Paramedics in action in the Northern Emirates - in pictures

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  Paramedics Mr Rawashdeh and Ms Book tend to the victim.

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  Ms Book is armed with her trusty red duffel-bag. Each paramedic has one and they are filled with the tools needed when responding to a victim; rolls of gauze, a kit to check a patient’s vital and medicine, to name but a few.

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  Mr Rawashdeh arranges medical equipment for the next call after rushing an accident victim to the Khalifa Hospital in Ajman.

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  Ms Book makes notes on the patient care record book.

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  “When you get a call saying a patient is unconscious you expect the worst,” says Fahan Husain, right, area manager for Ajman and rural Sharjah. With him is Andy Gummer, area manager for the Sharjah response team.

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  Paramedic staff charge their wireless sets at the Ajman Civil Defence Headquarters.

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  Mr Rawashdeh and Ms Book inside the ambulance crew room at the Ajman Civil Defence Headquarters.

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  Mr Rawashdeh and Ms Book rush towards their ambulance after receiving an emergency call.

A day in the life of Emergency Medical Technicians - better known as paramedics - responding to call outs in the Northern Emirates. Photos: Pawan Singh / The National