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The Star Thursday November 18 2021 6 NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz New mosque terror report reveals • By Kurt Bayer THE FAST-thinking, coolheaded actions of the first police officers at the Al Noor mosque mass shooting have been praised in a US expert’s review of the medical response to New Zealand’s worst terror attack. The officers, who entered the Christchurch mosque 15min after the Australian terrorist opened fire, eventually shooting dead 42 dead before driving across the city and killing nine more at Linwood Islamic Centre, were met with a bloody, distressing and chaotic scene. They quickly, and “rightfully”, identified survivors and prioritised securing a corridor of access for ambulance personnel, according to a new report by an American professor of emergency medicine at the University of Minnesota, which has been prepared to help with the coronial inquiry into the March 15, 2019, attacks. Amid the chaos, the first officers came across a backpack thought to have been a bomb, it’s been revealed for the first time. And then everyone was ordered to “get down” after fears of a possible second gunman. Later, as ambulance staff were getting to the victims, the response operation was temporarily frozen when delayed livestream video implied that the shooter was returning to the Deans Ave mosque. The first police officers on the scene of the mass terror attack have been praised for their quick actions. “Despite the chaos and multiple hazards, the police are to be commended for an extremely rapid securing of the scene for medical personnel as well as for starting the assessment of victims and providing initial care including chest seals and bleeding control,” says Dr John Hick, who has been involved in improving medical responses to terrorist attacks, mass shootings and other disasters for more than 20 years. “This greatly accelerated the work of ambulance personnel and likely saved lives.” The 14-page report, which references the Mumbai terrorist attacks, and mass shootings at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, John Hick Florida, and Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado, provides incredible detail of the emergency services’ response on March 15, 2019, calling on police, St John and medical examiner reports, hospital records, photographs and radiologic images. Four police officers and two ambulance personnel who formed “entry teams” to assess and move victims were praised for the move, in spite of it not seeming to have been part of advance planning. It also helped that two senior supervisors from police and ambulance recognised each other on scene in the early minutes and established a plan of ambulance personnel entry. summer Fairview Recliner Range ON SALE SALE Recliner – River NOW $ 499 3 Seater Recliner – River NOW $ 1099 Credit criteria, exclusions, fees, terms & conditions apply. See in store for details. Brix Light 7 Piece Dining Set – W180 WAS $ 1689 Davos Barstool WAS $ 159 Dante Barstool WAS $ 159 NOW ON ENDS 22.11.21 Valletta 6 Piece Outdoor Lounge/Low Dining Set WAS $ 2699 NOW $ 1999 NOW $ 1149 NOW $ 99 NOW $ 99 Dallas Queen Bed – Light Grey WAS $ 449 Jamie Single/ Single Bunk Bed – Black WAS $ 699 NOW $ 349 NOW $ 499 Scan to find store 250 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch 0800 TARGET (0800 827438) targetfurniture.co.nz Offers and product prices advertised here expire 22/11/21. Sale Excludes Accessories.
omb fear “It is fortunate that this relationship existed and could be rapidly leveraged to gain ambulance personnel access,” Hick said. “The officers are to be further commended for asking ambulance personnel to triage based on ‘alive or dead’, which saved valuable time.” The rapid securing of the scene and priority on ambulance personnel access and correct prioritisation of triage assessments and transportation “all certainly contributed to lives saved”. It took just 33 minutes from when the first ambulance arrived at the mosque to have all patients ready for transport. Hick said that was “exceptional” and “far faster than most incidents of mass violence”. During the response, 18 ambulances were used and seven rapid response vehicles, five supervisor, and two mass casualty incident units responded. Twenty-five patients were transported by ambulance. And the fact that 14 victims were earlier transported by private vehicles “with encouragement by police personnel” was also best practice, Hick said, noting some US cities encourage police transport of shooting victims when ambulances are not immediately available. Christchurch Hospital was also commended for its response, especially given it rarely sees penetrating trauma, and on March 15 received 48 gunshot injuries in less than 45 minutes. Twelve patients received immediate operations for lifesaving procedures, including a child who arrived by private vehicle on the verge of cardiac arrest and was able to survive with immediate resuscitation and surgery. “This case is clearly a welcome exception to expected outcomes and is a credit to both her age, time to transport to a trauma centre (the child was immediately carried from the mosque and placed in a car with arrival at the hospital minutes later), and the availability of skilled physicians and surgeons,” Hick said. The vast majority of the injuries were non-survivable, Hick found. None of the deaths of patients who were alive on police arrival could have been averted with onscene interventions, he said. “All of the deaths were expected based on the gravity of the injuries,” he concluded. – NZ Herald Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz • By Chris Barclay and Barry Clarke COURT proceedings involving a high-profile Canterbury harness racing figure caught up in a major police probe into corruption and drug use in the industry has been delayed again. The person was scheduled to appear in the district court tomorrow, but the hearing has been tentatively pushed back to February 11. The person had also been expected to appear in court on July 16. Suppression orders prevent the person being identified. The charges faced are also subject to suppression orders. But The Star is aware a key part of the court proceedings is a bid by the defendant, and others in the industry also before the courts, to stop the police evidence being handed over to racing investigators. Their lawyers have been arguing points of law to stop the evidence accessed by the Racing Integrity Board, which has the power to prosecute under racing rules. The penalties can be severe, including lengthy bans from the sport. But a decision on whether that evidence can be accessed by the RIB remains with Judge Raoul Neave who has yet to release his judgement after lengthy legal arguments. The police investigation, dubbed Operation Inca, charged 13 people in September, 2018 following raids on harness racing stables in Canterbury and Auckland. It was overseen by the National Organised Crime Group. 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