Posted on 02/08/2009 8:44:07 PM PST by naturalman1975
ONE after another, the horrifying procession of helicopters brought the most seriously burned victims to the Alfred.
The sheer number and seriousness of their injuries was so overwhelming the state's biggest trauma hospital ran out of morphine, calling for emergency supplies to treat the 20 most seriously injured victims.
Patients started arriving at 9pm on Saturday and by noon yesterday 10 were on life support in an intensive care unit filled to capacity for the first time since it opened last year, the Herald Sun reports.
Emergency doctors at the state's top burns unit could only compare the carnage with the Bali bombing victims they treated six years earlier.
Victims who had less than 30 per cent of their body burnt were treated at other hospitals.
Last night the Department of Human Services confirmed there were 60 hospital admissions across the state, with 13 people in intensive care units, 46 in general wards and one in pediatric.
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Prayers continuing.
oh dear . . .
prayer heavenward <><
Yeah, I’ve made lots of friends in Australia recently. Prayers for that fine country.
Those poor souls. What a nightmare. Lord, have mercy.
Oh my. Prayers for those poor people.
Prayers and well-wishes for those injured Aussies
Looks like the death toll is over 130 now. Incredible.
How come these “bushfires” are so much more dangerous than the seasonal wildfires here in the US?
This is terrible, and there seems no stopping the fire. There was a story on Drudge that terrorists, (Islam) were setting the fires and seeing fire jump the containment. Does anyone have any info on this?? The Islam story is down on Drudge.
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