Best laid plans..

[joey Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close joey]

wow mate ....what a day.

all i can say is good effort!!

brings back memories when James c slamed a bike rider on our run...not pretty..

once again lucky you where there..

joey

[Yota Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Yota]

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I was out in the fire truck today & heard this going on.
Doesn't surprise me about the hiway copper either, sorry if there are any hiway coppers on here, but they are generally a cranky bunch. Other times with the fireys I have had to break scene preservation rules at an accident and faced off with a hiway copper myself, I know how you feel, its even worse when your in a uniform.

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Matt,

You did it cause it was the right thing to do...... good on you and the wife for digging in........ too many wouldn't. Thank you.

[tinkera Member Find all posts View Profile Close tinkera]

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HI Pradogxl6 Firstly well done.Just a question did this ahole explain to you how you were were supposed to handle the scene :?: IMO you did what any thinking person would have done.CHEERS TINKERA.

[Big Fella Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Big Fella]

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Highway Patrol Officers........ Pffffft....... Glorified wankers that have no idea about what goes on in the real world.

I say good onya Matty. Great to see you had the ability and the back-up to assist in this pretty terrible situation. Alot of people would have just stood there and done squat. It's always good to have a nurse on standby. Got plenty around me.

Who gives a rats what he said mate. YOU did the right thing at the time. YOU assesed the situation and decided on the best actions to take. HE wasn't there, he had no idea. HE just wanted to be the one to take some glory around the doughnut shop.

[Lacey Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lacey]

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Well done Matt, Jo and everyone else. I'm sure the bloke you saved will thank you all too. I don't believe for a second, you would have EVER contemplated driving by. That incident could have been sooo much worse, had you not done what you did. Don't you feel great knowing you saved someone's life?!!! That's what I loved the most about working in ICU
You go to bed tonight with a very clear conscience

I hope your next quiet family day out is just that!

Karma to the copper!!

Take care,
Lacey

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Onya Matt, sounds to me like you did an excellent job, especially considering the three young ones you had on board. i personally only take notice of critisism aimed at me if it comes from someone whos opinion i respect, if i dont respect their opinion then i just ignore them. I am sure the people you helped will respect you for your efforts, and hopefully thank you when they are in a position to do so.

Cheers Andrew

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Well done Matt, you do what heart thinks is right, more important to save someone's life than worry about the cause of the accident??

This was the same as our first trip to Caondamine Gorge and yes again it was a motorbike?? It took 3 hours to get the chopper in though to airlift him.

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good on ya matt and jo, 15 years of mines training has allows you to evaluate a situation and act according to your surroundings, and when the shoes on the other foot ( you know what i mean) you hope the the other ppl around can do the same, all that time playing doctors and nurses comes in handy and dont let anyone tell ya otherwise :lol: as for the copper a band called NWA sang a song in the early 90s titled #$%k the police and that relates to that particular officer, as you say what a wanker. cheers samo

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Matt you should be proud of your efforts and those of your wife and others involved with this rescue.
It would be all to easy to assume somebody else will take care of the situation, but who the "C.H.I.P.S" officer arriving 30 minutes after the event.
Well done!
Regards Troy

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Well done to all involved :!:

I'm sure the cops roll up late so they don't have to make any quick decisions :evil:
Their minds are not that quick in some situations, otherthan having a go at someone doing the right thing ops:

Deaf ears help :lol:

Nick

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Thankyou! Much more important then the family trip out at the end of the day - as you say, there's always another day.
Damn red tape and people who don't see the value of life over someone getting sued - you obviously did the best you could in a tricky situation - I'd be pretty happy if I were in that situation.

Yesterday we went up to Craig's hut & around Mt Stirling area. Coming around the outside of a bend on circuit track out of there, a volvo travelling well faster than they should well over the middle of the road , in fact more on our side then theirs, a boulder on the edge of the road on my side and beside that a few hundred metres straight down. Had to swerve majorly then boot it to stay on the track, heart thumping after that one.. so could've just as well been me (& family) yesterday, and if it had I'd be extremely happy for anyone to help in a situation like that.

Good on ya.

[xlr8_87 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close xlr8_87]

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Bloody well done!

I just did a 4 day first aid course and we were told that no matter what the incident, get everything out of the way of danger. If that means moving someone with a suspected broken back, move them.
Fact is, which many people don't know, you CANNOT successfully get sued for rendering first aid as long as your intentions are to help the casualty.

Well done moving everything out of the way, that could have very easily escalated, especially with a hill involved!

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AND No thank you for controlling a potentially multiple fatality. No thanks for calling 000. No thanks for rescuing the trapped bloke. No thanks for helping stabilize the injured and stopping traffic in both directions, for the chopper too land ect... Nothing... Just a loud mouth highway copper talking shit..

Sort of makes me wonder why I stopped in the first place ?

I know why you stopped Matt and that is because you are an A1 top bloke who reacted quickly to save lives, well done mate and in time I think you will get thanked from those you helped.

Cheers

Mav

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While I don't know you personally Matt, I reckon Mav pretty much sums it up!