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Spinal Board

DonnchúWhen a climber was seriously injured in a fall at Aberdour on 9 February, Kinghorn’s Atlantic 75 lifeboat Frederick Robertson was on the scene within 15 minutes. The crew requested the help of an RAF helicopter to get the man quickly to hospital without aggravating his injuries. But the tide rose quickly while the volunteers awaited the aircraft so they moved the man above the high water level on a spinal board. When the helicopter arrived he was winched onboard and taken to hospital.