A walker fell on rocks between Amroth and Wiseman’s Bridge suffering a suspected broken ankle on Saturday.

The alarm was raised at around 1.30 pm when Tenby’s inshore lifeboat was launched to go to the man’s assistance.

The lifeboat was quickly on scene and a volunteer crew member went ashore to assess the casualty. The gentleman had gotten his foot trapped between two rocks and then lost his balance and fell.

It was decided that as the casualty was comfortable where he was, the crew member would stay with him whilst the lifeboat went the short distance around to Amroth to collect the paramedic who had also arrived so that he could treat the casualty and also a coastguard team member to assist in evacuating the casualty.

With the paramedic, coastguard team member and also a stretcher on board, the lifeboat then went back to the casualty.

In the short time the lifeboat had been away, the tide had come in considerably and the swell had picked up to the extent that the helmsman decided that the safest option to evacuate the casualty would be by helicopter.

Milford Haven Coastguard then arranged for Royal Navy Search and Rescue Helicopter 193 from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall.

In the meantime, the wife of the casualty, along with their two dogs, were taken aboard the lifeboat and dropped safely ashore at Amroth so that she could arrange transport to meet her husband at the hospital.

Once the helicopter was on scene, the casualty was airlifted, along with the lifeboat crew member, paramedic and coastguard member. They were then dropped in a field above where the casualty was placed in an ambulance and taken to hospital.