On 5/27/2013 at 1245 hours I was called by dispatch to a medical at the boat ramp area of Starvation Reservoir, Duchesne County, Utah.  Dispatch told me it was a man with a mangled/broken arm.  I arrived seconds later to find a man setting down in the concession building holding a towel over his right arm.  He appeared to be very pale but was responsive to my questions.  

I asked for his information and details about what his injury was.  He told me that he got his arm between two boats.  Before I could go any farther with questioning an emergency doctor came to the scene.   He took over the incident from this point.  I gave him a pair of gloves.  He had Victim remove the towel so he could look at the injury and then had him move the arm.  He said it was only skin damage that he could tell and nerves, etc, were fine as far as he could tell.  I saw the injury at this time.  It was a large tear in the skin that had covered his right elbow.  The elbow muscle and bone, etc, were visible but bleeding was minor.  DR. for a dressing and some water to get it wet and then applied this to the wound.  He dressed the wound and then used a piece of cardboard to mobilize it.  Officer with the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office arrived at this time.  Before we could take vitals the ambulance arrived.  Although pale, VICTIM walked to the ambulance.  He was transported to UBMC in Roosevelt, Utah.

After talking to VICTIM and other witness',  it was determined that unoccupied boat #2 drifted from the beach area in an easterly direction.  VICTIM and boat #1 (unknown who else was on this vessel) went from the same area to retrieve the vessel.  Vessel #1 approached vessel #2, stern to bow.  VICTIM being on the stern of #1 trying to reach the eyelet of #2's stern.  As he reached, witness' said his arm somehow got pinched between the two vessels causing a major laceration on his right elbow.  It is unknown exactly which part of the boat struck him. 

It was determined by myself that rough seas (large waves) likely caused the injury along with a bit of carelessness on the injured's part.
Duchesne