BEST (Emergency Response)
BEST Update – April 2025
In March 2025 there were six call-outs, all medical cases, two requiring hospitalisation. An important reminder to all: please have your medical aid information, a list of your current medication and medical history at hand as this greatly assists with patient...
Betty’s Bay Emergency Support Team (BEST)
In February 2025 there were six call-outs: three medical, one motor vehicle accident, one motor bike accident, one injury (laceration). The motor vehicle accident occurred on the R44 at the western Porter Drive intersection. The vehicle left the road and went down an...
Betty’s Bay Emergency Support Team (BEST) – February 2025
In January 2025 there were eleven call-outs: five medical, two motor vehicle accidents, two motor bike accidents, two injuries (minor burn, hip). Both motor vehicles accidents occurred on the R44, one near the Caltex garage involving two vehicles and four patients...
Betty’s Bay Emergency Support Team (BEST) – January 2025
In November 2024 there were fifteen call-outs: eight medical, two motor bike accidents, one cycling accident, four injuries (three from falls & one deep laceration). Sadly, one patient died on a medical call. Our sincerest condolences to the family and friends. In...
Betty’s Bay Emergency Support Team (BEST) – November 2024
In October 2024 there were fourteen call-outs: eight medical, one motor vehicle accident, one motor bike accident and one cycling accident, one fall, one attempted suicide and one dead on arrival. Up to 9 November 2024 there have been another eight call-outs...
BEST Update – October 2024
In September 2024 there were nine call-outs, all medical cases. Seventy one call-outs have been responded to in the first nine months of 2024. We now have a team of eleven as one member has resigned. Team members meet a couple of times a month to review our call-outs...
BEST Update – September 2024
In August 2024 there were ten call-outs: nine medical cases and one motor vehicle accident involving a single vehicle with two patients, one critical. Sixty one call-outs have been responded to in the first eight months of 2024. Two new volunteers have undergone...
BEST Update – August 2024
In July 2024 there were seven call-outs: six medical cases and one motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles with five patients, two of whom had serious injuries. Our thanks to the two doctors who were already at the accident scene when BEST arrived. Fifty one...
BEST July 2024
June 2024 was a very busy month with thirteen call-outs. This included two motor vehicle accidents with no or minor injuries and one major accident involving three vehicles and eighteen patients. Two doctors, all available BEST first responders, Pringle Bay Medics and...
Betty’s Bay Emergency Support Team – June 2024
066 165 6061 BEST attended to four callouts in May and five thus far in June. This included two motor vehicle accidents with no or minor injuries. Thirty-seven callouts have been received for 2024. The two new members who needed to rewrite the theory examination have...