Pharmacy Daily | DISPENSARY CORNER 2 Dec 15

PARAMEDICS in the US state of Pennsylvania had a nasty shock when they were attending an emergency call last weekend. They wheeled their patient out of his home to their ambulance - only to find that the vehicle had disappeared. According to the York Dispatch, 21-year-old Leonard Smith has been arrested on charges of taking the ambulance for a joyride. A police spokesman said an in-vehicle dash cam had captured his actions, while a tracking device in the ambulance led them to the abandoned emergency vehicle. White Rose Ambulance ceo Jim Arvin said the video shows that Smith was “having a good time” behind the wheel. As well as felony theft the young man has been charged with reckless endangerment. The patient, who was having difficulty breathing, was admitted to hospital without too much delay after another ambulance was called to the scene. A LONG-DISTANCE rescue operation has been undertaken by Britain’s Royal Air Force, which scrambled two aircraft and a ship to collect a passenger from an Antarctic cruise ship after he was bitten by a seal while on a shore excursion. The emergency activity in the South Atlantic Ocean involved the Akademik Sergey Vavilov which was cruising with about 100 passengers on board near remote South Georgia Island. A rescue helicopter undertook the journey of several hundred miles supported by a Hercules tactical transport plane and offshore patrol vessel HMS Clyde which was required for refueling. The RAF said the fur seal had caused a major arm injury requiring urgent medical attention.

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