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Triathlon helping CareFlight deliver

16 May 2014

Kakadu Triathlon event coordinator Leona Katzer with CareFlight founding director Ian Badham at the Jabiru town pool last week. Kakadu Triathlon event coordinator Leona Katzer with CareFlight founding director Ian Badham at the Jabiru town pool last week.

JABIRU is a frequent destination for CareFlight aircraft and helicopters transferring ill and injured patients to specialist treatment in Darwin. 

CareFlight will be the recipients of all funds raised in the upcoming Kakadu Triathlon. 

On Wednesday 7 May CareFlight was called to transfer three patients under medical treatment from the Jabiru Health Clinic. One man was flown on the CareFlight TIO Rescue Helicopter and two in a later flight on a CareFlight KingAir aircraft. 

One patient, a 23-year-old woman, was initially left unconscious when she fell and hit her head while riding a skateboard in the town at about 4pm. She was taken to Jabiru Health Clinic by the clinic ambulance and treated until CareFlight flew her to Royal Darwin Hospital for neurological assessment due to the nature of her head injury. 

Founding director Ian Badham said CareFlight sincerely appreciated the support of so many people in Jabiru actively involved in the staging this year’s Kakadu Triathlon on Saturday 31 May.

“It’s a very well-organised event that not only brings the town together but also supports the work of our aeromedical charity,” he said. 

Read more about CareFlight services here:
http://careflight.org/what_we_do/