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Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station

News release

Issued by Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

29/10/2007 1PM     SMT/071028-006

EXERCISE: MEDICAL EVACUATION.


Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat, B-727, launched on exercise today (Sunday, 28/10/2007) at 10am; the Lifeboat crew were put through their paces whilst practicing: a medical evacuation of casualties from a boat, involved in a collision, on the river Rother at Rye Harbour .

The casualties (one (partially sighted, with chronic hearing difficulties) was suffering from confusion, and the other suffering a potential spinal injury) were rescued from a boat that had been involved in a collision, on the river Rother at Rye Harbour .

The casualty with the potential spinal injury was immobilised - using equipment onboard the lifeboat. Both casualties were recovered into the lifeboat and returned to station at 10.45am .

Jai Gudgion, Lifeboat Training Coordinator at  Rye Harbour said:

'RNLI lifeboats launch to numerous incidents involving collisions each year. The potential for this kind of accident happening here at Rye Harbour is real.

We need to train for all kinds of situations - you never know what you are going to find when you arrive at the casualty. This type of incident involves everyone at the station, even for an exercise'

 

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Photo 1     Assessing the situation of the casualties
Photo 2     Returning to station with casualty
Photo 3     Preparing to transfer casualty into basket stretcher
Photo 4     Preparing to take casualty ashore
Photo 5     Carrying casualty to boathouse

Notes to editors

  1. Photo (5) courtesy of Tony Edwards. Photo's (2-5) courtesy of Steve Tollett.
  2. During 2006, RNLI Lifeboats launched 64 times to incidents involving collisions
  3. There are over 230 lifeboat stations strategically placed around the UK and Republic of Ireland. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews, and since 2001, its lifeguards, have saved over 137,000 lives

For more information please contact Steve Tollett, the RNLI lifeboat press officer at Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station on email: Press Officer
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