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QGC invests A$180,000 inGladstone Harbour healthQGC is contributing a furtherA$180,000 to preserve thehealth of Gladstone Harbour inthe third year of a partnershipwith Conservation VolunteersAustralia.The investment in GladstoneHarbour Catchment CareProgram will ensure thecontinuation of clean-upevents, community workingbees and marine debrissurveys designed to protectand enhance water quality.QGC and ConservationVolunteers Australialaunched the program in lateMay at Ecofest, Gladstone’senvironmental awarenessfestival.During 2011 and 2012,volunteers collected morethan 1700kg of rubbish andreplaced 30,000m 2 of weedsalong Briffney Creek withtrees.The program this year alsoinvolves training of volunteersin environmental monitoringskills and raising awarenessof environmental issuesin schools and among thegeneral community.The A$180,000 investmentbrings QGC’s total contributionto A$397,286 since thepartnership began in 2011.QGC Managing Director DerekFisher said the partnership waspart of QGC’s commitmentto managing impacts andmaximising benefits fromthe Queensland CurtisLNG Project.“The program supportsinitiatives to protectenvironmental qualities ofGladstone Harbour so peoplecan safely enjoy the harbour,The Narrows and adjacentcreeks and supportingenvironment,’’ Mr Fisher said.Conservation VolunteersAustralia is an international,not-for-profit organisationdedicated to involving thecommunity in practicalconservation programs. Itwas established in Gladstonein 2004.The organisation’s Director ofCorporate and GovernmentAffairs, Phil Harrison, said:“Together we are supportingmarine life in GladstoneHarbour and are eradicatinginvasive exotic weeds that area major contributor to poorcatchment health. In theirplace we are planting nativespecies that are endemic tothe Gladstone region and thusstabilising the catchment.”From the frontlineFollowing is an abridged textfrom the annual report of thehelicopter medical servicesfunded by the oil and gasindustry and operated byCareFlight, in the WesternDowns and Gladstone.It is pilot Nick Trimmer’s perspective on the valueof the helicopter service.The recent case of a male subcontractor severely injured in ahead on collision depicts the absolute value of what CareFlightand Surat Basin Rural Wing Aero Medical Evacuation(SBRWAME) service are offering to the community.In December 2012, CareFlight’s Roma based SBRWAMEcrew was tasked 20km outside of Fairview Camp where a54-year-old man was trapped in his vehicle after collidingwith another truck. Pinned from his chest down, the manhad suffered a fractured pelvis, dislocated hip, compoundleg fracture and chest injuries. His life-threatening injuriesrequired rapid medical intervention. CareFlight’s Dr HayleyFrieslich was able to provide the critical care required tostabilise the patient so he could be flown to Royal BrisbaneHospital for emergency surgery.With CareFlight based at Roma the team was at the accidentsite in 35 minutes, landing on a nearby dirt road. Dr Frieslichand Paramedic Dave Bourke worked on the man while he wasstill trapped in the wreckage, but the patient needed to beurgently airlifted to a major tertiary hospital. The man wasreleased from the car and Dr Frieslich inserted a chest drainto relieve some of the pressure from the patient’s collapsedlungs. She also placed him on life support for transport. Theair crew was then faced with the unusual challenge of a 2hour 15 minute flight from Roma to Brisbane. The decisionwas made to fly to CareFlight’s Toowoomba Base, take onmore fuel, and then continue straight through to Brisbane’sRoyal Brisbane Hospital. Despite continual medical treatmentin the back of the helicopter, the man’s condition startedto deteriorate en route to Toowoomba.Additional medical equipment, blood and drugs werecollected from the Toowoomba Base, a refuel performed,a new flight plan produced and within 10 minutes theaircraft was in the air headed for Brisbane.The contribution of so many on this particular day saved aman’s life. In particular, the SBRWAME duty crew involved inthe treatment and transport of this severely injured patientmust be highly commended.QGC’s Deirdre Fagan-Pagliano at Ecofest 2012The entire CareFlight team is honoured to be a part of suchan integral operation servicing the oil and gas industry andits many valued members and their families.our community JUNE 2013Page 21