31 January 2011

Lost in Kambah

31 January 2011 | By johnboy

Two bush walkers being rescued ACT Ambulance Service and ACT Fire Brigade currently rescuing two stranded bush walkers at Kambah.

The two woman are located about 1.2km from Kambah Pool and are believed to be suffering from heat exhaustion.

Specialist rescue firefighters and intensive care paramedics are determining the best way to access the patients and bringing them back to safety.

A third person, a male, also believed to be with the group walked to Kambah Pool Car Park to raise the alarm.

He’s being assessed by intensive care paramedics on scene.

6:18pm Sunday 30 January 2011

Update – Two bush walkers rescued Two woman have been rescued after being caught out while bush walking at Kambah this afternoon.

Specialist rescue firefighters and intensive care paramedics found the woman about 1.5km’s along a track from Kambah Pool.

They were treated on scene for moderate dehydration then taken back to Kambah Pool car park. One of the patients was walked out while the second had to be carried out on a stretcher.

The two women and a third walker, a man, who raised the alarm, have all been transported by the ACT Ambulance Service to the Canberra Hospital in a stable condition.

7:40pm Sunday 30 January 2011

[Courtesy of the ESA]

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cocopops11:22 pm 31 Jan 11

I hope they learnt their lesson and don’t try do it again. Stupid women, avoid being outside during the hottest part of the day and always ALWAYS have water with you *sigh*.

wildturkeycanoe7:34 pm 31 Jan 11

What a waste of resources. When you go bushwalking you take the necessities, but that isn’t any more bushwalking than a stroll around LBG.
The tracks there follow the river so water couldn’t have been a major concern, however, if they couldn’t handle the heat or the distance they shouldn’t have been out there in the first place. Incidentally, amazing how just 2.5km from the edge of a Canberra suburb you find a place where mobile network doesn’t work.

Lin1:28 pm 31 Jan 11

I got dehydrated when I stupidly forgot to take a water bottle on my ride from Watson to Commonwealth park for the fireworks on Australia Day (stupid is the most obvious word missing from that media release, I reckon). And indeed, after a dreadful ride home feeling sick and weak, all it took to patch me up was w-a-t-e-r. (My daugther would’ve loved it if I would’ve called the ‘special rescue firefighters’! But in the end she had to be content with patting me on the back telling me I could make it home instead.)

Mystery2Me12:38 pm 31 Jan 11

Maybe they should find the Bureau of Meteorology website and go for a walk next Sunday.

Ozi11:57 am 31 Jan 11

Sounds like the man walking with the two women may have overstated the seriousness of the situation. Seems like ‘specialist rescue firefighters’ and intensive care paramedics are overkill when a bottle of water would have done the trick.