{"id":51758,"date":"2026-09-25T13:55:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/survivor-stories\/plb-redding-in-victorias-high-country-leidt-tot-dringende-hartzorg\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:56:37","slug":"plb-redding-in-victorias-high-country-leidt-tot-dringende-hartzorg","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/nl\/survivor-stories\/plb-redding-in-victorias-high-country-leidt-tot-dringende-hartzorg\/","title":{"rendered":"PLB-redding in Victoria\u2019s High Country leidt tot dringende hartzorg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Op vrijdag 20 maart trok ik met vrienden naar Victoria\u2019s High Country voor een lang weekend. Onze groep bestond uit mijzelf, net gepensioneerd na 32 jaar als ambulanceverpleegkundige, een gepensioneerde ambulancemonteur en twee actieve ambulanceverpleegkundigen. We ontmoetten elkaar rond 19u00 op de camping Mitchells Flat. Twee leden hadden het kamp al opgezet en het vuur aangestoken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Na de gebruikelijke aankomstroutine begon ik mijn stretchertent op te zetten onder de luifel van mijn 4&#215;4. Tegen het einde van de klus voelde ik wat ik alleen kan omschrijven als een paard dat me tegen de borst trapte. Mijn ge\u00efmplanteerde defibrillator was afgegaan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Vervolgens merkte ik dat ik op mijn rug in het gras lag en naar de sterren keek. De ernst van de situatie werd al snel duidelijk. We bevonden ons diep in Victoria\u2019s High Country zonder telefoonsignaal. Ik moest worden onderzocht in een groot ziekenhuis in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Slechts een week eerder had ik mijn <a href=\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/nl\/products\/rescueme-plb1\/\">Ocean Signal rescueME PLB1<\/a> gekocht en geregistreerd. Ik kocht hem voor op reis, in de hoop hem nooit nodig te hebben. Die nacht was ik erg blij dat ik hem bij me had.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Ik vertelde een van mijn vrienden waar hij het persoonlijke noodradiobaken kon vinden. Ze activeerden het volgens de instructies. Terwijl we wachtten, pakte de groep mijn spullen in en maakten ze een 4&#215;4-voertuig gereed. Dit konden we gebruiken als we de hulpverleners buiten het kamp tegemoet moesten rijden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">De afgelegen camping was alleen toegankelijk voor 4&#215;4-voertuigen. Dat maakte de locatie moeilijker bereikbaar voor de hulpdiensten. Al snel hoorden we in de verte de rotors van een helikopter. Het toestel cirkelde boven het gebied terwijl de bemanning zocht naar een veilige plek om te landen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We reden ongeveer 100 meter naar de landingsplaats. We kwamen aan voordat de helikopterbemanning de uitschakelprocedure had voltooid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">PolAir, de luchtsteun van de politie van Victoria, arriveerde als eerste. De bemanning vertelde ons dat HEMS vlak achter hen zat. De omliggende valleien waren echter gevuld met mist. Deze omstandigheden hadden kunnen voorkomen dat de HEMS-helikopter na de landing weer zou kunnen opstijgen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">PolAir vloog me naar Mansfield Airport om HEMS te ontmoeten. Van daaruit transporteerde HEMS me naar Melbourne voor ziekenhuiszorg. Ik verbleef drie nachten in het ziekenhuis terwijl artsen tests uitvoerden en mijn defibrillator controleerden. Ze voerden ook de nodige aanpassingen uit voordat ik naar huis terugkeerde.<\/p>\n<p>Deze PLB-redding toonde aan waarom extra bescherming van belang is in de afgelegen gebieden van Australi\u00eb. Het mobiele bereik kan snel wegvallen, zelfs bij de beste providers. Ik ben mijn vrienden, de reddingsteams, Ocean Signal en All Sat Communications dankbaar voor hun steun.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op vrijdag 20 maart trok ik met vrienden naar Victoria\u2019s High Country voor een lang weekend. Onze groep bestond uit mijzelf, net gepensioneerd na 32 jaar als ambulanceverpleegkundige, een gepensioneerde ambulancemonteur en twee actieve ambulanceverpleegkundigen. We ontmoetten elkaar rond 19u00 op de camping Mitchells Flat. 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