On January 5, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following a request for urgent assistance from a 62-year-old man and a friend, reporting that he had been bitten by a ragged-tooth shark he had caught while fishing at Papiesfontein, north east of Jeffreys Bay.
The man, from Plettenberg Bay, and his friend had been shoreline angling, in preparation for an angling competition when he landed a shark, and while attempting to free the shark to be released from the fishing gear, he had been bitten.
An NSRI Jeffreys Bay rescue vehicle, EC Government Health EMS, Gardmed ambulance services, and Relay ambulance services were activated.
On arrival at the scene, the man’s friend had already applied tourniquets to injuries, lacerations, and puncture wounds to the man’s hand and calf. An additional tourniquet and pressure bandages were applied by NSRI medics.
The man was transported to hospital by a Gardmed ambulance in a stable condition where he is receiving ongoing medical treatment, and is expected to make a full recovery.
