Yachtsman with hand injuries

Launch No: 225
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Saturday, 30 August 2014
Location: 0.5 mile SE of the Dancing Beggars. Start Bay.

Photo: Richard Eggleton RNLI

Lifeboat paramedic treats casualty with hand injuries

A yachtsman on the 32 ft. yacht Tokolosh 2 injured both hands in a block. The Coastguard asked the Dart RNLI inshore lifeboat to attend and they launched with their Paramedic crewman on board. The yacht was met between the castles and the paramedic was put on board to treat the casualty. After bandaging he was transferred in the lifeboat to Sandquay to be handed over to the Emergency Care Practitioner.

Photo: Andy Kyle

Yachtsman with hand injuries is brought ashore

Time

Request Received	3:13pm
Time at incident	11 minutes
Time to recovery	37 minutes
Back on Service	4:00pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Choppy
Wind Direction	Northwest
Wind Strength	11-18 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Buster Hart (Helm)

Rich Eggleton

Haydn Glanvill

Shore Crew

Steve Wallis (Tractor Driver)

Tony Chapman

Lee Darch

John Fenton

Kevin Murphy

Deputy Launch Authority

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