On arrival colleagues from NCI were assisting a lady who had slipped on the muddy surface.
Due to the pain the lady was in, assistance was sought from the Swanage RNLI lifeboat as they carry pain relieving gas which would help us move the casualty off the wet ground whilst waiting for the Ambulance.
Working together and with the arrival of the ambulance the lady was stretchered to the ambulance and on to hospital.
A member of the public was concern for a swimmer seen heading out from Middle Beach Studland and didn’t see them return to the beach.
Swanage Coastguard carried out shore line searches from South Beach Studland to the Chain ferry whilst lifeboats from Swanage and Poole carried out sea searches off shore.
Searching for two hours the beach was checked for clothing or any person.
If you were swimming off Middle or South Beach Studland around 5pm tonight (Monday) please urgently contact the Coastguard on 999.
Dorset Police also attended the incident and confirmed no one was currently missing in the area.
Search assets have been stood down pending any further information.
The Swanage RNLI inshore lifeboat , St Albans Coastguard , Rescue 175 from Lee on Solent and Dorset Police were also tasked to the incident.
On arrival a body was located and recovered. Dorset Police are investigating the circumstances for HM Coroner.
Our thoughts are for the family and Friends.
Starting on Friday the team were called to Studland along with South Western Ambulance after a female fell from a horse on the beach. First aid was given until the arrival of colleagues from the Ambulance.
Moving to Saturday both the Swanage and St Albans Coastguard teams were tasked to Old Harry and a report of a person injured falling from their bike. A female was located with a broken wrist and arm and first aid provided until paramedics arrived. The teams then provided safe transport back to the ambulance and back to the main road.
Sunday’s patrol were out at Rempstone Forest when they took a call from an off duty team member reporting a lady injured at the Coop in Swanage.
Whilst not in the usual area of operation , the operations room gave permission for the team to attend and provide urgent first aid until the ambulance arrived.
Returning to station and cleaning the equipment , the patrol were drawn to an incident in the car park where a lady test driving their grandsons scooter fell heavily to the ground. Again first aid was provided and advice was given before finally the equipment was packed away.
On a lighter note, a photo put on by the press pa reporting the incident seemed to focus on the fact the Coastguard were rescuing a couple of wheelie bins ! This report was fuelled by some of our colleagues in our partner agencies and a couple of mischievous locals.
We shall protect the author of this report but just say our time will come !
This post seemed to go national and I know there was great concern for those bins so when the team returned to monitor the later high tide, the bins really were recovered and both are doing well.
So back to the serious stuff
At the time when the bin photo was taken the team had seen a boat in the surf but were unable to recover it. This morning it’s been confirmed as a sail and had come from the sailing club and now safely recovered.
Patrols deployed last night and again this morning to check the area. Various debris has been moved for the local authority to collect.
This stone and other bits of debris perhaps shows why when we arrived on scene yesterday we stated there was a risk to life along the coast. The power of the sea should never be underestimated to throw up sizeable stones on to the road.
One person was treated yesterday for a cut to their leg after been caught on the shore line.
Finally as ever, a massive thank you to the local traders who brought out or offered warm drinks to us yesterday during the incident.
