July 26, 2008
The BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) presented a Vital Link Medal and Stork Award to two paramedic students from the Justice Institute of BC, whose newly acquired skills were put to good use to help two strangers in need.
On February 23, 2008, Christopher Fraser was working at the Royal Oak Golf Course when a woman in the restaurant started choking on a piece of food. The staff yelled for Christopher who, thanks to the lesson in his Emergency Medical Responder course earlier that day, instantly recognized the signs of a choking victim and initiated the Hymlick Maneuver.
On May 15, 2008 Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) student Adrienne Ewart was attending calls with a senior paramedic crew in order to gain the required practical experience to complete the PCP program. Paramedics are trained to deal with the unexpected, and that is just what Ewart had to do that day, when she helped deliver a healthy baby boy.
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