by admin | Jan 20, 2002 | 2002, Incident
No less than 5 minutes after this incident, we were called by Lancashire Ambulance Service to respond to a report of a female who had ’fallen over a cliff’ at White Coppice. In addition to ourselves, Bowland Pennine MRT were also called. Since the casualty... by admin | Jan 20, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Today, we dealt with 2 incidents in quick succession: Firstly, one of our vehicles chanced upon an RTA whereby a motorcycle pillion passenger had fallen from her carriage. She displaced her tib/fib and patella, and there was cause for concern regarding a possible... by admin | Jan 5, 2002 | 2002, Incident
GMAS requested our assistance at an incident at High Rid reservoir, Lostock – they had received a 999 call detailing a male who had been in the water (the air temperature was 5 deg. C), and was now on the bank. We were stood down whilst responding as the... by admin | Jan 4, 2002 | 2002, Incident
At 23:14 Lancashire Ambulance Service requested our assistance with a medical emergency at a farm in Edgworth. The track to the farm was covered in sheet ice and the crew knew that without 4WD they would be unable to depart – weather conditions were freezing.... by admin | Jan 1, 2002 | 2002, Incident
The second call of the day was to assist with the recovery of a man’s body from Hindsford Brook, Atherton. The police have said there were no suspicious circumstances. by admin | Jan 1, 2002 | 2002, Incident
The first “non-ambulance assist” call of the year was to a male rambler who slipped in the snow – and banged his head on stone steps near in the Rivington area. We were called to the scene along with the air ambulance and were required to marshal a...