INITIAL CONTACT: I was contacted by Box Elder Dispatch and informed of a traumatic boat injury at the South Marina. I responded to the South Marina parking lot where I found VICTIM in a boat in the parking lot. VICTIM explained that she hurt her left hip when she fell off of a tube. I was joined by Willard P.D. Officer, who is EMT certified. Officer took over medical treatment, while I updated Dispatch of patient status and gathered information for the accident report.

ASSISTANCE: Officer and I were joined by personnel from Willard Fire Department and Brigham Ambulance who continued medical treatment. VICTIM was loaded into the ambulance and transported to McKay Dee Hospital.  

ACCIDENT: I was told that VICTIM had been riding on a tube with another person being pulled by UT8956AF. The boat was traveling approx. 18 mph. when the tube hit a wave VICTIM and other person were thrown off of the tube. When VICTIM resurfaced she was in pain with an injury to her left hip. VICTIM was loaded into the boat and brought to the South Marina where it was loaded on the trailer. In the parking lot VICTIM could not be moved out of the boat so they called for an ambulance.

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