Launches
A lady on the 60ft. sailing barge, Klevia, had slipped on the wet deck and fallen, injuring her back and head. The Coast Guard tasked the inshore lifeboat to transfer the duty Ambulance Paramedic, who was also a member of the Dart RNLI lifeboat crew, to the scene. The casualty was given pain relief, immobilised and transferred by stretcher to an Ambulance at the Higher Ferry slip on the Kingswear side. Lifeboat crew; Kevin Murphy, Helmsman. Darren Hopley and Yorkie Lomax crewmen. Haydn Glanvil paramedic. Shorecrew; Peter Fleming, Dai Richards and Al Duffy.
Request Received | 10:00am |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.8833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 53 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.1833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 11 minutes |
Back on Service | 11:22am |
Sea/River State | River Calm |
Wind Direction | West-Northwest |
Wind Strength | 4-6 knots |