Training turns real for Dunbar RNLI volunteers
Lifeboat training turned into a real medical incident yesterday (Sunday 21 January) when Dunbar’s RNLI volunteers came to the aid of a runner who’d fallen and hurt her ankle during an organised event at Torness Power Station
The lifeboat crew had just finished training and at 12.50pm had arrived back at Torness, where Dunbar’s Trent-class all-weather lifeboat is moored, when they were asked to assess the 31-year-old woman’s injury sustained during a Borders XC series five-mile run.
The volunteers assessed the woman’s injury and kept her and some fellow runners warm until an ambulance arrived.
Volunteer Jamie Forrester said: ‘Happily, we were able to reassure her that she hadn’t suffered a serious injury and helped her sit up and move to where she was more comfortable. It was good for us to be able to put our casualty care training into practice.’
Notes to editors
Established in 1808, 16 years before the formation of the RNLI, Dunbar Lifeboat Station is one of the oldest in Scotland and is located on the south side of the mouth of the Firth of Forth. Since its formation, its volunteer crews have been honoured with 12 awards for gallantry.
It operates two lifeboats – the Trent class all-weather lifeboat (ALB) John Neville Taylor, moored at Torness Power Station, and the D-class inshore lifeboat (ILB) David Lauder, which launches from Dunbar Harbour.
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