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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1974

AMBULANCE MEN RECEIVE NEW-STYLE TRAINING

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THE FIRST AMBULANCE MEN TRAINED TO NEW U.K. STANDARDS TODAY GRADUATED FROM THE AMBULANCE COMMAND HEADQUARTER, YAUMATI.

THE MEN WERE TRAINED TO THE MILLAR REPORT STANDARD, WHICH THE CHIEF AMBULANCE OFFICER, MR. G. DOORE SAID, WAS SIMILAR TO THAT GIVEN TO THE MEN'S COUNTERPARTS IN THE U.K.

A TOTAL OF 26 RECRUITS TOOK PART IN THE PASSING-OUT CEREMONY AND MR. DOORE TOLD THEM +YOUR FURTHER PROGRESS THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL BE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST+.

HE SAID THE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TRAINING THEY WOULD RECEIVE WOULD BE IN MANY FORMS, ALL DESICKED TO GIVE THEM HORE KNOWLEDGE IN TREATING THEIR PATIENTS AND IN ASSISTING TOWARDS THE PATIENT'S RECOVERY AND RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING FROM THE MOMENT THEY CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIM.

+IN SHORT+, MR. DOORE SAID, +YOU WOULD BE APPLYING THE NEW CONCEPTION OF AMBULANCE AID IN WHICH YOU MAKE ALL POSSIBLE HASTE TO GET TO YOUR PATIENT, BUT AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH HIM, YOU DIAGNOSE HIS INJURIES OR ILLNESS AND COMMENCE THE CORRECT TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY AND THE CONVEY THE PATIENT WITH THE MINIMUM OF DISCOMFORT TO A HOSPITAL WHERE FURTHER TREATMENT CAN BE GIVEN+.

MR. DOORE SAID THE AMBULANCE COMMAND. WAS HANDLING ABOUT 400 PATIENTS A DAY AND LAST MONTH ALONE THERE WERE 9,863 CALLS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES, OF WHICH ABOUT 48 PER CENT VERE EMERGENCY CASES.

THE 26 RECRUITS WILL BE POSTED TO STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AMBULANCE COMMAND.

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