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Unfortunately, the night pilot had called in sick. The clock starts ticking "as soon as they get the first phone call", according to Dr Greenberg. It was a call made far more difficult due to a lack of available pilots at the RFDS base in Broken Hill that day.ĭue to restrictions imposed by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, pilots can only fly 11 hours a day, with a possible extension of one hour. The decision not to transfer the teenager to a better-equipped, major hospital sooner was also under the microscope.

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Mr Braes was conscious and speaking to staff and was "compensating for the sepsis until he couldn't". "An older person would've been much more unwell, prior to me arriving." "Until he fell off the cliff," Dr Greenberg said. and remembrance of loved ones who have passed away, much like Memorial Day in the United States.

He revealed all the medical staff "misjudged" Mr Braes, who was "compensating very well" because he was "a young, fit fellow". The days of the dead are truly a celebration of life. Tragically, what worked against Mr Braes was his overall health and age, the inquest heard.ĭr Greenberg said the teenager was in a "relatively good" condition for someone who was critically ill. "I actually said I think he'd survive on the way to Prince Alfred ," he stated. The veteran clinician and patient-retrieval specialist, who has 36 years' experience, said he believed, in hindsight and now that he was "aware of the outcome", that there were a number of "ifs" - including if Mr Braes had been taken to Adelaide instead of Sydney.

RFDS patient-retrieval specialist Dr Randall Greenberg also works at Dubbo Base Hospital as the Director of Critical Care.