A Mission emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicular rollover. A 56-year old Osoyoos woman was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital after her vehicle flipped into a ditch that was filled with water.
Timely rescue
The local emergency personnel was requested to respond to the east of Lougheed Highway and Nelson Street after the motorists witnessed an eastbound Subaru Legacy go off the road on the north side of the road.
The Mission firefighters and paramedics extracted the woman from the vehicle, given first aid care and transported to a healthcare facility with non-life-threatening injuries. According to the police, neither speed nor alcohol as contributing factors in the crash.
The necessity of first aid training
During emergencies, it is best that you are knowledgeable about basic first aid skills. You must enroll in first aid and CPR course to be prepared. You never know when emergencies occur and where.
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