On May 24, 2018, the NSRI Hout Bay was alerted by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for urgent medical assistance from the 'Ouma', reporting a 50 year old local fisherman onboard seriously injured after getting caught in a hydraulic winch while at fishing grounds. The skipper of the 'Ouma' made the urgent request for medical assistance in radio VHF communications to Telkom Maritime Radio Services reporting that they were 41 nautical miles South West of Hout Bay and they had started making their way landwards. Telkom Maritime Radio Services instructed the 'Ouma' to head towards Hout Bay while alerting the TNPA Port Control. Sea conditions were rough with strong winds. The lifeboats 'Nadine Gordimer' and 'Albie Matthews' were launched accompanied by a WC Government Health EMS doctor and an EMS rescue paramedic. The MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) placed the SA Air Force 22 Squadron and the NSRI Airborne Sea Rescue (ASR) on high alert but heavy weather did not favour an airborne sea rescue operation at that stage. The 'Albie Matthews' was first to arrive on the scene rendezvousing with the 'Ouma' 30 nautical miles off-shore and NSRI medics initiated treatment to the injured fisherman suffering a dislocated shoulder, head injury and arm injuries. On the arrival of the 'Nadine Gordimer', the EMS doctor and rescue paramedic were put aboard the 'Ouma', and the patient was stabilised but in a critical condition and medical treatment continued onboard the 'Ouma' while continuing to make her way to Hout Bay making slow progress in the rough seas with an estimated arrival time of over two hours. As weather conditions eased, the EMS doctor requested the patient be airlifted and a SF 22 Squadron Oryx helicopter was dispatched with the NSRI ASR squad. The patient was transferred onto the 'Nadine Gordimer' with the assistance of the 'Albie Matthews'. Upon the helicopters arrival on the scene, 25 nautical miles off-shore of Hout Bay, the patient, secured into a specialised stretcher, and the EMS crew, were hoisted into the helicopter and medical treatment continued in the helicopter and the patient was airlifted to Groote Schuur hospital in a serious but stable condition where he has been taken into the care of hospital staff. The operation was completed at 5 p.m. Report with photo and video: www.nsri.org.za/2...
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27 May 2018 - 14:35
Medevac off Hout Bay
On May 24, 2018, the NSRI Hout Bay was alerted by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for urgent medical assistance from the 'Ouma', reporting a 50 year old local fisherman onboard seriously injured after getting caught in a hydraulic winch while at fishing grounds
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27 May 2018 - 14:35
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