To help develop pre-hospital care & ambulance service, we teamed up with NFA Pacific Harbor & Navua stations to train their FFs.

This also included donating a derelict vehicle & PH gear.

Vinaka #AusAID – donated equipment to @VFRfiji continues to be utilised #TeamFiji #Fiji pic.twitter.com/JqKvXHoJxu

— Volunteer First Responder (FIJI) (@VFRfiji) March 25, 2018

Hi folks

on todays episode Dr Anne Creaton interviews  prehospital colleagues in Fiji, Dr Lemeki and Dr Ilikini who run a volunteer prehospital service called VFR Fiji

EM physician volunteer Dr Lavinesh Raj pictured with Lemeki’s response vehicle and VFR training manual

Dr Lemeki’s call sign, doing training at Pacific Harbour fire station where he began the VFR journey

VFR team relaxing after a day training firefighters

VFR team and Fijian firefighters after training exercise

Extrication scenario

Dr Anne Creaton teaching importance of bystander response and prehospital care in chain of survival

Podcast ( available here and on iTunes)

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