Arranmore RNLI responds to medical evacuation with casualty transferred to LUH

Arranmore RNLI assisted in a medical evacuation from the island.

The casualty was brought to the lifeboat by the island ambulance and was then transported to Burtonport to a waiting ambulance for treatment at Letterkenny  University Hospital (LUH). 

Arranmore RNLI has responded to two calls in two days. Following their call for assistance to a yacht in trouble last Sunday the volunteer crew of Arranmore RNLI were asked to assist in a medical evacuation from the island yesterday 8pm. 

“This is my second time as a relief mechanic with the Arranmore Lifeboat and I would like to wish the patient a speedy recovery,” Thomas Davis who is a Region Resilience Mechanic from Clifton, Connemara who is stationed in Arranmore until August 10 said. “As a relief mechanic/coxswain, I travel to various RNLI stations in Ireland and I’m happy to be back in Arranmore again, at least the weather is better this time. 

“I find the people here very friendly and although I've been here for a short time everybody on the island greets me by my name. As there are many different classes of lifeboats in the RNLI fleet, we relief crew are required to be familiar with all the various boats and it is great training to be able to travel around the Ireland stations to work on the different boats and meet the different crews.”