[GORDONS BAY – 22 JANUARY 2012 AT 12H00]
A 38 year old woman is in a serious condition after she was thrown from her horse on the Finlands Farm near to Gordons Bay this afternoon.
ER24 received the call through our National Emergency Contact Centre from the family, informing that the patient had been thrown from the horse and was in a serious condition. Paramedics arrived on the scene shortly afterwards and found the woman lying on the floor with her family around her. They quickly assessed her and found that she was in a lot of pain and that she had some broken bones, suspected chest injuries and suspected neck and back injuries. Advanced Life Support intervention was performed on the patient before she was transported to Tygerberg Hospital in a serious condition for further medical intervention.
It is not clear what caused the horse to catapulted the woman from her saddle but lucky that her family were close by and were able to get help quickly.
Derrick Banks, ER24