Local Lynx No.146 - October/November 2022

SAVE A LIFE
Norfolk Accident Rescue Service
Bale’s own Dr Fiona and Critical Care Paramedic,
Mark, held an action-packed session in Bale village hall
teaching life-saving skills. Fiona and Mark are both
volunteers with the Norfolk Accident Rescue Service
(NARS) which has, since 1970, been providing
additional support to the ambulance service in Norfolk.
Volunteers include doctors, paramedics, nurses and first
responders who attend emergencies in NARS vehicles
from their base in Dereham or from their own homes
both day and night. Emergencies include cardiac arrest,
serious falls, road traffic collisions and seizures.
During a very entertaining morning, Fiona and Mark
demonstrated how to perform CPR, how to use a
defibrillator and how to treat someone who is choking.
Attendees were encouraged to practice administering
CPR on adult and child manikins and we came away
feeling we had gained the confidence to begin CPR on
someone in an emergency.
We learned the ‘DRABC’ sequence to assess an
unconscious casualty. This stands for Danger,
Response, Airway, Breathing and CPR, all of which
was explained in a tiny pocket guide. We learned to
give chest compressions during CPR at a rate of 100-
120 compressions per minute. Few of us realised how
tiring it is to perform CPR and were filled with
admiration for anyone who can continue it for more
than a few minutes.
Despite the serious content of the course, we were all
entertained by Mark’s amusing jokes and anecdotes,
most of which helped us to memorise the information
being given. It was an hour and a half well spent and I
would encourage anyone to attend one of Fiona and
Mark’s courses. It really could save a life. Mark and
Fiona are happy to receive enquiries about group
courses in surrounding villages. Email
mark.milsom@nars.org.uk.
NARS is a registered charity and relies on the
Norfolk community to raise money through donations
and fund-raising activities. To find out more or to make
a donation, visit the NARS website at
www.nars.org.uk.
church and the evident care that is taken to keep the
building in a good condition. It is worth repeating that
thanks for this are due to Richard Scott, the Fabric
Officer on the PCC, and to all those who regularly clean
the church and provide flowers.
Holy Communion will be celebrated in Bale at
9.30am on the first and third Sundays of each month
(2 nd and 16 th October, 6 th and 20 th November). For those
wishing to attend church on other weeks, there is a
schedule of all services in the Benefice on the
noticeboards inside and outside the church.
This year’s Harvest service will be on Sunday 2 nd
October at 9.30am. Gifts of food items to decorate the
church for the service will afterwards by donated to a
local food bank. Canned and packet items (with at least
one month to the ‘best before’ date) will be particularly
welcome. In the current financial climate we would ask
you to be as generous as possible in sharing with those
who are struggling to manage. Please leave anything
you can spare in the church porch by Saturday morning.
13 th November is Remembrance Sunday and
although this is not one of our ‘regular’ weeks, there
will be an additional service of Morning Prayer at
9.30am. This will include a commemoration of those
who have served their country in times of conflict and a
reading of the names of those from Bale who gave their
lives in the two World Wars.
PM
BALE BOOK GROUP
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell imagines the brief life and death of
Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, whose
name the playwright adapted and gave to the hero of his
eponymous play. Hamnet is not an historical novel: its
focus is on character and emotion and the world of the
ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, BALE
During August All Saints was again visited by a
group as part of a cultural tour of churches in Norfolk.
The particular point of interest was the stained glass
window on the south wall but members of the group
were very taken with the welcoming ambience of the
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