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The call alerting the incident was received at the station Red Cross First Aid Eagles at 02.30 hours on the morning of Sunday 31 October.
In it, requesting the presence of basic life support ambulance to help a fisherman who had apparently suffered a broken leg while on a fishing tournament.
The victim was near the beach of La Carolina, in an easily accessible and whose exact location could not be clarified as the person who alerted the event, so members asked the Red Cross Emergency Center Murcia support the provision of Park Fire Guard of the city.
In parallel, several seals were alerted Red Cross volunteers Eagles and the Association of Civil Protection of the city to assist with rescue efforts, while several patrols of the Guardia Civil and Local Police appeared at the area referred to assist.
While the first team involved was going to locate the victim, a staff of Fire Station Lorca also traveled from the neighboring town to assist with relief efforts.
Around 3 am, was located JMRM of 47 years was on the west side of Black Cabezo and showed symptoms of suffering a fracture in his right leg.
The west wind, which sometimes reached values near 90 miles per hour, prevented the rescue by air in addition to being an added difficulty to the rescuers, while the storm that struck the coast in turn prevented the rescue sea, it was decided by land as the only possible solution under the circumstances.
After reaching the point closest to the Black Cabezo rugged fisherman, firefighters proceeded to make several strong ropes to descend to the stone veneer where was the rough and two companions, one of the injured child, some 100 meters below level of the rescuers.
Following a risk assessment and primary stabilization "in situ" is conducted the lifting of the patient, while the other two fishermen remained on the stone that had fled the storm.
After completing the evaluation and final stabilization and inform the Medical Directors of 112 of her condition, she proceeded to evacuate JMRM to Basic Life Support Ambulance Red Cross was in the vicinity and from there, the Emergency Department Eagles of North Health Center where he was transferred to the Hospital Rafael Méndez de Lorca.
Around 07.30 hours the morning of Sunday, improved weather conditions allowed the two people waiting their turn to be rescued could approach a nearby cove sheltered from the wind, from where they could go out on their own to meet health teams.
They moved to one of them, who had a mild hypothermia at the ER to be evaluated by the doctor on call.
Source: Cruz Roja Águilas
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