Launches
Ambulance Control, via Solent Coastguard, requested the RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat to attend a visiting yachtsman whose Twister 28 was taking part in the Channel Classics Regatta in Dartmouth.
He had fallen the previous evening on board and injured his left arm and chest. He was berthed on the DA pontoon with no connection to the shore but the call to the Ambulance service did not give his precise position in the harbour, hence the delay in finding him.
The RNLI inshore lifeboat crew provided casualty care until a S. West Ambulance Paramedic arrived and was transported to the casualty. Casualty and Paramedic were then taken ashore for onward transportation to Torbay Hospital.
Request Received | 11:56am |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.3333333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 20 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.9 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 54 minutes |
Back on Service | 1:05pm |
Sea/River State | River Calm |
Wind Direction | Southwest |
Wind Strength | 4-6 knots |