Late night call for Seahouses lifeboat to assist Ambulance Service
On Thursday 23 May at 12:34am Seahouses RNLI responded to the sound of their pagers. The North East Ambulance Service was responding to a medical emergency on Holy Island involving a female with a leg injury. The Holy Island Causeway was closed by the rising tide.
In accordance with the agreed protocol, the ambulance was re-directed to Seahouses Lifeboat Station.
The Lifeboat launched and conveyed a paramedic to Holy Island, where he was met by the Holy Island Coastguard Rescue Team, who conveyed him to the casualty’s location, so that she could be assessed and treated.
High tide at Holy Island was at 3.21am, and the Causeway was closed from 1:20am until 06:30am which did not allow sufficient time for the safe evacuation of the casualty by road, if so required.
After assessment it was decided to evacuate the casualty to Seahouses, arriving back there at 4.30am, for the onward ambulance journey to Cramlington Emergency Care Hospital.
The lifeboat and ambulance crews were assisted there by the Seahouses Coastguard Rescue Team, to transfer the casualty to the awaiting ambulance.
Seahouses RNLI volunteer Press Officer, Ian Clayton commented: 'This was yet another example of the three services, the RNLI being the charity to save lives at sea, HM Coastguard and the North East Ambulance Service all working closely together, to ensure the best outcome for the casualty. We hope she makes a speedy recovery.'
The RNLI has no further information about the casualty or her condition, other than she was believed to be a visitor on Holy Island.
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