ON 6/25/11 I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE NO SKI BUOY LINE OF APACHE LAKE REFERENCE A SUBJECT WHO WAS INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BE PULLED ON A TUBE BY A PWC. UPON ARRIVAL I FOUND THE SUBJECT WHO WAS BEING TREATED BY A PERSON WHo ID HIMSELF AS A PARAMEDIC AND WHO HAD JUST FINISHED PUTTING THE SUBJECTS RIGHT SHOULDER BACK INTO THE SOCKET. WHILE ON SCENE I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE OPERATOR OF THE PWC THAT WAS TOWING THE VICTIM AND HE RELATED TO ME THAT HE OBSERVED THAT THE VICTIM WAS GRIPPING THE TUBE WHEN HIS SHOULDER GAVE OUT AND THEN HE LET GO OF THE TUBE. THERE WAS NO IMPACT WITH THE WATER OR ANOTHER WATERCRAFT. AFTER THE VICTIMS SHOULDER WAS MOVING AGAIN WITH MINIMAL PAIN I TRASNPORTED HIM BACK TO BURNT CORRAL BOAT RAMP AND APPLIED A TRIANGULAR NADAGE TO HIS ARM TO AID IN SUPPORT. HE REFUSED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRANSPORTATION. HE STATED HIS FRIENDS WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. HE ALSO SIGNED A MEDICAL REFUSAL AT THE BOAT RAMP. A SAFETY INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON THE PWC AND I FOUND NO VIOLATION OF THE LAWS OR DURING THE ACCIDENT. NOTHING FURTHER.
TORTILLA FLATS                