Medics

It takes about 40 minutes for an ambulance to reach Pringle Bay.

In the event of a life-threatening and acute medical emergency, residents are encouraged to call an ambulance by dialling:

084 124 or 10177

For interim medical assistance, while waiting for the ambulance, the Team can be reached on:

082 232 8048

Examples of an Acute Medical Emergency include:

  • strokes
  • heart attacks
  • falls
  • anaphylaxis
  • road traffic accidents
  • severe, life-threatening bleeding, among others.

This is not an after-hours number for general practitioners in the area.

Please do not contact the emergency number for sutures, injections, mental health support or death certification as these are not life- threatening emergencies.

Volunteers

Led by trained, HPCSA-registered intermediate life support paramedic Coleen Johnson, the team has partnered with ER24, and they provide the service after hours during the working week and 24 hours over the weekend and public holidays. This allows the community to have access to emergency assistance and care at all times. Residents are encouraged to contact the local General Practitioners for any emergencies that occur during working hours.

Coleen is assisted by Anneke Steyn, Heather Morkel, Dylan Lotheringen, Kim Melrose, Ed Erasmus, Henk van Zyl, Nakita Cilliers and Grant Brooker.

Every member of the team is a trained and certified level 3 responder and many of them have previous medical experience. The team participates in continuous professional development and is supported not only by Coleen but by the wider emergency services network too.

Pringle bay medics have direct access into the emergency services system and have not only been trained to assess, treat and support patients in their time of need, but also to know how to initiate the correct assistance to expedite transport to definitive care.

Meet the Team

Anneke Steyn

Coleen Johnson

Dylan Lotheringen

Ed Erasmus

Grant Brooker

Heather Morkel

Henk van Zyl

Kim Melrose

Nakita Cilliers

Community Medics Fund

The Community Medics Fund exists to facilitate public donations for equipment, PPE and training for the volunteers residing in our village. 

The Team provides an invaluable service to the Pringle Bay community in the form of emergency medical support and monitoring of a patient whilst waiting for an ambulance.

The responders are volunteers and do not receive reimbursement for their services.

Stay in the loop

Receive Our Monthly PBRA Newsletter