Crisafulli Government delivers lifesaving Tactical First Aid Kits to frontline police
- Crisafulli Government delivers personal-issue Tactical Queensland First Aid Kits to frontline police in response to recent officer shooting.
- $5.39 million investment over the next five years will ensure officers have immediate access to life-saving first aid equipment.
- The kits enhance the Queensland Police Service's ability to keep frontline responders and community safe.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering on its commitment to better protect and resource the Queensland Police Service, with an announcement today all operational frontline officers will be supplied personal-issue Tactical First Aid Kits.
This initiative represents a $5.399 million investment over the next five years, to purchase around 12,500 tactical kits, and increase the personal safety of police officers.
The Crisafulli Government has delivered the investment in first aid kits following a shooting in January where an injured police officer was saved by a personal tourniquet, carried by a fellow officer.
Each Tactical First Aid Kit contains a tourniquet, compression bandage, chest seal, shears and an IMIST (Identification, Mechanism of injury, Injuries, Symptoms, Treatment) proforma, used to assist with medical handover.
The trauma response kits are designed for use in high-risk incidents where life- threatening injuries, including penetrating trauma and severe haemorrhaging, may occur.
The Queensland Police Service currently provides Tactical First Aid Kits within all police vehicles, and since 2017 has supplied 7,735 kits to frontline officers, with an average of 200 kits used per month.
Under the former Labor Government, police attrition rates in Queensland hit record highs. The Crisafulli Government is delivering police with the resources they need and increasing the number of officers on the beat.
The Crisafulli Government's Making Queensland Safer Laws are also giving police the back-up they need to arrest Labor's Youth Crime Crisis.
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said the safety of officers and communities was the highest priority.
"The Crisafulli Government is delivering the resources and support our frontline offices need to make our community safe," Minister Purdie said.
"Police officers risk their lives every day and we saw just last month when an Acting Sergeant in Brisbane was shot, he was saved by his partner through the use of a Tactical First Aid Kit.
"When it comes to life and death injuries, every second counts, so these kits will strengthen our officers' emergency response capabilities."
Commissioner of Police, Steve Gollschewski APM, said the supply of personal-issue Tactical First Aid Kits would enhance the Queensland Police Service's ability to keep frontline responders and the community safe.
"Following recent incidents that demonstrated the effectiveness of Tactical First Aid Kits, I have determined that every frontline police officer will now receive a personally issued trauma response kit," Commissioner Gollschewski said.
"Ensuring every officer has access to a Tactical First Aid Kit is an investment in their safety, their ability to save lives, and their capacity to protect the public in critical situations."
