PAULINE

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Medevac of injured crew member in Purfleet

On April 3, 2024, at 6:33 p.m., the Gravesend RNLI was requested to launch to assist a crew member of the 'Pauline', who had suffered an injury on board the vessel, en route from Zeebrugge, in the area of Grays on the River Thames. He had been trapped and caught in a heavy winch system that assists the vessel with the retrieval of ropes, when the ship berthed at the Purfleet Deep Water Terminal. Two RNLI members disembarked by climbing a fixed ladder to offer immediate aid to the casualty. The man had a fracture to the lower right leg, and the rescue personnel carried out a full casualty care assessment to ensure there were no additional injuries to be aware of and then continued to treat the affected area and plan the safe and swift evacuation of the patient to an ambulance. The RNLI crew continued to provide monitoring and casualty care treatment while a multiagency briefing was held between the ambulance service and RNLI command staff to ensure that safe and effective outcomes were achieved. The lifeboat left the scene at 7:45 p.m. and returned to Gravesend Lifeboat Station for kit checks and refuelling.