An ambulance officer in New South Wales, who tried to save the life of the Bundy junction, stabbed the victim on April 13, 2024, said he was "frustrated" after he could not access the injured and possibly dying patient.
Joel Cauchi, a schizophrenic man from Westfield Shopping Center, stabbed six people to death.
Intensive care caregiver Christopher Wilkinson told them about the death investigation Wednesday that he arrived at the scene at 4.03 p.m. that Saturday.
Cauchi, 40, killed Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Yixuan Cheng, 27, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, Dawn Singleton, 25, and 30.
Wilkinson headed from Bankstown to an intensive care ambulance in Bondi Junction, equipped with blood, plasma and surgical kits, which allowed multiple surgeries on site. They can anesthetize, intubate and place people on ventilators.
"We were on the scene for only a short time... When the healthcare staff came to us and said they had a child in need of help," he said.
Medical staff told the court that he provided professional equipment for the baby and then returned to the sub-station he set up.
"I was eavesdropped by a man covered in blood," Wilkinson told the court. The man, a doctor, told him that another man was in urgent need of care, "he thought he would die."
Send a Careflight medical team to take care of patients. Wilkinson and other paramedics failed to enter Westfield.
At 4.15 pm, security guard Tahir was taken to the stretcher. Wilkinson immediately "with trying to treat him."
They had surgery, but Tahir was pronounced dead at 4.24 pm. The paramedic told the court: "The family can rest assured that we did everything we could to save his life."
A woman in her 20s stabbed her chest.
"She is not pale, she is able to speak in sentences," he said. She did not need a medical team and was taken to the hospital.
Next was another woman who was stabbed in the upper right part of her back. Wilkinson told the Investigation that she was able to speak in sentences, without a high heart rate and was taken to the hospital, which was planned to last for five weeks. He did not see another patient.
“I stood there wondering if there were other patients like Mr. Tashir to be treated.”
Wilkinson was told to establish a "hot zone" before Tahill was taken outside.
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But the area was not officially announced until 4.28 pm. He was told the popular areas have arrived after fears of a possible second offender in the mall.
Wilkinson knew it was a "positive situation" because the hot zone name prevented caregivers from entering Westfield, the court heard Wednesday.
“I’m trying to understand why people don’t come out or we’re not allowed to enter,” he said. “I feel like there’s a long time of decisions involved in nursing staff going or nursing staff going out.”
He told the court that Wilkinson was experienced in active armed criminals, including fugitive Malcolm Naden.
He said it took care of the Bondy Junction “too long” to get into potential patients in the center.
"Standing outside...not just because there might be another criminal," he said.
He said he was frustrated and “think people are likely to die upstairs.”
He said he hopes that medical staff will be able to bring the stretcher in with police escorts.
"If we don't allow access to that hot zone, that delays, sometimes delays the cost of life. I think we need to change the way we do things."
Wilkinson admits that a hot zone has good reason. He told the court that the sound of Westfield emergency alarms made radio communications and conversations that day difficult.