Plett sea rescuers hone skills
Plettenberg Bay National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) volunteers had a busy few days dealing with emergencies and training for the upcoming summer season.
Just after 06:00 on Wednesday 30 September, their medical crew launched into action following reports that a woman had fallen on the rocks at Lookout Beach.
Coxswain Ross Badenhorst said they immediately dispatched their rescue and all-terrain vehicles and informed Medlife ambulance services of the incident.
When they arrived on the scene, they found a woman in her 60s, who had suffered several injuries in her fall. After they had treated her injuries, secured her into a rescue stretcher and carried her to the Lookout Beach parking area, paramedics took over and transported her to hospital by ambulance in a stable condition.
That evening the crew was once again called to a rescue, but this time it was a training exercise to brush up on a range of medical knowledge and to help new trainee crew members to familiarise themselves with the medical equipment they carry.
Plettenberg Bay sea rescue volunteers conduct a training exercise at Wedge Beach.
They were told that there was a group of casualties at the Wedge Beach with a range of multiple injuries.
But what they did not know, Badenhorst said, was that the training coxswain who had organised the exercise had arranged for the crew’s children to act the part of the casualties.
“The children loved being part of the exercise as they got to see what we deal with out on our rescues, plus they got to ride on our ATV back to the base, which is always a highlight for them,” Badenhorst said.
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Source: Knysna Plett Herald News