On 09/06/2009 at approximately 1612 hours NRO 1 received a call from Butler County Dispatch about a skier that had been injured while water skiing on El Dorado Res. NRO 1, along with NRO 2, was on water patrol at the time and responded to Boulder Bluff Boat Ramp #4 by patrol boat.

Once on scene NRO 1 viewed a white male lying on his back on the courtesy dock, wearing a wet suit and his PFD. NRO 1 made contact with the victim and the operator of the PWC, Operator 1, wife of victim Victim 1. Operator 1 stated that she was trying to pull Victim 1 up on the water ski when she heard him yell and go back down into the water. She proceeded to get Victim 1 and transported him back to the boat dock. Operator 1 advised that another gentleman was standing on the docks when she pulled up to the docks on her PWC. The gentleman helped her get Victim 1 onto the docks and then called 911.

NRO 1 stood to the side of Victim 1 as EMS took care of him. NRO 1 asked Operator 1 to take a PBT, which she consented to, and it gave a reading of .000%.  He was treated with pain killers on scene and then transported to Wesley Hospital in Wichita, KS. Victim 1 underwent surgery to repair a broken right hip. He was released from the hospital on 9/13/09.

After speaking to Victim 1 on the phone, it is believed that the broken hip might have been caused from an injury the week before. Victim 1 was just getting out of the water on the skis when he felt a pop and went down. Victim 1 advised that he did not strike any object to have caused the hip to break.
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