Three callouts in less than 36 hours for marine ambulance

Sunday 28 March 2021

It has been a busy few days for paramedics and volunteers aboard the Flying Christine, who were called out twice in one night before returning home at 04:30 in the morning.

The marine ambulance was called out three times in 36 hours. The first of those was at around 23:00 on Thursday night, the marine ambulance was sent to Herm for a patient requiring transfer to Guernsey.

The patient was collected and arrived in St Peter Port at around 01:25, before being transferred to the PEH for treatment.

The following night, the Flying Christine III was sent to Sark at around 21:20 at the request of the Sark Doctor. The male patient was collected from Sark and brought to Guernsey just after 23:00. A waiting road ambulance took him to the Emergency Department, where he was treated for an injury. 

During this mission, the winds were reported to be westerly Force 5-6 with squally showers. The emergency crew faced worse conditions - with estimated winds up to Force 7 - when called back to Sark at around 01:40 on Saturday morning for a patient with a medical condition.

The patient was transferred onto the marine ambulance with the help of the Sark Ambulance crew, using a basket stretcher. Once back at St Peter Port harbour, Guernsey Fire & Rescue Service assisted with transferring the man from the Flying Christine to a waiting road ambulance. The ambulance crew stood down from this incident at around 04:30 in the morning. 

Pictured top: The Flying Christine was sent to Sark twice in one night (Credit: St John Ambulance Guernsey).