Selsey RNLI inshore lifeboat assist Coastguard with medical emergency.
The UK Coastguard had received an emergency call reporting a 12 year old boy had his leg trapped in the rock armour on the west side of Selsey.
With the tide still rising, the inshore lifeboat was requested to assist the Selsey Coastguard Rescue team. The lifeboat launched at 2.00pm on Friday 26 June and made best speed to rock armours. Just before the Coastguards arrived on scene, the boy managed to free his leg and get higher up on the rocks away from the breaking waves. The weather on scene was wind south west force 4-5, sea state moderate in sunshine.
The Coastguards decided to use their basket stretcher to get the boy off the rocks on to the beach where casualty care could be administed. The inshore lifeboat was beached and the crew went up on the rocks to assist with moving the stretcher.
When the boy reached the beach, casualty care was given before an ambulance arrived to check the boy over. The inshore lifeboat was released before the arrival of the ambulance and returned to station at 2.58pm and was recovered, washed down, and made ready for service. The crew today were Helmsman James Albrey, Max Wiseman and Dan Langford.
The two friends of the trapped boy did exactly the right thing in calling 999 and asking for the Coastguard so well done to them. The SECAMB ambulance crew checked the boy over and he was able to go home.
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