Coastguards and paramedics in action at Giant's Causeway

In the first incident, on the afternoon of the Twelfth, Coastguards and ambulance personnel from Coleraine 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 Ambulance Rapid Response Vehicle.

She was then driven across fields to rendezvous with an emergency ambulance, which transferred her to the Causeway Hospital.

Many of the rescue personnel involved in this incident were again in action shortly after 11am last Saturday, when the Coastguard received a report of an injured woman at the Giant’s Causeway.

Coastguard Rescue Teams from Coleraine and Ballycastle joined paramedics at the scene, at the base of a 200 foot cliff near the Great Stookan.

A female casualty had been reported by one of the bus drivers operating the shuttle service at the popular National Trust site.

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.

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.”