New ambulances for remote Central Australia communities

Two new high-tech ambulances geared to help save lives and increase emergency response capacity which will soon arrive in 2 remote Central Australia communities.

The 4WD Toyota HiAce ambulances, fitted with powered stretchers, will operate at health centres in Ntaria (Hermannsburg) and Anmatjere (Ti Tree), replacing the Troop Carrier ambulances in those remote communities.

The new ambulances will be used for emergency road evacuations to transfer patients from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) and Anmatjere (Ti Tree) to Alice Springs.

The ambulances have features that will benefit patient care, including high-tech powered stretchers, 2 rear seats, rear air-conditioning and more space.

In comparison to the troopy ambulances, the rear features mean that there is:

• an extra seat for either guardians, staff or retrieval teams
• more space for acute care procedures and
• cooler temperatures as Anmatjere and Ntaria summers can exceed 40 degrees.

The high-tech powered stretchers mean bariatric patients can be manoeuvred more safely into an ambulance. It allows NT Health staff to load patients into the ambulance with the touch of a button.