Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family following the sad news of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Many of our members were inspired to enjoy the outdoors through the DofE Award. The picture shows members meeting the Duke in 1979. pic.twitter.com/SSTC30CcPB
At 4.56pm yesterday we were requested by NWAS to assist with a 22yo male who had fallen at Tiger’s Clough. The team treated him with pain relief & placed a vacuum splint around the injured ankle, then stretchered him to the waiting ambulance.We wish him a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/ZEbrt4vaLT
1/2 From all of us at BMRT we would just like to thank every one of you that donated to us this weekend. It was a hard decision for us not to do our usual Easter meet and great around Rivington but for the safety of our team members, we decided against it. pic.twitter.com/xkNOo8equX
It's been a busy start to 2021 for the team. Three months in & we are already on our way to more callouts than we had last year. If you can support us in our work, please feel free to donate via boltonmrt.enthuse.com/#!/ #BoltonMRT #Volunteers #Donate #Rescues #BeenBusy pic.twitter.com/KhDxLT92N8
1/ Today is usually a busy and important day for the team. With so many people visiting the Rivington area in particular, we would usually have our displays set up around the area to help educate people about outdoor safety. pic.twitter.com/0iKNZaqWU1
Thank you to everyone who nominated us for these awards and huge congratulations to Ricky Lomax for winning the Emergency Service Award 🥳 #BoltonNewsLockdownHeroes twitter.com/TheBoltonNews/…
Our water team has been very busy over the past few weeks! Congratulations to our new MOD2’s and well done to our MOD4’s for passing their refreshers course 🥳 facebook.com/58756182794365… #BoltonMRT #WaterSafety #Training pic.twitter.com/3MaO6XkOnF
If you see a fire in the countryside, report it immediately 🔥 Leave the area as soon as possible and dial 999 📱 If you witness illegal activity report it to Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 pic.twitter.com/I7eRXLwQx4
❓ Did you know that moorland and wildfires can be started in a number of ways? Sadly, many are started deliberately, however, some can break out by people being careless with barbecues, campfires or not disposing of cigarettes properly 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WDHdEHFcXA
We appreciate this encouraging message of support from our colleagues at NWAS twitter.com/NWAmbulance/st…
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Oct 28 2014
Incident 87/2014 – injured young mountain biker at Lyon’s Den
A 999 call was received by the North West Ambulance Service this afternoon concerning the report of a young 12 year old boy from Darwen, reported to be unconscious on the moor, in the vicinity of Darwen Tower.
At 14:39 the Bolton MRT was contacted by the Team Leader of Rossendale & Pendle MRT regards this call which had been passed to their team a minute beforehand by the North West Ambulance Service, however it transpired that the incident had occurred within BMRT’s operational area.
Also despatched to attend this incident was an aircraft from the North West Air Ambulance (Helimed 72) from City Airport Manchester.
It was soon discovered that the young male had fallen from his bike whilst riding in the company of his father and younger brother, on the gravel track near to an area known locally as Lyon’s Den. Coincidentally this was the exact same location as the last mountain bike accident which had occurred on the 12th October 2014 (see our incident report 86/2014)
Once the initial rendezvous point had been established, the Bolton MRT were called out to attend at 14:42. Twelve team members and three team Land Rover ambulances made their way to the Roddlesworth Information Centre at Tockholes, Darwen, to assist NWAS and the crew of the North West Air Ambulance with the treatment and evacuation of the young casualty.
Our first responding team Land Rover arrived on scene at 15:08 and drove onto the moor to meet with the NWAA crew. Unfortunately just prior to this, the weather had taken a turn for the worse, and torrential rain ensued throughout. Team members deployed a casualty shelter whilst treatment was given by the NWAA crew, and the casualty’s 10 year old younger brother was given shelter in one of our team Land Rover ambulances.
With suspected head, spinal and pelvic injuries sustained by the 12 year old male, he was splinted, immobilised and loaded onto a specialised “scoop” stretcher and pain relief was given. He was then carried by team members and the NWAA crew a short distance to the waiting helicopter, which departed for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital at approximately 16:00. Due to the suspected severity of his injuries, the casualty was accompanied by his father on the flight to hospital.
Bolton MRT team members present then conveyed the younger brother and the family’s three mountain bikes to their home address in Darwen, where team members were met by the casualty’s mother (owing to communication difficulties it had not been possible to get in touch with her beforehand).
The team’s best wishes are expressed to the young boy and his family, with the hope of a speedy recovery and return to mountain biking.
The following resources were known to be deployed on this incident:
This incident marks the ninth mountain bike accident attended by Bolton MRT so far this year (2013 – ten mountain bike incidents).
By Steven Fletcher • 2014, Incident • Tags: MountainBiker