Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Ambulance incident at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi
Road
At 0829 hrs, SCDF was alerted to a case involving people that
were stung by bees at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Immediately, 1 Fast Response Paramedic Bike, 1 Fire Engine, 2
Ambulances and 2 Personnel Decontamination Vehicles (PDV) were
dispatched.
Upon arrival, SCDF Paramedics found a group of people stung by
bees at the open field near the sports complex. They were all
conveyed to hospital immediately by SCDF ambulances and
PDVs.
The PDV is a specially designed 3-in-1 appliance that can
operate as a mass-casualty decontamination facility, mass-casualty
ambulance, as well as for transporting troops and equipment.
It is able to convey 12 lying casualties at a time to hospital.
A total of 37 people were conveyed to hospital. Of the 37,
16 were conveyed to Alexandra Hospital and another 21 to National
University Hospital.
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