RedactedNarrative: Response:
  Report of injured wakeboarder from lake mead dispatch that was inbound to cottonwood cove marina courtesy dock. Nps unit 228 arrived on scene and began treating patient. Nps 102 arrived shortly after and began assisting with patient care and investigation. Pt transported to university medical center.
  
  Investigation:
  Report from patient on scene that patient was wakeboarding when the front of his board caught the water. At that time he was stretched out forward and hit the water. Patient had wind knocked out of him and developed lower back pain, pt was pulled aboard the vessel. Patient then began experiencing right leg numbeness.
  
  Report from vessel operator via telephone that after the signal from the wakeboarder to increase speed, the operator barely came up on plane and was traveling approximitely 15 mph when he was signaled by the observer to come down and that the wakeboarder had went down. Operator states they were approx 2 nautical miles south of cottonwood cove, in middle of basin, but north of 6 mile cove, at time of incident. They immediately pulled patient aboard and transported to cottonwood cove marina where they called for emergency assitance.