The patrol team for Sunday 24th Jan were certainly put to the test with a major first aid incident and annual patrol inspection by LSV all in the one afternoon.
The team were called to action with a member of the public experiencing severe chestpains. Training to be a qualified lifesaver involves extensive first aid, resuscitation and defib training all of which were called upon in preparation to assist the patient until an Ambulance arrived...

Sunday afternoon also saw the arrival of the LSV annual inspection which involves the team on the day being put through many rescue senarios and a series of questions to test the skills of the members. The team received top marks on the day reflecting the high standard of our patrol members and places us in a strong position in the competition agains all other clubs in the state. The overall winners in each region and state receive equipment to further strengthen their clubs resources. Last season ELSC won in the Kingston Division and as a result received a large portable fully equipt first aid kit, already put to good use during the season to date.

Kerry Bell
Patrol Mananger