined with a standardisation of course ddes. Once complet-
ed,
it will be possible for particular
client groups to construct their own
First Aid course using a number of
'core' modules supplemented by a
selection of industry relevant 'elec-
tive' modules. The standard Public
First Aid course will comprise a set
of modules which will be almost
identical to those topics currently
included in the program.
The long awaited Clinical Quality
Graduation 1997 - Associated Diploma Grad.aates witb Dr Lionel Crompton, Senior Med.ical Adaiser
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Improvement program is now
well on its way to being introduced throughout NT Ambulance
Operations. It is anticipated that this
program will be run in tandem with
St John (NT) involvement in the
Institute of Ambulance Officers 6
Tnaining manageF'$ Repont
(Australia) National Recognition
Program. The CQI Implementation
Team will hold their first Worlshop
in October at which time program
introducrion suategies will be formulated in an effort to involve all
Operational Staffin the venrure.
Quality Improvement is not simply a maner of St John coordinating
a Qualiry Improvement Program, it
is something that every member will
be encouraged to be involved with to
ensure a continual enhancement to
our already high standards of pre-
hospital patient managemenr.
Qualiry Improvement is, more tian
anything, a process which must be
owned by key stakeholders and not
simply by t}le organisarion providing
the vehicle for its introduction.
Ambulance Officer education and
training continues to form the lynchpin of AOTC activities with courses
recendy completed including Rescue
& Disaster Management and
Advanced Clinical Studies One. A
number of existing Student
Ambulance Officers have elected to
transfer fiom the fusociate Diploma
in Applied Science (Emergency
Care) to the newly accredited
Advanced Diploma in Health Srudies
(Ambulance, Pre-Hospital Care) by
way of picking up various Extension
His Honour the Ad.ministrator and Deputy Prior Dr Neil Conn A0 during Senior
First Aid. Class uitb Instractor Paul Barnes
Elsewhere
Units to existing programs. This
facility is available not onlv to existing Students, but also to past
Srudents who may wish to upgrade
their qualification. Remember, howeveq that there is no organisational
requirement that the Associate
Diploma credential be upgraded as it
is recognised as being the equivalent
of the new award.
in this edition of
Outba& we have, with permission,
reproduced an assignment which
was written by Darwin Student
Ambulance Officer Virgrnia Dowson.
The assignment, submitted as the
second of three
for Clinical Srudies
One in the Cerrificate in Ambulance
Studies (Distance Education) pro-
Anyone thinking of upgrading
their qualification should discuss
their situation with the Ambulance
gram, is entitled Preventing the
tansmission of Tlberculosis in the
Pre-Hospital Environment. The
work presented by Mrginia makes
Education Officer, Marrin Kelly.
very interesting reading and is also
a
fine example of essay structuring and
the appropriate use of referencing.
The presentation style of this work
may be of great value to others who
are required to submit assignments as
part of their course requirernents.
ln closing, I would like to extend
early Seasons Greetings to all St
John members and their families and
wish you all a very merry Christrnas
and a safe, healthy 1998.
Brendan Quirke
Training Manager
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We look
forward to welcoming you soon
Regards Rudi and Anne Krepelnik
Ayers Rock
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If you drink too much then you should be aware of
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What a lungful! Can you imogine three men originating from o smoll dot in the
East Arnhem Region of the Top End of the Northern Territory, taking the NT titles
ond vying for the grand gool
of Australian First Aid Champions. Alos, we did not
ochieye our objective; yet the experience for outweighed the loss of this yeor's
title. Wotch out 1998!
ark Twomey,
Bruce
Whittington and myself
found ourselves thrust
into the Northern Corp
Championship titles with
three weeks to train. Mark is a security
officer at Nabalco, a company that
mines and processes bauxite in
Nhulunbuy (where is that! I hear you
say, can you spell it please?). Mark has
been involved with St John
Ambulance Nhulunbuy as a Casualty
Care Officer (CCO), and operations
branch member since 1996. Mark has
completed his Occupational Health
and Safety/Mines Rescue training
with Nabalco, instructing in Senior
First Aid in his spare time (what litde
he had). I think Mark's tentative 'yes'
Forgetting the most valuable tools
we have are our senses and what we
have around us.
It was an effon for all of us to prac-
tice the DRABC action plan and not
the ABC of pre-hospital care. For
example in first aid all casualties
(patients, clients) with an altered conscious state or unconscious are managed in the stable side position. That
is a firm, number one rule due to the
airway being the first aiders' priority
in all situations. In the ambulance
industry - adjuncts such as oral airway's, airway manoeuwes, endo-tra-
cheal incubation, and suction allow
the patient to be managed in the
supine position. This point alone
for us.
We approached the local Northem
caused considerable difEculty
on the phone, to my asking his parricipation in the competitions. was the
Corp competitions very nervous
first step towards three months of
indeed. I have never seen gum chewed
chaos for us all.
more furiously or guys so charged
during the time leading up to our 20
minutes given for the scenario. Our
Bruce is employed in Nhulunbuy
as an Ambulance Officer and readily
agreed to advance his skills as a first
aider and ultimately his role as an
ambulance officer. Bruce offered the
team his booming voice and calm
manner, off setting Mark's social
edquene. Bruce came to Nhulunbuy
two years ago, making the nip from
Karatha in West Australia. Using his
mechanical qualifications Bruce
worked on anything from a lawnmow-
er to 100 ton bauxite trucks in his
career at Nabalco.
I
had been in the first aid competitions once before and failed dismal-
ly. Being an ambulance officer is
a
help and hindrance at the same time.
First aid is basic life suppon, a factor
often forgotten by AO's and
Paramedics. One can soon lean too
heavily on monitors, drugs, suction,
and a four ton ambulance for help.
main fear was not that of the scenario,
was of a lady called Ed Sinclair. Ed
is an lntensive Care Officer and longterm terrorist of competition teams
due to her scenarios always pushing
the absolute limit of resources and
coping mechanisms for the teams. An
it
excellent challenge for three green
beans like ourselves.
Suffice to say our first scenario was
casualties, and the adjudicators
like they were handicapped
and
your lover
3. Maintain command and control
fu a result of some hasty training
and support from the operation
branch members in Nhulunbuy we
had won. fu a result we were off to
Darwin ag'ain for the NTTides.
The gift to us now was the total
support from St John members in
Nhutunbuy enabling scenario after
scenario to be placed in front ofus for
devouring or making a mess of. Some
of these were toally over tle top. very
similar to Edt, and odrers were even
more testing. We felt sharp and in
control, our lnowledge of first aid had
never been more perceptive. This was
one gift that would stay with us for
ever more - the leaming and ability to
improvise with a box of matches and a
broom handle.
We had figured t-hat because the
Northern Corp Competitions were
difficult that the NT Titles would
be a walk in the park, albeit a hard
walk, yet one we would win. Well,
let me tell you, in my ten years as an
Ambulance officer I have never
come across a more chaotic and
difficult scene. I feel Ed deserves
a medal or should be locked away
so no more scenarios like this one
can be unleashed on the defenceless
insane, involving multiple fractures,
head injuries, spinal injuries, an
first aider.
unconscious casualty and very limited
a
resources. We loved it. I think the
crowd was stunned at our coordinated
and aggressive approach. During our
tlree weels of training we had developed three simple rules that were
cyclone, screaming and blood flowing,
the scene almost was overwhelming.
Especially when one goes to lift a rock
applied to our scenarios:
I Have frrn
2.
Communicate to each other, the
With eight
casualties at the base
cliff, scattered like petals in
of
a
off a screaming child with multiple
open fractures, with haemorrhaging
(bleeding), and the
ro&
breaks
in two
falling back onto the fracture site. The
rock is then lifted offagain and breals
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apart, one portion ofthe rock bouncing off the ground into the casualty's
chest. At least the child could then
genuinely scream.
One highlight of this day was
removing our clothing, down to
underwear once back in isolation. Due
to mud and sand marking our uniform
it unfair to notify
Nhulunbuy does have electricity, T[
telephones and even shops. After
standing in the elevator, at the
Holiday Inn, for ten minutes, one of
us finally decided if we wanted to
move in an upward direction a button
opposition of any potential clues.
had to be pushed to transport us to the
designated floor. We looked at each
we thought
the
Eyebrows were raised as three, semi-
other in mute embarrassment then
naked, sweat-drenched first aiders
marched into isolation clutching uniforms so as not to display any evidence. We did hear later that the
laughter took over our thousand faces
reflecting in tle crazy mirrors decorating the lift. Country life! It can lead
to alienation with technology, can't it?
Southern Corp Champions (a more
We had decided that a run each
morning at 0600hrs would be a good
start to the day enabling oxygen and
energ'y to circulate to our brains. A
half-hour time frame was set with
the first morning welcoming cold
lovely group of people you could
never meet) were vainly searching the
sea
as
for casualties during their scenario,
they thought we had
a
water rescue,
thus the uniforms coming off.
Effective psychological warfarel We
did survive the day, absolutely jubilant
that we had won.
The Nationals loomed in the near
distance. With Mark and Bruce away
for weeks at a time, our training was
going to be tight. Once again we had
the joy of flying to Darwin again for
the StJohn Ambulance Australia 1997
Priory. Representatives from all States
and Territories in Ausoalia were going
to be present, battling for
and dark. Whose idea was this, anyThe run was fantastic, the sunrise very beautiful, Mark's cracking
pace difficult to keep up with, and
the energised feeling to our bodies
way?
well worth the effort. Or was it?
Twelve hrs later Mark could hardly
move from back pain. Bruce was
hobbling around like a cripple, and
my knees felt like they were filled
with rusty nails and crushed
glass.
the
\A/hat a joke. The closest we got to
National Tides in Fint Aid.
The township of Nhulunbuy was
behind the NT team all the way. We
demonstrated our skills to the communiry via a scenario in the Town
Square. Managing to make a mess of
things yet dumping our pre-competition nerves and finally displaying to
our families why we had been av/ay so
exercise again was chasing casualties
much
in the past three months
Regrrlar articles tn
Arafara Times
(the local weekly newspaper) and a
radio interview on Gove Top FM gave
:Jrte
us the valuable support we needed to
represent the NT in the Australian
First Aid Comperitions.
We would like to thank and praise
members of St John Ambulance
Nhulunbuy, who were our teachers
in the scenario and dancing our
socks
Webber production, and we felt very
proud to be part of such an event. A
mn away vehicle had crashed into a
picnic area, smashing into a tree. The
casualties were as follows:
. Driver of vehicle,
. Passenger of vehicle, pale and
sweaty, screaming and running
around the scene.
. \tsually impaired hyperventilating
casualty.
'Casualty with open abdominal
scenarios. Jenny Kirby, our chosen
Team Tiainer, was in Darwin, some
1000km away. The tyranny of distance allowed brief phone calls and
valuable advice yet only gave way to
"5
to Nhulunbuy next year. Carol
Worbs and Julie Roggio took up the
task of scenario management, with
direct and honest feedback at the end
ofeach exercise.
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unconscious, with
head injury and spinal injury.
.
your kind words and wicked humour.
Hopefully, we will smuggle you over
offat the Aerodrome.
The competition day was fantastic.
The scene was like an Andrew Loyd
and feedback mechanism during the
frustration. Thank you Jenny for
E
One would thinJ< going to Darwin
was not such a big deal. After all,
injury'shocked'.
now realise the expectations of competitions and want another crack at
the tides.
I feel the highlight of the week
was meeting and mingling (dancing
mainly) with the teams and their
Support crews (almost every team
had merchandise, sponsorship and
full Divisional support behind them,
a major boost to team morale) from
all over Australia. I never realised
the professionalism and total dedicadon that was applied to the first aid
competitions. Most of the teams
included a Paramedic, MICA officer
or nurse to complement the vast
first aid experience of team members
(most were previous National Title
holders or close contenders). This
collection of people, most of all,
were fim. Lots of fun.
St John Ambulance Australia is
a huge organisation, with the arms
of StJohn reaching across the world.
To be part of that and to talk to
so many was exhilarating. My
perception of the value of first aid
and partnership with St John
NT and Australia has
Ambulance
forever changed.
There are a thousand tales to tell,
some of them true, some slightly
exaggerated and some never to be
told. The boys did look like a pot of
gold dressed smardy in their tuxedos;
Andrew Hebbron (NI Individual) is
a-party animal and everything you
hear about him is true: playing
Yahtzee, cricket and slide the plank
along the carpet was lots of fun in
isolation. Mark is a master at sucking
and blowing plastic saxophones while
the delicious Sublimes weave their
sultry magic around him; and you can
attend a church service with certain
metabolic demands being placed on
your body.
That is our tale until next year.
Priory could not have been possible
witlout the background work of St
John Ambulance NT, From t}le time
David Rosenburg picked us up at
Partial thiclmess bums to the lep of
lovely Julie-Ann, screaming faithfirl!y throughout the scene
the airport to the cold beer I had
with David Baker under the towering bulk of the B-52 bomber, I
Casualty with open, profusely
realised the depth and scope ofwork
bleeding bilateral fractures of the
that had been completed by man-
forearms.
agers and
New South Wales took the
National Tide, with honours I must
say. Their team members were a
lovely bunch, very bright and totally
dedicated to the best performance
possible. We came fifth out of a total
of eight, with only a handful of
points separating first and fifth. We
staffalike.
Watch out for us in
1998.
Hopefully we will mount a challenge
and do the ultimate deed: that is to
win the Australian Titles. I would
like to personally thank Bruce and
Mark. Without their drive
and
magic we would never have placed a
foot out of Nhulunbuy.
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Tirberculosis is an infection by the
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tuberculosis. While there are five
patch shrinks to a small scar (lesion).
TLberculosis may appear simultaneously in various parts of the body.
Military tuberculosis is the spread of
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to humans by ingesting
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diagnostic procedures for a variety
of differing conditions.
. If possible, selecting a crew
that has had annual Mantoux
.
TRANSMISSION OF
Caroline (199t) suggests that
Tirberculosis is not a highly contagious disease. Generally the transmission of the disease occurs in groups of
people who have a continual exposure
to the infected individual; e.g. tiose
. If used, particular care is to be
taken when cleaning suction
John
equipment; suction equipment is
susceptible to becoming a reservoir where bacteria live and multi-
Ambulance 1994),
. lf available, a high efficiency particulate air respirator should be
worn by the Ambulance Officer
(McSwain et al 1997),
o
living in the
same household. The
high risk groups could be defined as
communities living in poverry, communities with limited access to health
care as well as the homeless and sub-
ply (St John Ambulance 1994).
. Clean the used stretcher and
straps with either hot soapy water,
mixture of household bleach and
Ensuring an ample supply of barrier protection deviees, e.g. gowns,
masks, protective eyeware, gloves
(Caroline 1995),
. Ensuring supply of red infection
control plastic bags (St Jobn
a
water (l:10) or an approved disin-
fectant and allow items to dry
.
Ambulance 1994),
stance abusers.
is
. During transport wearing barrier
spread either by droplet infection
protection and changing when
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
from an individual with active
Tirberculosis or by dust contaminat-
necessary
. Washing hands immediately after
ed by infected sputum (Wilson,
Waugh 1996). The incubation period for Pulmonary Tirberculosis is
four to eight weeks and can only be
considered communicable when an
active lesion develops in the lungs.
The communicable period lasts as
long as infective tubercle bacilli are
being discharged in the sputum.
Tienty four to forty eight hours
after antibiotic treatment commences, the presence of tubercle
bacilli in the sputum is negligible
(Caroline 1995).
TIINIMISING TRANSMISSION
OF THE INFECTION
Although it has been suggested
that Tuberculosis is not a highly
contagious disease (Caroline 1995),
the Ambulance Officer has a fundamental responsibiliry to prevent the
transmission
(Caroline 1995).
(tuberculin) test,
Covering all unnecessary equip-
ment with sheets (St
TUBERCULOSIS
liquid sterilisation solution
of the
disease in
the pre-hospital environment.
Careful consideration of the
patient's signs and symptoms, cou-
pled with the patient's history,
should alert the Ambulance Officer
that the patient may be suffering
from active Tuberculosis. If in
removing gloves and at
pletion of every case.
tle
com-
thoroughly (NlcSwain et al 1997).
Clean up body fluid spillages and
dispose of fluid in appropriate
container. Clean spillage area and
inside of the Ambulance with an
approved disinfectant or a mixture
of bleach and water (1 : I 0).
. Thoroughly air out the
Ambulance and if practicable park
Ambulance in the sun. Sunshine
will kill most bacteria
MAINTAINING ASEPSIS
IN THE AMBULANCE
According to Caroline (1995) no
special measures are required for
cleaning a vehicle after transporting
a patient suspected of
having
.
(St John
Ambalance 1994).
Wash your hands thoroughly.
SUMMARY
The World Health Organisation
(WHO) estimates rwo to three million new cases of Ti:berculosis world
active Tirberculosis. Flowever, the
Ambulance Officer does have a
responsibility to ensure that the
Ambulance is maintained in an a'septic condition and ready to respond.
To achieve a condition of readiness while eliminating the possibility
of disease transmission, the
Ambulance Officbr must thoroughly
clean the Ambulance following each
Ambulance 1994) are practised by the
case. Particular emphasis is required
Ambulance Officer.
wide every year (Wingate P, Wingate
R. 1988). Consequently, the likelihood of an Ambulance Officer
transporting a known or suspected
Tirberculosis case is reasonable. It is
therefore imperative that all appropriate precautions, and strict adherence to routine procedures, (St John
on the completion of a communicable disease case and considerations
.
Maintain Body
REFERENCE LIST
Wingate
are as follows.
Substance
lsolation (BSI) when cleaning contaminated equipment and disposirg of contaminated waste
used stretcher and place
in
the
desig-
1988
England
Wilson K.J.W, Waugh
(McSwain et al 1997).
. Strip used linens from
P., Wingate R.
The Penruin Medirul Ennclooedia. 3rd
edn, Penguin Books Ltd, Middleser,
4., 1996 Ross
and Wilson Anatomv and Pbrsiolon in
Health and lllness, 8th edn, Churchill
doubt the Ambulance Officer should
treat t}le case as a possible commu-
nated receptacle at the hospital,
e.g. red infection control bags for
Liuingston, London
nicable disease.
linen used on a communicable dis-
When transporting a known or
suspected active Tuberculosis
ease Patient.
Caroline, N.L. 1995 Emergency Care
in tbe Streets, 5tb edn, Brown and
patient the Ambulance Officer
should apply the universal precautions commensurate witi inhalation
of infected droplets and contact with
contaminated materials (linen,
handkerchief etc) containing spurum
from an infected person.
Appropriate considerations and
precautions for the transport of a
Tirberculosis patient include:
. Dispose of all
disposable equipment in an appropriate receptacle.
If used on a patient suspected of
having a communicable disease,
items are to be placed in a red
infection control container.
. Clean all used non disposable
equipment using a disinfecting
solution recommended by the
manufacturer, e.g. disassemble the
bag-valve-mask unit and soak in a
Company, Boston.
St John Anr.bulance Australia NT
1994 Distance Education Package
Clinical Studies One. Vol 1, Ambulance
Oficer Tiaining College - Darutin.
McSwain, N.E.,
Wite, R.D.,
Paruras,
7.L.. Metcalf. WR. 1994 The Basic
EMT Comorehensiue Prebosoital
Patient Care. Moshy Lifeline, St Louis
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Ben Minchin
- king donut eater extraordinaire
Representacives from St John AmbuJance,
NT
Police and
NT Fire Services
gulped
their way into the record books at a recent Donut Eating Competition held at
Palmerston. Needless to say, Ben Minchin won the day. Pat Murray put in a valiant
effort, but could not surpass the efforts of Ben. Ben's prize was more donus, which
he handed out to the watching crowd. Well done, guys.
Photo supplied by cadx Makaylia Bruag.
Grand Prior's
Award
Congrarulations to Peter Morris (Cadet
Band Division) and Andrew Hebbron (now
with Alice Springs Adult Division)
on receiving their Grand Prior's Award
at the Investiture and Graduation
Ceremony held at Government House on
2l May
1997.
Lefi to Right: Peter Morris, Deputy Prior
His Honour the Administrator
Dr Neil Conn, AO and
Andreu Hebbron
Out and abOut at public dutieS .a yolunteer's
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Polocrosse
St John members played a scratch match
with Polocrosse C Grade. It would appear
our expertise is not only limited to First
Aid
as
the final score was 2 all draw.
Standing: Karen Joyner, Pbil Brigbt,
Jarrltab Kirby, Amanda Malhy,
Sberee Schneid.er;
Kneeling: Lynda Rodgers, Thnya McKenna
Finnis River Station Charity Picnic Day
Held each year to raise firnds for various Charities, was attended by
Mark Grayden andJason Callanan.
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Palmerston and Rural Cadet Division at "Palmerston Jbwards
Tomorrow" celebrations at Marlow's Lagoon.
Callanan in tbe tug-of-war aith tbe kids!
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he Alice Springs Cadet
Division is under the direc-
tion of Pat McQuillen OIC
this year and Joan Hunt
Divisional Officer Cadets.
Divisional Officer Di Munro is
also lending support, as is CSO
Noel Thlbot.
The Division started off the year
with a Knowledge of the Order
course for all. Competition was very
strong between the younger and
older cadets as to which could hand
in the best assignment and I think
many parents probably now know as
much about the Order as the Cadets
do. As this course finished, Anzac
Day was upon us and it only seemed
right to choose the boy and girl
cadets who obtained to best results
in the Knowledge of the Order
course to lay the wreath. David
Pearson and Jessica Hosking were
the top students. We were all very
proud of them and for the first time
we received a certificate of apprecia-
rion from the RSL.
The May Day parade
he May Day parade
in Alice
Springs this year had
lor its
theme, Alice Springs past,
present and future. Keeping
this in mind, the cadet divi-
sion dressed in many of the old
style uniforms we have in our
Historical Box, some in present
day uniforms, and a couple in what
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witb L1m Dansie Cbief - Cadets
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