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Guernsey’s Emergency Ambulance Service responded to an incident on the island’s south coast yesterday, and the Flying Christine III was dispatched twice within a few hours on Sunday evening and this morning.
St John was alerted to the first incident involving an injured person on the cliff path between Les Tielles and Mont Herault in Torteval just before 11:00. A paramedic ambulance and an ambulance incident officer were dispatched to the area and the crews made their way by foot to the patient.
Due to the location of the individual, Guernsey Fire & Rescue Service was also dispatched to assist with the getting to the casualty who was carried out towards Les Tielles and then taken to the Emergency Department.
The location app What3Words was used during the incident to help precisely locate the patient.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service said: “This was a well coordinated operation which was carried out successfully by all involved. We would like to thank our colleagues at Guernsey Fire & Rescue Service for their assistance with this case.”
Pictured: June was a busy month for the St John marine ambulance.
At around 19:00 on Sunday, the St John marine ambulance sent to Sark. The crew was met at Maseline Harbour by the Sark ambulance and the patient was put on the Flying Christine and taken to St. Peter Port and then to hospital.
The second call came in the early hours of this morning, when the St John marine ambulance was deployed to Herm for an injured patient requiring treatment in Guernsey.
So far this year the Flying Christine III has responded on 21 missions, and in June the St John marine ambulance was deployed on seven occasions. The Flying Christine III is provided by the St John Ambulance Guernsey charity and is operated by the Emergency Ambulance Service.
The vessel is crewed by volunteers from the local marine community and staffed by clinicians from the ambulance service.
Pictured (top): Flying Christine heading to Sark. Credit: Dylan Ray.
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