Ambulance and Rescue proves that it can do everything all at the same time
Friday 12th August 2011, 2:29PM BST.
Recalling a hectic Wednesday night are, in the recompression chamber, from the left: ambulance responder Sarah de la Mare, senior ambulance officer John Atkins, cliff rescue principal Lorna Harborow, inshore rescue boat crew member Stuart Malley and Dean de la Mare, station officer. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 1170062)
ALL four sections of the Ambulance and Rescue Service were in action at once on Wednesday evening for the first time in living memory.
Marine ambulance Flying Christine III was dispatched at 7pm to attend to a male diver from Sark suffering the bends. He was brought to Guernsey and treated in the recompression chamber at Rohais headquarters.
An inshore rescue boat and the cliff rescue team then joined the Flying Christine at Saints Bay where two 12-year-old boys had become stuck on the cliffs.
A total of 31 Ambulance and Rescue personnel were involved in the two incidents, many of them recalled from off-duty. That number included permanent staff, retained staff and volunteers.
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Well done St Johns. It just proves that they are a very valuable resource for Guernsey, everyone should be proud of them.
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