Client: Awards
Date: June 09, 2011

By working as a team they were able to retrieve the patient and bring them to safety where the patient quickly started to breathe on their own.

The Good Samaritan Award is presented by the BCAS to members of the public who have provided unselfish and humanitarian assistance during a medical emergency. The award aims to recognise the selfless acts of individuals, and promote and raise awareness, of the important role members of the public can play during a medical emergency.

These acts of humanitarian assistance range from individuals who have provided care and reassurance to a patient at the scene of an emergency, to more heroic acts of assistance such as providing CPR to a patient in cardiac arrest. Staying calm, calling for assistance, making the scene safe for emergency responders, providing re-assurance, basic First Aid treatment, and care, prior to the arrival of professionally trained paramedics, plays an important role in medical emergencies. Even with the best trained paramedics and the fastest response times, the simple actions of members of the public during a medical emergency, can often be one of the most critical factors in a patients outcome.

Left to Right: BCAS Paramedic Allan Maciak, LLife guards Anthony Crosby, Breann Hawkins, Carly Fleming, bystander Matt Pomeroy, and BCAS Paramedic Dave Carlson. Missing from photo: LifeGuard Brett Salary.