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Terrace B.C. Ambulance Ser-
vice Report from ‘Wednesday,
April 1 to Tuesday, April 7.

“The week began quietly for

‘Terrace BCAS paramedics. A

Mills Memorial patient was trans-

ferred to Kitimat General Hospi-

tal for medical treatment Wednes-
day, April 1. The following day
paramedics. were called to an
emergency situation at a Terrace
residence but were able to treat
the patient at the scene and hos-

pitalization was not required. The

only call on Friday proved to be a
false alarm. .
Saturday, April 4 began with
a second false alarm. Later in the
day another emergency call was
cancelled by BCAS dispatch
before the ambulance arrived at
the scene. Also during the day,
though, paramedics were called to
a Terrace residence to attend to a

- five-year-old girl who had been

bitten by a dog.
Animal control officer Frank
Bowsher says it was not a serious
incident and complicated by the
fact neighbourhood children had
been teasing the dog. Every year
at about this time, however, dog
bites do become a concern and
Bowsher warns that charges can
be laid against dog owners.
Bowsher warns that dog
owners are required to confine
their pets to their own property,
and if they go for a walk, the dog

must be under the control of a

competent person.
A major motor vehicle acci-
dent was reported at about 1:30

a.m, Sunday morning. Three am-'

bulances, the Fire Department's
rescue vehicle and RCMP were
dispatched to a location on High-
way 16 about four miles west of
Terrace for what was reported to
be a four-vehicle accident. Only

two vehicles were involved, how-

ever. Injuries to four persons were
minor and none of. the am-
bulances or the rescue vehicle
were required.
According to RCMP, both
vehicles were from Prince Rupert
and eastbound at the time of the
incident. The driver of the first
vehicle stopped on the highway to
turn left into a rest area and was
struck from behind by the second
yehicle. Damage was estimated at
$5,000 arid the driver of the -sec-
ond vehicle was charged with
following too close. . .
Sunday afternoon, -BCAS
paramedics were called to a resi-

dence north of Terrace to attend
to a nine-year-old girl who fell off ©

her horse, another seasonal injury
with a timely warning. Care,
common sense and a helmet are

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Other calls last Sunday
involved the transfer of a patient
suffering a migraine headache to
hospital and later back home,
help for an elderly man who fell
and bumped his head on a kit-
chen cabinet, the transfer of a
patient from Prince Rupert to

Mills Memorial, and the transfer

of a maternity patient from a

_ Stewart ambulance at Cranberry

Junction to Mills Memorial.

Monday, a Kitimat resident
was returned home following
medical treatment in Terrace, a
response to a minor motor vehicle
accident at Old Lakelse Lake
Road and Paquette was cancelled
by dispatch, and a patient suffer-
ing chronic back pain was trans-
ported to Mills Memorial Hospi-
tal. Two patients were trans-
ported to hospital Tuesday, the
first to Mills Memorial for medi- -
cal treatment and the second an
elderly woman suffering chest
pains.

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