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
Updated: March 02, 2015, 12:00 AM
Paramedics in action in the Northern Emirates - in pictures
Paramedics Mr Rawashdeh and Ms Book tend to the victim.
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.
Mr Rawashdeh arranges medical equipment for the next call after rushing an accident victim to the Khalifa Hospital in Ajman.
Ms Book makes notes on the patient care record book.
“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.
Paramedic staff charge their wireless sets at the Ajman Civil Defence Headquarters.
Mr Rawashdeh and Ms Book inside the ambulance crew room at the Ajman Civil Defence Headquarters.
Mr Rawashdeh and Ms Book rush towards their ambulance after receiving an emergency call.