Terrace ‘B. C. ‘Ambulance Ser-
vice report from Wednesday,
April 8 to Monday, April 18.

‘From Wednesday to Friday
last week, Terrace BCAS
paramedics transported three
persons from their place of resi-
dence to Mills Memorial Hospital
for various complaints ranging

from arthritic pain to shortness of ©

breath. There were also to emer-
gency transfers from remote loca-
‘tions. .

A Terrace man in his mid-30's
suffering a chain saw wound to
the thigh was transported part
way to Terrace by an industrial
ambulance. The industrial team

was met by Terrace paramedics

on Hwy. 37N for transport to
Mills Memorial Hospital. Accord-
’ ing to a Mills Memorial spokes-
man, the man was treated in the
emergency room and
released. ;

_ _ Later in the day, a 10-year-old
boy injured in a rock climbing
-accident near Telegraph Creek
was flown to the Terrace-Kitimat
airport, where he was met by
BCAS. paramedics. The boy was
treated in emergency and later
released.

On Saturday, Terrace

paramedics met the Infant Trans-

port Team at the Terrace airport
and continued on to Kitimat Gen-
eral Hospital. A maternity patient
and the ITT were later trans-

ported to the airport for an emer- -

_ gency flight to the lower main-

land.
Also on Saturday, paramedics
treated a Terrace woman who had
been hit in the face with a softball
and then transported her to hos-
pital. This was followed by an
emergency call for a local woman
suffering from shortness of
breath. The woman refused treat-

- later

‘ment, but a second call was made

from the same address shortly
after and the woman was trans-

_. ported to Mills Memorial Hospi-.

tal. Lo
Sunday was relatively quiet.
Terrace BCAS paramedics trans-
ferred a Hazelton woman to

. Wrinch Memorial Hospital follow-

ing surgery in Terrace. The only
other call was for a patient suffer-
ing flu-like symptoms who was
transported to hospital for treat-
ment.

‘Monday was much busier. A
man suffering a serious head
injury in a logging truck accident

near Rosswood was rushed to.

Mills Memorial Hospital. An el-
derly man was taken to hospital

following a household fall. Follow-

ing treatment in the emergency

room, the, gentleman was

returned to his residence.
Later in the day a Terrace

man suffering from shortness of

‘breath was nished to hospital. A

Kitimat General Hospital patient

-- was transferred to Terrace hospi-

tal for treatment in the nuclear
medicine «facility and then
returned to Kitimat. And on two
separate occasions maternity
patients were transferred to the
Terrace-Kitimat airport for flights
to the lower mainland.

ROBBERY
A 30-year-old Terrace man

will appear in provincial court
here April 24 following a robbery

_at the East End Chevron service

station in Thornhill. According to
Terrace RCMP the incident
occurred about 3:40 a.m. last
Saturday morning. The man has
been charged with robbery and
wearing a disguise with the inten-
tion of committing an offence.

Claire Boyko
_ Area Representative

Ken McPherson
. Branch Manager —

Fax

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phone 638- 1433

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y 8:00 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m. Saturday

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638-1539

Terrace Review — April 16,1992 15