The crew of inshore lifeboat Claire and David Delves carried out casualty care on a young child in Broadstairs who was showing signs of hypothermia today (January 1).
The crew had been providing support for the New Year’s Day swim off Ramsgate main sands and then carried out an exercise off Broadstairs when it was called to the beach at Viking Bay to help with the child who had been in the water.
A Ramsgate RNLI spokesperson said: “Two of the volunteer crew from the ILB went ashore and carried out casualty care and assessed the condition of the child. They remained with the youngster until a mobile Coastguard unit arrived on scene.
“Once HM Coastguard unit arrived the child was placed in the lifeboat stretcher and carried to the road to await an ambulance. The child’s vital signs were improving and looking good at this point.
“The lifeboat then returned to station.”
