Island EMS ready for plenty of blisters at Cavendish Beach festival
EMS usually deals with dehydration, allergic reactions, nausea, vomiting and blisters from new cowboy boots
Island EMS is at the Cavendish Beach Music Festival this weekend to help treat festival-goers with issues such as dehydration, allergic reactions, nausea, vomiting and blisters from new cowboy boots.
"We give out hundreds of Band-Aids over the weekend. And, we do all kinds of things like covering up people's blisters from their brand new cowboy boots," said Matthew Poole, an advanced care paramedic with Island EMS.
"So, if you count those kind of run-ins with people, we would deal with probably hundreds of people a day."
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Medical tent
At the festival, Island EMS staffs a medical tent with 11 paramedics, two ambulances, and has cots and water available.
Poole said paramedics treat some people for drug-related issues, but the tendency is to see more alcohol-related issues at the country music festival.
Poole says people should drink plenty of water to stay hydrated, especially if the sun comes out because there isn't a lot of cover on the festival grounds.
He also recommends people have proper footwear so they don't have to "go home early because their feet are so sore."
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With files from Malcolm Campbell