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29th August 2020Summary
An injury sustained while coasteering at Dancing Ledge caused the volunteers from St Albans coastguard and the Swanage lifeboat to be called into action today. Both Swanage lifeboats were launched to the scene and arrived at the same time as the coastguards. The casualty was on a sea-level ledge just west of Dancing Ledge and a crewmember from the inshore lifeboat was put ashore to help with initial assessment and care. The inshore lifeboat got more equipment from the all-weather lifeboat, including pain-relieving gas as the casualty was in considerable pain. An extraction by sea was deemed the safest and simplest option, so the casualty and another member of the party were taken via inshore lifeboat to the all-weather lifeboat and a steady trip back to Swanage began. When in Swanage the casualty was placed into the care of Dorset ambulance paramedics and taken to Poole. The lifeboats were then able to re-house to be made ready to respond to the next incident.
Weather
- Visibility:Good
- Wind:N-4
- Weather:Fine
- Sea state:Slight
Details
- Boat(s):Both Boats
- Launch time:11:16
- Recovery time:12:50
- Casualty:Coasteering
- Location:Dancing Ledge
Crew
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ILB Crew:
(Helm) Tom Greasty
Darren Tomes
Alan Parmenter
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ALB Crew:
(Coxn) Robert Aggas
Steve Williams
John Deas
Phil Palmer
Duncan Youngs
Alice Haw
ALB Shore Crew:
(Head Launcher)
Paul Bedford
(Winch) Andy Redout
Alfie O'Connell
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