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US Aircraft Medev= acs Injured Expeditioner of Australian Antarctic Division at Davis Station<= /a>

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 11:10 AM CST

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On the evening of October 20, an expeditioner of the Australian Antarcti= c Division (AAD) was injured at Davis station in Antarctica. The injured ex= peditioner was identified as 31 year old Dwayne Rooke from Devonport, Tasma= nia. He was working as chef for almost 12 months and was due to return to A= ustralia in mid-November. Though first aid and necessary medical treatment = was provided, his condition was serious but stable as he suffered multiple = fractures. He was required to be evacuated for specialist medical care in A= ustralia. Finally he was medevacked by an U.S aircraft on November 05 after= two weeks of his injury.

Here are the interesting features of medevac operations:

  • Dwayne Rooke came off a quad bike while he was on a field trip to=C2=A0= Trajer Ridge, around 25 km from Davis. He was given first aid on the spot = and was transported back to the station by Hagglunds overland vehicle.
  • On October 23, an Australian Antarctic research and resupply ship Au= rora Australis (picture above right) on port of call to Casey station w= as diverted to Davis for evacuation. The ship was more than 800 nautical mi= les from Davis and was expected to reach Davis station in 4 or 5 days.
  • Also, Davis station personnel started preparing a temporary sea-ice run= way of 3000 metres long on 1.8 metres thick ice, to meet further emergency = operations.

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  • Meanwhile by October 27, heavy sea ice and bad weather slowed down the = ships approach to Davis station. The ship was then expected to be in the = helicopter range of the station by October 29. Thereafter, a doctor and lay= medical personnel from the ship were planning to fly to Davis to assist wi= th the medical care of Rooke (picture on the right).
  • On October 30, when the ship was within helicopter range of Davis stati= on, weather conditions in the morning=C2=A0 prevented helicopter operations= . The ship was approximately 230 nautical miles from Davis and a helicopter= flight from the ship to the station was to take about two hours.
  • Weather further deteriorated and even on October 31, the helicopter cou= ld not be launched.The Aurora Australis was=C2=A0 approximately 150 nautica= l miles from Davis and continued her approach to Davis station. The ship wa= s by then at the=C2=A0 helicopter range of over one hour flight from the sh= ip to the station.
  • On November 01, two helicopters were flown with a doctor and additional= lay medical staff to Davis station to provide additional medical care to D= wayne Rooke. The medical team started preparations for evacuation of Dwayne= Rooke.
  • As taking Dwayne Rooke by ship to Australia would take much more time, = on November 05, LC-130 Hercules military aircraft from the United States Antarctic Program= , assisted the evacuation from Antarctica. Injured Dwayne Rooke was was= medevacked on a 10 hour flight to hospital in Hobart, Tasmania. A combined= US and Australian medical team was on board to assist in the evacuation.
  • The U.S LC-130 Hercules aircraft (picture on the right): 3D"US_LC130_
    • is a turbo-prop, ski-equipped aircraft used by the United States Antarc= tic program.
    • the primary purpose of the LC-130 aircraft is to support the US scienti= fic community in the Antarctic by transporting cargo and personnel.
    • the LC-130 aircraft are equipped with fully retractable skis that allow= the aircraft to land on snow and ice as well as on traditional runways.
    • The aircraft has provisions for using jet-assisted-takeoff rockets, fou= r on each side of the aircraft, that are used when the LC-130 operates from= rough, unprepared snow surfaces or when shorter takeoff runs are needed.

OldSailor appreciates the team work and dedication of Davis station pers= onnel, the crew of Australian Antarctic research and resupply ship Aurora A= ustralis and the U.S team for the evacuation efforts.

You can view Davis station through webcam from here.

Here is a video clip of Davis station, Antarctica.<= /p>

All the above three photographs are from Australian Antarctic Division a= nd read more about the rescue operations from Australian Antarctic Divis= ion.

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