Busy day for Ambulance Service

Thursday 30 August 2018

Three call outs in one day have kept Guernsey's emergency ambulance crews busy - with the Flying Christine also called into action.

The St John marine ambulance had to be taken to Sark earlier today at the request of the Sark doctor after a patient was found to be suffering a hip injury.

The Flying Christine III sailed across with a paramedic and emergency medical technician onboard from Guernsey to meet the Sark ambulance at the Creux harbour.

Following a handover from the Sark doctor the patient was transferred on to the Flying Christine for further treatment and transport across to Guernsey.

The St John Emergency Ambulance Service also had to attend St Peter Port harbour this morning after a call from a visiting cruise ship asking for help with a passenger who was suffering from a medical condition.

Later today, the ambulance was called back to the harbour again, this time to treat a patient from a Condor vessel.

Pictured: Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital, which treats residents and visitors from across the Bailiwick 

In both cases the patients were transferred to the Emergency Department of the Princess Elizabeth Hospital for further treatment.

Pictured top: The Flying Christine III in Sark