A severe blow Late afternoon at Polzeath, Cornwall, on 28 August 2005 RNLI lifeguards spotted a young woman being helped out of the black and white flagged area. While surfing, the woman had taken a blow to the back of her head from a surfboard.

The lifeguards carried the unconscious casualty out of the water and put her in the recovery position where she came around, coughing. She was in shock and suffering from hypothermia, so the lifeguards gave her oxygen, wrapped her in blankets, set up a windshield and reassured her until a paramedic arrived and then helicopter Rescue 192 arrived to take her to Truro hospital..