ISSUE 091 - Friday 26th April 2019
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Saving Lives In The Storm A rescue helicopter was called in to assist members of the Benidorm Fire service, attending an injured hiker in Polop, at the height of a torrential rainstorm on Good Friday. The victim, a woman in her fifties, was walking with a group of fellow hikers from the Cantabrian region of Northern Spain, when she slipped, falling several metres into a ravine, on the outskirts of the Marina Baixa town. Following the accident, members of the group alerted rescue services, who despatched
by Andy Mansell
a fire tender from Benidorm Fire station. Hampered by the extreme weather conditions and the condition of the victim, who had a suspected broken leg, the five fire officers called in a rescue helicopter from the Alicante Consortium for assistance. Low cloud, heavy rain and fog, made the rescue operation more difficult than expected, however after approximately one hour and twenty minutes, the injured hiker was airlifted to
safety. She was subsequently transferred to a waiting ambulance, which took her to hospital, where she received treatment for a suspected broken tibia.
Diving disaster diverted SWIFT action by staff of a diving company and emergency personnel onshore helped saved the life of an elderly man who got into trouble while diving off Javea over Easter. The incident happened on Good Friday
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by Simon Russell
when the 69 year old was practising with a diving school off the Arenal beach. He suffered a suspected cardiac arrest and was taken back to shore in a boat where he was
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met by the Red Cross who started using a defibrillator to resuscitate him. A SAMU ambulance crew arrived at the scene shortly after and once it was confirmed that he had a steady pulse the pensioner was transferred to Denia Hospital.