Jonathan Britton, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said: At 11h42, Saturday, 31 January, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated by NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) following reports of a paraglider injured in a paragliding accident at Gericke’s Point, Sedgefield.
NSRI Wilderness crew, in Sedgefield at the time conducting routine training nearby at Myoli Beach, from our NSRI Wilderness satellite station at Sedgefield, dispatched the NSRI rescue craft Spirit of Rotary and Ann Stratford, responding to the scene along the rocky shoreline at Gericke’s Point.
Our NSRI rescue vehicle responded and our NSRI ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) responded along the shoreline with an NSRI paramedic and NSRI medics.
ARCC (Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre) and the SA Police Services were alerted.
WC Government Health EMS, ER24 ambulance services and local Sedgefield community volunteer emergency services, responded.
On arrival on the scene, finding the male paraglider where he had collided on rocks while paragliding, at Gericke’s Point, NSRI rescue swimmers were deployed into the water from the NSRI rescue craft. They swam ashore where they initiated medical care to the man.
An NSRI paramedic, NSRI medics and local Sedgefield community volunteer paramedics joined them on the scene where the man, seriously injured, was medically stabilised and secured into a Stokes basket stretcher.
Secured into the Stokes basket stretcher the man was carried to the NSRI rescue vehicle on the beach, on the shoreline.
In the care of paramedics the man was transported along the shoreline to the waiting ambulances and he was transported to hospital by ER24 ambulance in a serious but stable condition.
The 61 year old man, from Somerset West, Cape Town, was cared for in hospital in the care of doctors and nurses before being discharged on the weekend and he is expected to make a full recovery.
The man has expressed his deep appreciation for the swift response and the care of all involved in rescue and recovery from this accident.
The swift response and cooperation of the emergency services, the local Sedgefield community volunteer emergency services and NSRI Wilderness is commended.
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