Newquay RNLI lifeboat crew assist injured woman after fall from rocks
Newquay RNLI lifeboat crew assist injured woman after fall from rocks
Lifeboats News Release
Having responded to their first call of the year on Saturday, Newquay's RNLI lifeboat volunteers were alerted by their pagers for a second time in 2022 on Sunday (16 January) and tasked to assist a woman who had suffered multiple injuries after falling from rocks at Holywell Bay.
Rhys Ellis-Davies
Newquay RNLI lifeboat crew assist injured woman at Holywell
The RNLI crew had just completed a routine exercise and were rehousing the lifeboats at Newquay Harbour when the call was received from UK Coastguard at 11.30am and due to the nature of the incident they responded in both of the charity's inshore lifeboats.
When the lifeboat crew arrived at the northern end of Holywell Bay, the 61-year-old local woman had been transferred across the rocks on a stretcher by members of Holywell Bay Surf Life Saving Club and Newquay Coastguard Rescue Team due to the incoming tide and was being assessed on the beach by a passing doctor who had been walking nearby when the accident happened. St Agnes Coastguard also provided support.
Three of the RNLI volunteers went ashore to assist, including two who are NHS paramedics and after taking charge of the woman's care and providing further assessment of her multiple injuries, the senior paramedic requested the attendance of the Coastguard search and rescue helicopter, which airlifted the injured woman to the regional major trauma centre at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Newquay RNLI volunteer Deputy Launching Authority, Phil Morris, said: 'Today's shout was a great team effort by everyone involved and we send the lady our best wishes for a speedy recovery'.
RNLI media contacts
For more information please contact Andy Hobkinson, Newquay RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer at [email protected] mob: 07880 507464 or Emma Haines, Regional Media Officer at [email protected] mob: 07786 668847 or contact the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789 (24 hours).
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
