The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has this afternoon (Sunday) assisted an individual who injured themselves whilst enjoying a walk at Firestone Copse near Havenstreet.
2 ambulance crews – 1 local crew and 1 from Festimed – responded to the main car park of the Forestry Commission-owned public area sometime before 16:00.
Due to the remote location of the incident between Havenstreet and Wootton, as well as the nature of the injuries sustained, IOWAS’ 4×4 Land Rover Discovery was called upon to transport the patient back to the car park.
The casualty was placed onto a stretcher before being conveyed to St Mary’s Hospital for treatment to what is suspected to be a leg injury.
3 ambulances for one injured walker??
I hope nobody else was told there would be a delay as there were no ambulances available.
1 ambulance needed for person and 4×4 to get the person to car park
And a spare ambulance in case the first one broke down.
Least the Helicopter and a couple of Fire Engines were not there.
Or was the wide angle lens not used?
And your problem is what if it was you who had the balls to go for a walk and got stuck in a situation im sure you woukdnt moan about how many services turned up to save your judgmental ass
Steve shut up you tool
If you had any experience of the paramedics work, you would be taking into consideration the possible weight of the casualty, and the terrain over which the casualty needs to be stretchered.
No good arriving at the scene of the accident and having to wait for extra help to arrive..
My word, plenty of help on hand it seems. Seems the Government rapid funding of the NHS is already paying dividends to the accident prone public.
Well done guys and Boris for providing more funds for the NHS to treat everything from CV to a sprained ankle.
Well done to all who helped but people must take more when out and about
Care not alcohol
How about showing some concern for the casualty? You never know one day you may just find yourself in a similar situation
Well said that man
Funny how many people seem to have lost the ability to even go for a walk without requiring full emergency services assistance in the last few days ….
Why do you care you patehectic key board boring moron
Good on the people going out for a walk in nature to excersice and get some nice clean air in ter lungs with plenty of vitamin d from the sun its unlucky tgey got in to trouble but its a good job the emergency services was ther to do the job they get paid to do anyway well done chaps n galls once you recover ill hooefullky see you down firestone kops as i my children everyday its a lovly place
Jude jim, pick up your dogs business next time, and don’t just launch it into the nearest hedgerow or verge either. Take it back to the social housing estate to put with the soiled nappies and beer cans.
Why does one of the ambulances have a foreign numberplate?
I believe it’s an Irish ambulance being used to back up our ones ?? have seen it around shanklin
You gotta laugh