Walkers and Cyclists

 Further callouts for the team today, supported by our colleagues at St Albans.

The patrol was flagged down at Peveril Point where a lady had slipped on the rocks and damaged her arm.  The Coastguard Team treated the injury as a break and splinted and strapped it and waited with the lady until transport to hospital could be arranged.

While this was happening. the rest of the Team was being paged to a cyclist who had fallen awkwardly near the top of Ballard Down.  After a quick reshuffle of cars to free up the 4x4 Coastguard Vehicle from the incident at Peveril, the team made its way to Ballard and soon located the injured lady.  

The Coastguard 4x4 vehicle was used to access the top of Ballard 

Again, the injury was treated as a broken leg, and the lady was soon made stable on our stretcher before she was carried to the top of the hill and into a waiting vehicle to take her back to Studland.  After a lengthy wait, during which time the team continued to look after the lady who was in considerable pain and starting to feel the effects of the cold, an ambulance arrived and she was passed into the care of the ambulance service for onward transfer to Poole General Hospital.

The Team stabilised the lady before stretchering her to the top