A team from Werribee Fire Brigade has taken first place in the inaugural CPR Challenge at this year’s Australasian Road Rescue Organisation Challenge, held in Dubbo from 25-29 July.
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The team won with a score of 96 per cent.
They also took out overall second place in the Time Critical event, taking just 24 minutes to free an unconscious patient from their wrecked car.
The annual challenge is part of the highly-regarded Australasian Road Rescue Organisation (ARRO) Learning Symposium which includes presentations on vehicle technology, rescue case studies and practical workshops, and culminates in the rescue challenges.
This year’s event saw 250 people from Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong competing in multiple scenarios across three categories: Time Critical, Controlled and Entrapped. These challenges include extricating people from vehicles, dealing with trauma, and the CPR Challenge.
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The scenarios used real vehicles, which were crushed beforehand to simulate the actual outcome of a crash. More than 100 people acted as patients, and teams needed to consider and treat their injuries as part of rescue operations.
The Werribee team competed in five events across the weekend including Entrapped, Time Critical, Controlled and two Trauma events.
ARRO is the peak body in Australasia for the development and exchange of information, knowledge and skills in road rescue.
Next year’s Challenge will be held in Toowoomba from 16-19 July.
