New ambulance vehicle for Port Douglas station

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Member for Cook Cynthia Lui visited the Port Douglas Ambulance station this morning. Image: supplied

Port Douglas, surrounding residents and visitors in need of emergency pre-hospital care are being better serviced with the addition of a new Mercedes Sprinter 419 ambulance.

Member for Cook Cynthia Lui said the state-of-the-art vehicle is helping provide first-class healthcare to the community.

“As part of our record Billion-dollar investment into ambulance services in 2021-22, the Palaszczuk Government committed $26 million for 136 new and replacement ambulance vehicles,” Minister Crawford said.

“It is vital our ambulance officers have access to the resources and equipment they need to conduct their jobs safely and effectively, so I’m pleased to see this new $252,000 vehicle being used by our hard-working officers at Port Douglas Station.

“The vehicle includes a number of practical features to assist officers during a wide-range of daily operational duties, including a power-assisted stretcher, which has been proven to reduce the risk of manual-handling injuries.”

In addition to the Stryker power-assisted stretcher which can carry patients up to 318kg, the vehicle is equipped with a Stryker stair chair to safely support patients weighing up to 228kg. Being able to raise and lower patients at the touch of a button protects our paramedics from potential lifting and carrying injuries,” Ms Lui said.

“The introduction of this new ambulance on the road will only extend the efficiency and professionalism currently exhibited by our frontline staff.”

Minister for Health and Ambulances Service Yvette D’Ath said Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) vehicles travel more than 44 million kilometres per year and the new vehicle would make the journey more comfortable for patients and officers.

“These new ambulances have undergone extensive conversion in consultation with paramedics and are a highly effective platform to provide emergency pre-hospital care to the sick and injured,” Minister D’Ath said

“The vehicles are specifically designed to meet the needs of QAS officers and contain safety features not commonly available in the standard vehicle model.”

The new the vehicle is equipped with a Stryker stair chair to safely support patients weighing up to 228k. Image: supplied

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