NSRI helps two women injured while horse-riding on SA beaches

The NSRI has assisted in two separate incidents in recent days where horse riders have been injured after being dismounted while riding on beaches.

In the first incident, NSRI Yzerfontein assisted West Coast Medical ambulance services at an incident on 16 Mile Beach, North of Yzerfontein, where a woman was injured.

NSRI Yzerfontein were at that time on the water conducting routine training.

NSRI RESCUE VEHICLE RESPONDED

According to NSRI Yzerfontein station commander Junre Marais, the NSRI crew were brought to shore and while WC Government Health EMS were alerted to the incident, the NSRI Yzerfontein rescue vehicle responded to the scene along the beach.

EMS paramedics and West Coast Medical paramedics treated the 30-year-old woman from Kraaifontein who suffered serious injuries in her fall.

She was accompanied by family members, including her sister who is a paramedic.

NSRI confirmed that the horse was not injured and was taken to safety.

A Netcare 911 HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Services) helicopter was activated and landed on the beach.

The patient, secured onto a stretcher and in the care of paramedics, was airlifted to hospital in a serious, but stable condition.

She is expected to fully recover.

ON HOLIDAY FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM

Meanwhile, in a second incident on Saturday, 14 April, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a horse rider injured in a fall on the sea side across from Kabeljous lagoon.

NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander Kristo Kritzinger said that a NSRI rescue vehicle responded while Gardmed ambulance services were activated.

NSRI rescue crew and NSRI medics reached the patient, a 38-year-old woman on holiday from the United Kingdom, who was in a stable condition.

The patient was found in the care of fishermen on the beach. They had been nearby at the time and they had come to her aid and raised the alarm.

The patient was treated on the scene by NSRI medics and then ferried along the beach (using a NSRI rescue vehicle) to an ambulance that was waiting in the car park.

The patient was transported to hospital in a stable condition in the care of paramedics.

The NSRI reported that the patient is recovering and the family are departing the country on Friday as scheduled.

We wish both women speedy recoveries.

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