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The RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat was tasked by Solent Coastguard to evacuate a casualty from Castle Cove. A 57 year old Dartmouth resident had fallen some 15 feet onto the rocks and injured his lower back. The S W Ambulance service had worked with the Dartmouth Coastguard Search and Rescue volunteers to place him on a stretcher but it was decided that the easiest evacuation would be by boat. The lifeboat crew included a paramedic and 3 First Aid volunteers. The casualty was moved onto the lifeboat's basket stretcher, shielded from the wind with an ambulance pouch and transferred to a waiting ambulance at the Higher Ferry slip.
Request Received | 2:35pm |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.4166666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 25 minutes |
Back on Service | 4:15pm |
Sea/River State | Choppy |
Wind Direction | West-Northwest |
Wind Strength | 16-21 knots |