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  I responded to a medical call at the Wahweap Boat rentals docks.  A 15 year old male had received lacerations to his leg from a propeller cut.  NPS Rangers provided initial treatment and transport to a suitable landing zone before transferring patient to Classis Lifeguard staff.  I conducted the vessel accident investigation.
  
  INITIAL CALL:
  
  At approximately 1245 hrs on 8/12/17 I overheard NPS dispatch calling NPS Ranger and informing him of a medical patient in route to Wahweap Boat rentals with a laceration.  I also responded to Wahweap boat rentals to assist.  Upon arriving on scene I found Ranger and a good samaritan providing treatment to a 15 year old male seated in a rental power boat.  Ranger informed me the male had received lacerations to his right thigh from the propeller on the vessel.  I assisted them in loading the male patient onto their gurney.
  
  INVESTIGATION:
  
  I spoke with an adult male German National, who stated he was the male patients father and the operator of the vessel at the time of the accident.  I quickly acquired his personal information and his son's information as we walked to the NPS ambulance.  I interviewed Operator about the incident and he stated that his son had been attempting to water ski and had fallen.  Operator had driven the boat back to pick him up and had apparently gotten too close to Victim with the vessel still in gear and the propeller had struck and cut the back of Victim's right thigh.
  
  I later spoke with Victim's mother, and acquired her information as well as her daughters, who was also on the rental vessel.  She also confirmed to me what Operator had stated had occurred.  I also collected the vessel's information for the report and gave her my card.
  
  Victim was air lifted to St. George for treatment of his lacerations.
  