I was called from the USCGA regarding a female at the courtesy dock that was injured while tubing.  I informed dispatch of the medical and responded.  When I arrived I found VICTIM laying on the back area of the vessel with a towel over her face.  I took it off to find a large contusion on her left eye swelling it shut and a laceration.  Bleeding was controlled.  VICTIM was conscious alert and said she didn't think she lost consciousness.  VICTIM also complained about left shoulder pain.  It appeared slightly larger than the right but no obvious deformity.  VICTIM was at the point of almost hyperventilating.  Ranger arrived and helped administer Oxygen while we waited for medical to respond.  When medical responded they recommended transporting her but VICTIM refused and wanted to self transport.

VICTIM was being pulled on a tube with SUBJECT1 and hit some wakes causing them to fall off.  VICTIM didn't remember hitting anything other than the water and that her arm seemed to bend funny.  Passengers on the vessel didn't think it looked like an especially hard fall and didn't realize anything was wrong until they went to get VICTIM.  The operator said that they had went over the wakes of another boat but didn't indicate that it was too close or out of the ordinary in any way.  SUBJECT1 had no complaints of injury and transported VICTIM to the hospital to get checked out.

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