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‘Terrace B.C. ‘Ambulance Ser-
vice Report from Wednesday,
March 4 to Tuesday, | Mareh 10.

A 1-year-old Terrace: girl is
resting. at home. with: a fractured
collar bone following a spill on her
bicycle Tuesday -. “afternoon.
According to. a Mills ‘Memorial
‘Hospital. ‘spokesman, the. girl was
treated for her injury and
released... Her injuries might have
‘been. more severe, though, and

perhaps with the coming of nicer.
weather the: ‘mishap might serve.

as a timely warning to others:

wear protective gear appropriate

to your outdoor activity.

_.. Terrace RCMP. say the mis-
hap occurred: at. about 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday. on the ‘roadway in
Thornhill between the old Skeena
bridge and the four-way stop. The
girl’s . -head was.. not . injured,
although she neglected to wear a
protective helmet.

-. Other injury-related incidents
that. involved ‘Terrace _ BCAS
paramedics over the past week

included a Kitimat boy who was

transferred by ambulance from
Kitimat General Hospital to Mills
Memorial on Saturday for assess-
_ment and.treatment. The boy was
suffering ; from a head i injury. The
cause. of the injury is unknown.
_. A Terrace boy was treated
and released from Mills Memorial
following. a two car motor.vehicle

accident, between the old Skeena

bridge and the four-way stop in
Thornhill. on Sunday, and a
Northwest, Community. College
student was transported to hospi-

tal Tuesday afternoon. after. she |

twisted anankle |.
‘Terrace paramedics responded
to four medical emergencies in the
past week. Two involved . sub-
stance abuse, The first patient
refused treatment and the ambu-

lance was not used. The second
was transported to Mills Memor-
ial for treatment. Also transported
were a Terrace woman who suf-

fered an apparent seizure in a
local food outlet late Sunday

afternoon, and an elderly man
suffering from a sore leg.

In addition to moving the
Kitimat boy on Saturday, Terrace
paramedics handled 10 patient
transfers during the week. Six of
these transfers were related to
Prince Rupert ‘patients requiring

tests or treatment at the Mills

Memorial nuclear medicine facil-
ity. A seventh person was
returned to Hazelton following
treatment in the nuclear medicine
centre...

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