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Patient medivaced off trawler and surfer assisted

Uncategorized / 28 November 2019

ST FRANCIS BAY

Sara Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said:

At 05h59, Wednesday, 27th November, NSRI St Francis Bay duty crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from the skipper of a Cape Town stern trawler requiring a crewman to be medivaced off the trawler to hospital.

MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), Telkom Maritime Radio Services, TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority), NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) and a Government Health EMS duty doctor assisted with the logistics and coordination of the patient evacuation to hospital.

Private Care ambulance services were placed on alert.

We launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of St Francis II and rendezvoused with the fishing trawler 14 nautical miles off St Francis Bay.

The patient, a local man aged 29, was transferred onto our sea rescue craft and was medically assessed by NSRI medics. In a stable condition, we transported him to our sea rescue station where Private Care ambulance services paramedics took him into their care.

He has been transported by Private Care ambulance to hospital in a stable condition.

The operation was completed at 07h54.

JEFFREYS BAY:

Ernie Schmidt, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty controller, said:

At 17h02, Wednesday, 27th November, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a surfer appearing to be in difficulty behind the back breakers at Magnas (a popular beach and surfing spot).

We launched the sea rescue Waverunner and NSRI rescue swimmers responded to the scene.

On arrival on the scene an NSRI rescue swimmer found a male on a surfboard seeming to be stuck in rip currents behind the back breakers and a member of the public had launched his surfboard to go to assist.

Our NSRI rescue swimmer grabbed the NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy that is stationed on a pole at Magnas and he deployed into the surf and reached the casualty and swam the casualty out of the rip current and safely back to shore reaching the shoreline as our sea rescue Waverunner arrived on-scene.

NSRI medics assessed the local man who was uninjured. He required no further assistance and confirmed that he was not able to paddle his surfboard back to the beach after getting caught in rip currents.

This brings to 50 the number of persons assisted using an NSRI Pink Rescue Buoy.

TO REPORT A SEA RESCUE EMERGENCY DIAL 112 FROM A CELLPHONE

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    Emergency Numbers

    Sea Rescue emergency number from your cell phone: 112

    NORTHERN CAPE

    063 698 8971       Port Nolloth


    WESTERN CAPE

    060 960 3027      Lamberts Bay
    082 990 5966      Mykonos
    082 990 5974      Yzerfontein
    082 990 5958      Melkbosstrand
    082 990 5963      Table Bay
    082 990 5962      Bakoven
    082 990 5964      Hout Bay
    082 990 5979      Kommetjie
    082 990 5965      Simon’s Town
    082 990 6753      Strandfontein
    072 448 8482      Gordon’s Bay
    082 990 5967      Hermanus
    082 990 5952      Agulhas
    082 990 5957      Witsand
    082 990 5978      Still Bay
    082 990 5954      Mossel Bay
    082 990 5955      Wilderness
    082 990 5956      Knysna
    082 990 5975      Plettenberg Bay
    072 446 6344      Theewaterskloof Dam
    082 990 5980      Air Sea Rescue Unit


    EASTERN CAPE 

    082 990 5968      Oyster Bay
    082 990 5969      St Francis Bay
    079 916 0390      Jeffreys Bay
    082 990 0828      Port Elizabeth
    082 990 5971      Port Alfred
    082 990 5972      East London
    082 550 5430      Port St Johns


    KZN  

    082 990 5951      Port Edward
    082 990 5950      Shelly Beach
    072 652 5158      Rocky Bay
    060 305 4803      Ballito
    082 990 5948      Durban
    082 990 5949      Richards Bay


    MPUMALANGA

    060 962 2620      Witbank Dam


    GAUTENG  

    060 991 9301      Gauteng


    NORTH WEST

    082 990 5961      Hartbeespoort Dam


    FREE STATE

    072 903 9572      Vaal Dam

     


    After hours, should you require our assistance,
    please do not hesitate to call: Craig Lambinon 082 380 3800

    You can download the high res pdf of the emergency numbers here

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