ON 9/4/09 AT APPORX. 1519HRS I WAS DISPATCHED TO LAKE PLEASANT HARBOR MARINA REFERENCE A WAKEBOARDER WHO SUSTAINED A LARGE LACERATION AND POSSIBLE DISLOCATION TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. UPON ARRIVAL I OBSERVED PASSENEGER LAYING ON HIS BACK ON THE BACK SEAT OF THE VESSEL HOLDING HIS ARM IN THE AIR. I THEN CONTACTED THE OPERATOR WHO STATED THE FOLLOWING: HE WAS OPERATING V1 IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION APPROX. 30MPH WHILE WAKEBOARDER WAS WAKEBOARDING BEHIND THE BOAT. HE SAID HIS WAKEBOARDER WAS MOVING BACK AND FORTH ON THE WAKE CREATED BY THE BOAT. WAKEBOARDER LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING INTO THE WATER. HE STATED AS HIS WAKEBOARDER FELL THE BOAT SUDDENLY JERKED BACKWARD AS IT CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT LINE. HE TURNED THE BOAT AROUND TO PICK UP HIS WAKEBOARDER NOW FLOATING IN THE WATER. AS HE PULLED UP HE OBSERVED THAT WAKEBOARDERS UPPER RIGHT ARM WAS BLEEDING AND THAT IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN. THEY HELPED WAKEBOARDER INTO THE BOAT AND HE OBSERVED THAT WAKEBOARDER POSSESSED A LARGE, DEEP LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM EXTENDING FROM JUST BELOW THE SHOULDER TO THE ELBOW. V1 OPERATOR STATED HE BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE FALL, WAKEBOARDERS RIGHT ARM BECAME CAUGHT IN THE TOW ROPE THUS CAUSING THE JERK HE FELT. HE STATED THE INJURY TO WAKEBOARDER WAS CONSISTANT WITH THE ROPE CUTTING INTO WAKEBOARDERS ARM. I THEN CONTACTED WAKEBOARDER WHO WAS BEING TREATED BY PEORIA FIRE. HE STATED THAT HE REMEMBERS WAKEBOARDING AND FALLING HOWEVER HE WAS UNSURE HOW HE SUSTAINED THE INJURY TO HIS ARM. I WAS ADVISED BY PEORIA FIRE THAT WAKEBOARDER SUSTAINED A LARGE LACERATION AND EVULSION TO HIS RIGH ARM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY GROUND TO ARROWHEAD HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. NOTHING FURTHER.
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