Three rescues in one weekend for Guernsey marine ambulance

The marine ambulance was requested three times over the weekend

An emergency ambulance service experienced almost record call-outs over the weekend, including three separate marine call outs.

Extra off-duty staff and the RNLI had to be called in by Guernsey's Emergency Ambulance Service to manage the calls.

The marine ambulance boat was deployed to Herm for a patient requiring transfer to Guernsey on Friday evening.

Two further marine rescues were carried out on Sunday afternoon at the same time.

The Flying Christine III transferred a patient from Sark to Guernsey at the request of the island's doctor.

Simultaneously a paramedic-led medical team from Guernsey was transferred to Herm on the RNLI lifeboat to bring a patient back to St Peter Port.

A spokesperson said on Friday the "experienced a period of high demand" with 32 calls in a 24-hour period, "which made it the busiest day of the year so far and just short of a record".

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