hi there, firstly, great blog. this looks good, and at least they acknowledge us lifeboat crews as an emergency service, useually its just the coastguard. I wonder if this will eventually extend to our response to calls, ie when we are on the way to the station. we had a prime example the other day where a crewman on a fishing boat had colapsed and was fitting, he, while treating him with oxygen etc was displaying signs of maybe a heart attack or the starts of a stroke, if we had been delayed in responding to this call he may well have deteriorated to the stage where we cant help any more, except steam back as fast as we could to the awaiting ambulance. aparently the amb tech said that he was displaying signs of Myocardial Infarction, which if my limited medical knowledge is correct is the posh word for heart attack??? regards