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Good morning, Inshore Rescue, Conception Bay.
Yes sir, ready to copy go ahead. Life raft. Roger. Orange and black.
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Hi, my name is Glen Saunders.
I’m the coxswain for the Inshore Rescue base here in Long Pond, in Conception Bay, Newfoundland.
What we’re going to do today, we’re going to have a simulated tasking.
We’re going to go on a search for a life raft with one person on board.
We received a tasking message through our regional operations centre.
We’re going to get underway, go out and perform the rescue,
do our first aid for the casualty, and then assist them and bring them back to shore.
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Get up alongside, Mike. Just bring him alongside on your portside.
See if there’s anybody in it.
One of the reasons why I actually joined the Coast Guard is I enjoy helping people.
I enjoy the time I spend with the crews, I enjoy time at sea, but I also enjoy time off.
We work on a lay day system of work shifts here at the rescue station.
Alright, one male, he seems to be unconscious, about 50 years old.
Hypothermic, he’s cold.
Alright get him on board, put him in that capsule and put some heat bags on him.
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Probably the most difficult call I’ve had here personally
would have been a double drowning we had just off of Belle Isle, on the opposite sides.
Probably the better one was an individual who had fallen.
He had fallen down, a young individual, 13 years old, and it ended up being a very good outcome.
When we got him out to the waiting ambulance, he had a complete recovery.
and he’d be in grade 9 or 10 now, and he’s enjoying his summer holidays.
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Being outdoors, working outdoors, it’s not an office environment.
It really kind of makes it all worthwhile when you’re out enjoying the fresh air, and meeting people.
It’s just what I want to do. When I get up every morning, I look forward to coming to work, right?
Mondays don’t mean anything different than Saturdays.
The Canadian Coast Guard, it’s more than a career, it’s an adventure.
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