Suikerbossie above Hout Bay Cape Town

On Sunday the 16th of December 2018 at 09h55 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received.

The Metro Rescue Mobile Incident Command Vehicle (Metro 1) with our dedicated mountain rescue trailer was dispatched to the Suikerbossie restaurant to attend to this call, where a 64 year old local male had reportedly suffered an injury while descending the lower slopes of the Hout Bay corner section of the Table Mountain National Park.

Our Rescue Mountaineers were dispatched as well as the Incident Commander who is stationed at the Pinelands Metro Rescue Base was preparing for a stretcher carry out of the patient.

On arrival, our Medics and Rescue Mountaineers found that members of the casualty party had managed to assist their injured member as far as the restaurant. Here, our Advanced Life Support Medical Rescue Technicians examined the patient who had confirmed that he did not require any further assistance, after complaining of lower back problems. Our medics advised him to report to a medical facility should his situation worsen, after which the patient left the scene via private transport.

WSAR wishes the gentleman a speedy recovery.

Lion’s Head Cape Town

On Monday the 17th of December 2018 at 14h15 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received.

It was reported that a person who is a known diabetic had been experiencing complications while hiking on Lion’s Head. Metro 1 was dispatched to the base of Lion’s Head, while the SANParks Visitor Safety Patrollers who had responded up the jeep track in a 4×4 vehicle, had come across the patient towards the end of the track, upslope from the Signal Hill road.

After communicating with the Advanced Life Support Medical Rescue Technicians at Metro 1, SANParks was  tasked to deliver the 52 year old local male via 4×4 to the base of Lion’s Head. After an assessment, the patient confirmed that he did not require further treatment, and he was advised to report to a medical facility should his situation worsen, before he left via private transport.

WSAR wishes the patient a speedy recovery.

WSAR urges the public to please:-

  • learn the grades of the various walks and to choose ones that suite your capabilities
  • carry any chronic medication that may have been prescribed in your first aid kit
  • remain stationary after you have made a call for assisatnce

Please call 021 937 0300 or 112 for any wilderness or mountain rescue response.