An Ashcroft man in his 80s died while waiting almost half an hour 30 for an ambulance, the second time in a month that has happened in the small community west…
The man was out walking his dog Sunday morning when he went into cardiac arrest, said Ashcroft Mayor Barbara Roden. Bystanders called 911 atThey called the Ashcroft Volunteer Fire Department. While its firefighters are not trained as medical first responders, Fire Chief Josh White and three other firefighters arrived as private citizens, Roden said.
“We know it is stressful waiting for an ambulance and we will be reviewing this call given the lengthier response time for this type of call,” the ambulance authority said.July 17, an Ashcroft woman who lived in the same block as the hospital and ambulance station died after going into cardiac arrest and waiting 27 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. In that case, the fire chief also provided emergency first aid. The Ashcroft emergency room was closed at the time.
“I’d like to say that the Ashcroft scenarios, the last two of them, are isolated but they really highlight how bad it is,” he said. “And these are only two we know about.”Article content “Approximately 76 per cent of all permanent positions at BCHES are filled and we have a robust, national recruitment campaign underway to fill vacant positions,” it said in a statement.