Notice
23Mar2019 - Noordhoek
23 March 2019Yesterday, Saturday 23rd March 2019 at 10h47, CWR was activated to a Primary Response - Medical Emergency involving a fisherman nearby the Lookout Point, Marine Drive, Noordhoek. Feedback was the fisherman had collapsed and fell into a rock pool. The location was on the shoreline rocks +- 500 metres from the road (rendezvous point). Access to the area was by foot only.
Initial reports were that an unresponsive fisherman was pulled out of the water medium by first responders who had then initiated CPR. This was handed over local members of the Metro EMS personnel, including an Advanced Life Support Paramedic and NMMM ECP Students.
They were joined by CWR’s Advanced Life Support Paramedic who assisted with the Advanced Life Support level of resuscitation care as well as other members of CWR, Beach Office and Gardmed.
A decision was taken to relocate the patient to an ambulance parked at the rendezvous point whilst continuing with the CPR effort. This task was extremally challenging as it involved uneven rocky ground and loose beach/stone surfaces over a distance of 500 Meters. The relocation and CPR were carried out by members of EMS, NMMM ECP Students, CWR, SAPS, NSRI, Beach Office, Gardmed and other various role players.
Unfortunately, after all these efforts, CPR was discontinued once the patient was in the ambulance.