Echo 87 callsign heard on 10325 talkgroup

[cartman]

Heard this about 1140am this morning (Mon 23/5/11)

Echo 87 aka CTO87
Radio ID logged
Dispatcher had no idea who they were until they stated CTO

Was in the immediate area for a job and offered to respond
Obviously has some clinical medical skills

Any suggestions as to identity?

Grant

[cartman]

Found an interesting document on Google that suggests in the NSW setting, CTO may equal clinical training officer (??)

http://centreforhealthcom.org/wp-conten ... Online.pdf

This report discusses the issues and protocols for paramedic/emergency dept interface. Interesting reading

Grant

[cartman]

Feedback on "Echo 87" from one of the emergency monitoring gurus suggests it maybe a clinical training officer with "extended care paramedics"

Just twigged to the "SOP" callsigns i keep hearing as being one and the same as the Ambulance Special Operation vehicles
One of them drove past my place with the siren blaring and when i looked at my "Sydney West" GRN logs I discovered it was "SOP 41"

Grant

[centralcoastscanman]

SOT are the special ops vehicles Grant.. Special Operations Team... an ambo once explained the SOT people's role as they are ex-ambo rescue operators that are running around in their own vehicles doing medical related duties but with extra training... He told me they are one step down from SCAT

[cartman]

November 87 (Clinical Training Officer) heard in the Port Macquarie area around morning tea-lunchtime 31/12/2011 when a couple of marine incidents occurred in rapid succession ... a boat swamped near Town Beach, then a leisure craft sinking after colliding with the Settlement Point Ferry - 5 people thrown into the water, then conveyed to hospital.


Grant

[Longreach]

87 must be the number used for CTO's as I hear Sierra 87 call up a bit on the south coast/tablelands PMR channel. He seems to be based down the coast from my monitoring.
Cheers
Matt

[cartman]

That would sense as the Mid Nth Coast dispatcher was actually calling them the "Clinical Training Officer"


Grant