2 MVA's involving bikers occurred less than 15min apart from each other not even a 100m apart on Sunday 19 February 2012 in the Franschhoek Pass. The first biker had a wobble going into a bend causing him to side swipe an oncoming car. He fractured both hands in the process. Moments later a vehicle stopped and informed me of a second one with the bikers still lying on the car around the corner.
Thankfully ER24 arrived and started loading the first biker so that I could investigate what was going on around the corner. When I got there I found a couple lying on the bonnet of the car. The wife was complaining of chest pain and had difficulty in breathing, whilst her husband had suffered a severe compound fracture to his right tib/fib. Both patient were in severe shock and confused.
Due to the situation and location, we requested the services of the Medicopter 2 to assist as we did not have ALS on scene with us. We stabilised the couple and the wife was loaded in with the first biker, whilst her husband was airlifted to an appropriate facility.
Thanks for the great service, if that was not enough, as I arrived back at the base, adjacent to the complex I found a demolition worker who had fallen off a 4m high scaffolding tower and had sustained multiple fractures in the process. Once again ER24 came through to assist and then was able to take the rest of the day off to enjoy my birthday with friends.
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