Ambulance Assist
November 30, 2008 @ 7:45 AM
38: On standby to assist the ambulance service during poor weather conditions, team members dealt with a number of incidents.
We were called to assist an ambulance stuck in snow at Rossendale Hospital, with no casualty on board;
a patient with abdominal pains in Rochdale; a patient with breathing difficulties in Rawtenstall town centre; and a patient who had slipped and sustained injury in Burnley town centre.
It was evident that GMAS were asking us to attend incidents where it was not a case of difficult access, but of insufficient ambulance availability. It was subsequently discussed with Ambulance Control that this was not our role and we stood down 3.00pm, as conditions improved.
Man hours: 30.00
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