Crew member airlifted after head injury on Thames work ship
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 11:32 · Archive
A crew member suffered a severe head injury after falling inside a work ship on the River Thames near London Gateway.
A crew member suffered a severe head injury after falling from height inside a work ship on the River Thames near London Gateway on Tuesday, October 20. A Mayday broadcast was made and Gravesend Lifeboat was tasked at 7.40pm.
Two RNLI crew members boarded the vessel via a pilot ladder carrying specialist casualty care equipment and were escorted to the generator room where the casualty was found. The confined space, with tight bulkheads and steep stairways, complicated the extraction. Tyler Bonham, duty RNLI Thames commander, said a 'multi-stage evacuation plan was agreed' to minimise further injury and reduce risk to the casualty.
The team worked with the ship's crew to move the casualty from the generator room to the deck and secure them in a stretcher. Due to safety concerns and limited space, the casualty was lowered onto a tug using the vessel's onboard systems. Gravesend Lifeboat crew remained on the tug to monitor the patient during the journey to a floating pontoon, where an ambulance crew and a doctor were waiting. The casualty was transferred to the ambulance on shore.
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- Mayday alert after crew member suffers severe head injury deep inside work shipA crew member suffered a serious head injury after a fall onboard a work ship on the River Thames near London Gateway. RNLI Gravesend responded.News Shopper · 21 Oct, 11:03
- Mayday alert after crew member suffers severe head injury deep inside work shipA crew member suffered a serious head injury after a fall onboard a work ship on the River Thames near London Gateway. RNLI Gravesend responded.This Is Local London · 21 Oct, 11:03
In this story: Gravesend Lifeboat · RNLI · River Thames · London Gateway · Sea Reach · Tyler Bonham
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