Rhyl RNLI volunteers assist in incident at Rhyl harbour
Both lifeboats launched at 3.40pm on Friday 2 February after being paged by Holyhead Coastguard co-ordinating centre.
The adult had fallen about two metres and landed on the rocks, causing many injuries. The inshore lifeboat arrived on scene and immediately commenced casualty care on the person. This was soon followed by the all-weather lifeboat to provide extra assistance, and also the shore crew from the station in the station's Land Rover.
As the casualty had sustained head injuries, pain relief could not be administered. The casualty was made as comfortable as possible until the ambulance personnel agreed they could be moved on to the promenade. This was done involving all agencies present, and the person was handed over to the ambulance personnel. All units were then stood down, the lifeboats returning to station at 5pm.
Coxswain Martin Jones said: 'This again was a great example of multi-agency working which resulted in the successful extraction of the person from the rocks safely.'
Photo courtesy Callum Robinson, RNLI, taken from Rhyl RNLI all-weather lifeboat.
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