- Date
- 1988-07-20
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcareemergency-managementcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In a letter published in August 1988, Deborah and Amanda Comstock thanked Beaver Island EMS for reaching the Harbor View II in six minutes after Amanda was injured in a swimming pool on July 20. The letter says nine responders arrived with treatment and transport equipment and that Mike McGinnity made follow-up checks.
Evidence limits
This is a patient’s family account and commendation, not an EMS run sheet or clinical record; the issue does not identify the complete response roster or the injury outcome beyond the decision to leave Amanda at the motel.
Sources
- Reports that nine EMS responders arrived at the Harbor View II motel in six minutes after a July 20 swimming-pool head injury, brought equipment for treatment or transport, and that Mike McGinnity made follow-up visits. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the published letter.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island EMS responds to Amanda Comstock swimming-pool injury, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-response-amanda-comstock-1988/, accessed [date], citing Deborah and Amanda Comstock, letter to the editor, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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