Woman injured in Causeway cliff fall
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Coastguards and paramedics transfer the injured casualty to a waiting ambulance through thick brambles and undergrowth.
A WOMAN is being treated for head injuries after she was found at the bottom of a 200 foot cliff at the Giant's Causeway.
The alarm was raised at around 11am on Saturday morning by one of the shuttle-bus drivers at the World Heritage site. Coastguard Rescue Teams from Coleraine and Ballycastle joined paramedics at the scene, at the base of the cliff near the Great Stookan.
Emergency treatment was given to the casualty by paramedics before she was evacuated by stretcher by the Coastguard team through thick brambles and undergrowth to a waiting ambulance.
She was then rushed to the Causeway Hospital.
The rescue was the second joint operation between the Coastguards and paramedics in recent days.
Last Monday (July 12), they responded to an incident at Runkerry Head where a female casualty had sustained a significant leg injury on the coastal path.
The casualty was assisted by National Trust staff from the nearby Causeway Centre, prior to the arrival of the Coastguard Rescue Team.
After the casualty's injury had been stabilised the young woman was stretchered by Coastguards to a waiting Rapid Response Vehicle.
She was then driven across fields to rendezvous with an emergency ambulance, which transferred her to the Causeway Hospital.
Commenting on both incidents, Coleraine Coastguard Station Officer Chris Little said: "These incidents involved the very closest co-operation between Coastguard and Ambulance personnel at the scene.
“We are also very grateful for the assistance given on both occasions by National Trust staff at the Giant's Causeway."
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