A young man is stabbed during an altercation on a Saturday evening in the village of Folokwe, about 100 kilometres from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. Community members who witness the incident around 9 PM, call the local ambulance base at Mqanduli, 64 kilometres from the village.
The call would go to the intermediate life support paramedic and driver at the ambulance stationed in Nqileni. The two will then make the 20-minute journey to the neighbouring village of Folokwe. Meanwhile, a villager who received First Aid training will stem the bleeding and upon arrival on the scene, the paramedics will stabilise the young man and he will survive.
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