The White Falcon - 19.05.2004, Blaðsíða 1

Hospital
Heroes
12:58 p.m. - A 35-year old male falls from scaffold-
ing, while changing a ceiling light at Naval Air Station
Keflavik’s (NASKEF) Arctic Circle Running Track.
1:02 p.m. - A bystander at the track witnesses the uncon-
scious fall victim and places a call to the hospital.
Within moments of receiving the call for help, a pair of
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) qualified Hospital
Corpsmen arrive to administer first aid and transport the
patient to the medical treatment facility.
“It may not seem that five or six minutes matter, but
it does,” said Lt. Ewell Hollis, head of Naval Hospital
Keflavik Emergency Medical Services Department. “When
an emergency arises every minute counts.”
Fortunately for all involved, the aforementioned scenario
was a drill. The participating EMTs involved carried out
their mission of sustaining and transporting the victim as
they would any real world emergency -situation.
“We conduct these drills to keep our skills sharp, just like
-------------- See EMT pg 4