Horses, Horses and MORE horses!

Hey guys,
Well today I was on duty from 07:30hrs until 18:30hrs.. so.. one of our longer days today. It was at a horse jumping event, where basically the riders ride their horses around the countryside jumping over purpose-built fences! Yes.. it does seem pointless and to me, it is. But hey, that’s my own opinion.

There were two ambulances at the event, firstly there was myself and my colleague in the 4×4 vehicle, where we were positioned on the course and were the first on the scene to each incident.
Secondly, there was a frontline ambulance which was based off the course, we transported our patients to this vehicle after assessing and stabalising them.

All in all it wasn’t a very busy day, a few people went flying over the top of their horse, but hey what do you expect?! Also a few people got caught up underneath their horse, but all riders were fine. [Apart from the bruises that they'll have in the morning!]

Even though we weren’t too busy, we were busy enough.. and that’s always good to keep busy! Also racing all over the Surrey countryside in a 4×4 ambulance is always good fun!

I will keep you up-dated as I am working over Easter, so be sure to look back again soon! Oh and have a look at the photo gallery.

Take care,
James.