Synopsis: Head laceration from wake surfboard.

Initial Call: At 12:00 hours I, Park Ranger was working at Yuba State Park, when I received a call from Richfield Dispatch about a sixteen year old that had a laceration on their forehead.  the boat was headed to the Oasis Boat Ramp and they wanted a Park Ranger to take a look at the cut and provide first aid.  I told dispatch that I would be responding to the Oasis Dock.

Officer Response: I arrived at the dock and the boat was just pulling into the south dock.  The operator waved at me to come to their boat.   I grabbed the first aid kit and made contact with the people in the boat.  The victim was VICTIM a sixteen year old female.  VICTIM was laying down on the rear seat of the boat.  She was conscious and said that she had been wake surfing and had fallen off the board and that the board had hit her head.  Another female passenger was holding a towel on the laceration, providing direct pressure to stop the bleeding.  I asked her to uncover the laceration.  It was about a two inch long cut and about a quarter inch deep.  Park Ranger arrived and began gathering the information from the victim, the boat operator, and the boat make, model, and registration.  He then made calls to VICTIM's parents.  No one answered, but messages were left.

I bandaged up the cut.  Then I gave operator directions to the hospital in Nephi.  Next, I helped get VICTIM from the boat into the truck that was going to transport her to the emergency room in Nephi.  I also gave the female driver of the truck the same directions to the hospital in Nephi and told her to call 911 if VICTIM's condition changed on the way to the hospital.

I collected the information that Ranger had gathered for my report and cleared the scene.  I then called Juab Dispatch and asked them to contact the ER know that VICTIM was coming into the hospital for treatment.

Incident Closed.

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