A COASTEERTING casualty has been airlifted from the Blue Lagoon at Abereiddy.
The woman was part of a coasteering group jumping from height into the lagoon on Friday (Jul 29), when she sustained a suspected spinal injury.
HM Coastguard Fishguard said on Facebook: “Our team was paged to back up St Davids team with a medical evacuation at Blue Lagoon Abereiddy
“A female casualty had been part of a coasteering group jumping from height into the lagoon when she sustained possible spinal injuries.
“The casualty was placed on a paddle board and helped out of the water by members of the public. Paramedics from Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust were quickly on scene and assessed the casualty & deemed it necessary to request a helicopter extraction from the lagoon.
“Coastguard’s quickly set about emptying the area of a large number of members of the public in order to allow the helicopter to safely land and the casualty to be loaded on board.
“Thank you to the majority of the public for quickly moving out of the area.
“Also on scene but re tasked to a separate incident were RNLI St Davids Lifeboat.”
