Cape Medical Response (CMR) late on Monday responded to a call after a kitesurfer sustained a leg injury at Misty Cliffs Beach. Photo: Twitter @_ArriveAlive
Dutch kitesurfer fractures leg near Crayfish Factory – PICTURES
Cape Medical Response (CMR) late on Monday responded to a call after a kitesurfer sustained a leg injury at Misty Cliffs Beach.
Cape Medical Response (CMR) late on Monday responded to a call after a kitesurfer sustained a leg injury at Misty Cliffs Beach. Photo: Twitter @_ArriveAlive
Cape Medical Response (CMR) late on Monday responded to a call after a kitesurfer sustained a leg injury at Misty Cliffs Beach, close to the Crayfish Factory.
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According to the Arrive Alive website, paramedics and an ambulance were dispatched to assist.
The NSRI was also called out and a Stokes basket was needed to help carry the patient to safety.
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On arrival, it was determined that a 24-year-old Dutch tourist had sustained a leg fracture and was treated and stabilised on the beach before being secured in a Stokes basket.
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With the help of NSRI, he was then carried up the embankment along the pathway to a CMR Ambulance waiting on the road where the patient was then transported, in a stable condition, to hospital.
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