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October 12, 1998

BC Corp of Commissionaires and BC Ambulance Paramedics
respond to a medical emergency in the wintergarden.
photo by Aaron Mahoney

Emergency in Agora

by Aaron Mahoney

“Someone yelled at the
security office that they
needed help,” = said
Sergeant Bill Bishop,
BC Corps of
Commissionaires com-
menting on the latest
medical emergency at
UNBC on Wednesday,
September 30.

Within minutes,
Commissionaires with
level three first aid
training were in the
Agora where a female
student had apparently
fallen and lay uncon-
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Commissionaires _start-
ed assessing her
injuries as two BC

Taking pictu

by Aaron Mahoney

! am doing a job that |
feel is really important.
The job is presenting
UNBC events and sto-
ries to the students and
faculty at UNBC accu-
rately. | take pictures for
the student newspaper.
But this is not popular at
times and some people
feel that they can intimi-

Ambulances respond-
ed.

Paramedics and
Commissionaires treat-
ed her injuries in the but
were unable to con-
vince the student to
seek further treatment.

Bishop said that this is
just one of the respon-
sibilities of the
Commissionaires at
UNBC.

“There are two level
three first aid atten-
dants on call at all
times,” said Bishop.
“The Commissionaires
control the scene and if
they ask you to move,
you have to move.”

“There have been 250

calls since January that
have required first aid
treatment. Not all of
them are this serious
but it's a lot of calls,”
said Bishop.
The Commissionaires
provide service 24
hours a day, seven
days a week including
holidays. .

Security can be
accessed by dialing
3333 or the yellow but-
ton on any pay phone
on campus or by calling
960-7000 or using the
security yellow help
phone in the parking
lots.

res of injured students

date and force cover-
age of events to their
view.

The incident in this case
was a medical call
where a student, for
unknown reasons, fell
from where she was sit-
ting and lay uncon-
scious on the concrete
floor in the Agora. When

| got there, camera in
hand, three commis-
sionaires and four para-
medics were reviving
her and trying to treat
her injuries. The pic-
tures | took are from a
low angle. You cannot
see the patient.

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