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My first real emergency in the Discovery 3
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lancsamb
 


Member Since: 03 Feb 2006
Location: Blackpool where it does happen every night.
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My first real emergency in the Discovery 3

This evening 1/3/06 I got a call to go out to the beach off Blackpool. Apparently some boys had been playing football on the beach and one of them broke his leg.

It was pitch black at that time as it was 1900 hours and there was no moon to light up thearea.. A paramedic crew had walked out to the patient but it took them nearly 25 mins to reach the boy. He was about 3/4 mile out . The tide was on the edge of turning. They called me to attend.

As I got to the slip way towards the beachfrom themain road I slipped the dial into sand mode and changed down into low gear. I had my blue lights on but did not know where the crew and the patient was.

On my ambulance radio the paramedics called to say they could see me and to drive forward and start bearing left. I drove through a loft of soft sand and shallow water pools. After about 2 mins I could see a light in the pitch blackness ahead. As I got nearer my headlights picked out the flourecent of the jackets of the paramedics by the edge of the water.

When I arrivedthe lads had put the patient on a long board. We opended the tail gate and closed down one of the rear seats. This enabled the paramdedics to slide the long board onto the Landrover. One of thec rew was able to sit in the other seat and give pain releif to the boy. The other paramedic sat up front with me and we gently drove backto the mainland.

I then continued up the slip road until I found the ambluance parked on the main road near some sand dunes. The patient was transfered onto the ambulance and the boy was then taken to hospital siffering from a frac leg and hypothermia.

The Landrover Discovery 3 was the perfect vehicle for this job both for the travel in the soft sands and deep water ruts and for the smooth ride the patient had back to the mainland.
Very impressed with this choice of vehicle for my work
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SN
 


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Location: Romiley
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You gotta get some photos on here of your D3 in action with the blue lights going Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)   
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espri
 


Member Since: 07 Nov 2005
Location: Tyrol, Austria
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Fantastic story!

Had you done practice runs on the sands before? What consistency are the sands? With the tide turning, I would have been worried about getting stuck!

Eric  
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Here's a RRS with the blues - paramedic member of RRSport.co.uk. Cool or what!

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10forcash
 


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Nice one VA - that'll fool the drugs squad 8) Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing  
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you take it well matey! Bow down Bow down  
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Just place your orders for the 19th! Loving the power of the TDV8!  
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Gareth
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Jeez I hope you don't get stuck in Salisbury Embarassed We will dine for months on the story if you do Wink  
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just watch out for the 'snow' Shocked
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lansamb,

Top report and well done to you and your crew !

-s  
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Great stuff, good to know you can depend on the car when you need it! 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto  
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