The lifeboats launched at 8:45pm making good speed and soon arrived on the south west of the island at Shard Point close to the campsites. Conditions in the harbour were clear with a slight westerly breeze.
Volunteer crew from both boats went ashore and met up with a ranger on site and the crew then made their way to the casualties. Once on scene the lifeboat crew assessed the situation and administered casualty care, one person had encountered a medical episode and they needed to be evacuated off the Island, with the others, three people in total.
The casualty was transferred onto a stretcher and extracted off the island with the two other casualties. They were transferred onto the D class then transferred across onto the Atlantic for a smoother transfer back to the lifeboat station where an ambulance was standing by. The casualties were transferred to the care of the ambulance crew and taken to hospital.
Both lifeboats were washed down, refuelled, and made ready for service by 10.00pm.
This was the 45th call out this year for Poole Lifeboat Station.
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.
