A high-flying husband and wife paramedic team working on a provincial rescue helicopter are committed to providing the best possible care to patients at all times.
Christopher de Kock and his wife Debbie, who are attached to a provincial rescue helicopter known as Aeromed 1, have been together for seven years but only married for two months.
The couple revealed they are expecting a baby and Debbie, five months pregnant, will only be allowed to fly until January.
Both passionate about their work, the lovebirds focus on search and rescue incidents, motor vehicle accidents and medical transfers. They use one car to and from work and share lunch and they had been flying together for the past five years.
Debbie explained how Christopher was specialising “in intermediate life support which involves CPR and any treatment the patient requires”. “I specialise in advanced life support providing medication to patients to stimulate or restart the heart, cardiac arrest and incubation.”
Christopher said they started their dayshift at 7am and knocked off at 6pm. “We cover a vast area of the Eastern Cape responding to emergency calls where our people are in dire need of medical services.”
Of concern to them is the issue of drunken driving and drownings. “Drunken driving is a huge contributing factor to road accidents,” said Debbie.
“People must swim only when they know how and parents must look after their children at the beaches. A lot of drowning cases happen due to parents being negligent.”
The couple said that over the festive season they were busy from Monday to Sunday “unlike during the year when we are only busy Friday, Saturday and Sunday”.
Helicopter pilot Malcolm Moulang said the department had three choppers operating in East London (Aeromed1), Mthatha (Aeromed2) and Port Elizabeth (Aeromed 3).
Paramedic lovebirds fly high together
Christopher de Kock and his wife Debbie, who are attached to a provincial rescue helicopter known as Aeromed 1, have been together for seven years but only married for two months.
The couple revealed they are expecting a baby and Debbie, five months pregnant, will only be allowed to fly until January.
Both passionate about their work, the lovebirds focus on search and rescue incidents, motor vehicle accidents and medical transfers. They use one car to and from work and share lunch and they had been flying together for the past five years.
Debbie explained how Christopher was specialising “in intermediate life support which involves CPR and any treatment the patient requires”. “I specialise in advanced life support providing medication to patients to stimulate or restart the heart, cardiac arrest and incubation.”
Christopher said they started their dayshift at 7am and knocked off at 6pm. “We cover a vast area of the Eastern Cape responding to emergency calls where our people are in dire need of medical services.”
Of concern to them is the issue of drunken driving and drownings. “Drunken driving is a huge contributing factor to road accidents,” said Debbie.
“People must swim only when they know how and parents must look after their children at the beaches. A lot of drowning cases happen due to parents being negligent.”
The couple said that over the festive season they were busy from Monday to Sunday “unlike during the year when we are only busy Friday, Saturday and Sunday”.
Helicopter pilot Malcolm Moulang said the department had three choppers operating in East London (Aeromed1), Mthatha (Aeromed2) and Port Elizabeth (Aeromed 3).
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