Boy,5, fights for all times after savage canine assault noticed paramedics give him an emergency blood transfusion when he went into cardiac arrest as a consequence of horrific bites on his neck
- Battlefield paramedics rush to residence the place five-year-old boy was mauled
- He's combating for all times after English bull-terrier American bulldog cross assault
- The boy's grandmother was additionally handled for shock on the scene
- Excessive Acuity Response Unit handled him with state-of-the-art methods
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A staff of important care paramedics skilled in battlefield healthcare have rushed to a Gold Coast residence after a younger boy was mauled by a canine.
The five-year-old was together with his grandmother inside a house in Varsity Lakes when the canine, reportedly an English bull terrier-American bulldog cross, attacked him about 11.45am.
He was rushed to hospital the place he stays in a important situation.
A Queensland Ambulance spokesman mentioned the boy suffered life-threatening bites to his neck earlier than going into cardiac arrest.
The boy was reportedly taking part in with the canine within the yard of a house on the time of the assault.
His grandmother was additionally handled by paramedics after she bravely tried to save lots of the boy from the animal.
A spokesman advised Day by day Mail Australia the boy was handled on the scene by Queensland's finest paramedics from the Excessive Acuity staff.
The important care workers on this staff use methods and therapies tried and examined on the battlefield in wars.
It is understood he acquired an emergency blood transfusion, whereas his grandmother was handled for shock and minor accidents.
Queensland Ambulance Service Medical Director, Professor Stephen Rashford beforehand mentioned: "The one benefit of wars is that they lead to medical innovation.'
Typically, the methods make a world of distinction to sufferers who're dropping an excessive amount of blood.
'HARU is a patient-centric initiative offering a seamless strategy for folks with essentially the most extreme traumatic accidents from the time of the damage to after they obtain hospital care and past,' he beforehand mentioned.
'These paramedics present care at a degree seen nowhere else in Australia, and that is supported by in depth coaching and really robust scientific oversight by senior trauma physicians.'
'A number of therapies utilized by the HARU staff had been developed in battle areas in Afghanistan and so they have been proven to have nice worth for sufferers with traumatic accidents.'
A few of the methods utilized by the Excessive Acuity Response Crew embrace administering common anaesthesia on the street and performing surgical procedures on the chest to alleviate the buildup of blood or air stress.
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