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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- Sy Cae U 6 « 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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