PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - A Knysna woman was airlifted from a Plettenberg Bay hiking trail on Sunday 10 April, after falling and sustaining injuries.
Plettenberg Bay National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) deputy station commander Laurent Eray said that their crew was activated just before 14:00, following reports of an injured hiker on the Kranshoek Cairnbrogie hiking trail.
"Our NSRI rescue vehicle responded and on arrival on the scene the 37-year-old woman, from Knysna, accompanied by family, was found injured from a fall but in a stable condition, along a barely accessible part of the hiking trail cliffs on the shoreline," Eray said.
NSRI medics initiated medical treatment and called for assistance from the Western Cape Health Department.
The EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter was activated and a landing zone was established on the farm.
"On the helicopter's arrival on the scene two EMS rescue technicians were inserted by hoist from the helicopter onto the site where, assisted by our NSRI crew, they secured the patient who was hoisted into the helicopter," Eray said.
The helicopter landed on the farm to reconfigure before returning to the site to fetch the second EMS rescue technician.
The patient was airlifted to a Knysna hospital in a stable condition in the care of paramedics and is expected to make a full recovery.
"NSRI commends the farmer who assisted on the scene and we commend the close working relationship between NSRI, Western Cape government Health EMS and the EMS/AMS Skymed rescue helicopter," Eray said.
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