2017

Sep Sunday 17 2017

Incident 66/2017 – RTC De Havilland Way

At the conclusion of the peer review weekend all vehicles were travelling back to their respective bases when Team Leader Alistair Greenough received a phone call from the peer review team reporting they had come across an RTC involving two vehicles on De Havilland Way, and were requesting our assistance with the casualties.

Alistair, an A&E nurse, and Sam McKay, a staff nurse, assessed the casualties and helped to stabilise until an NWAS RRV arrived. We remained on scene until two ambulances arrived to transport the injured parties to hospital.

 

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Sep Saturday 16 2017

Incident 65/2017 – Assisting Bowland Pennine MRT with a search at Nicky Nook

At 6:35 this morning the team were contacted by our neighbouring team, Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, to assist with an ongoing search for a missing female giving police cause for concern.

Bowland Pennine had been searching Nicky Nook, near Scorton, since the early hours, and with continued areas outstanding had requested the assistance of Bolton MRT and Rossendale & Pendle MRT, as well as search dogs from Calder Valley SRT, Cave Rescue Organisation and Cheshire LSRT. As we were in the middle of our peer review we also had our facilitators from Cleveland MRT and Swaledale MRT.

The search was coordinated from Bowland Pennines Ray Lane base/HQ.

At 10:10 the news came through that the woman had been found. Team member and staff nurse Sam McKay attended the scene to assist with medical needs the lady had, before handing over to an NWAS ambulance.

All teams would like to wish the lady a speedy recovery.

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Sep Thursday 7 2017

Incident 64/2017 – Two Walkers Lost in Fog

At 17:27 this afternoon the team was contacted by Lancashire Constabulary who reported they had been contacted by two walkers, who had lost there bearings in the vicinity of Winter Hill. The hilltops were shrouded in thick hill fog at the time.

The team were placed on standby whilst a “sarlock” was made to pin point the walkers location.

Assistant Team Leader, Mark Scott, who lives in Horwich made his way to the missing walkers location, and transported the pair to their vehicle.

22 team personnel had declared themselves available for a search, should the need have arisen.

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Sep Monday 4 2017

Incident 63/2017 – seriously injured male near Boothstown

At 20:46 on Saturday 2nd September the team was contacted by North West Ambulance Service (Greater Manchester) EOC, who were requesting our assistance at an incident in Boothstown, Manchester.

A 16 year old male was reported to have suffered serious abdominal injuries in fields near to Boothstown Marina.

An NWAS RRV paramedic, Emergency ambulance and the NWAS HART team were mobilised, in addition to ourselves and GMP officers. Additional support was provided by an aircraft from the National Police Air Service, for scene lighting and search.

Our first attending team members arrived on scene at 21:12. After initial treatment by the NWAS crews, the casualty was carried on a BMRT stretcher for approximately 500m, to the road, for onward transport to hospital.

BMRT remained on scene to provide scene lighting to support the work of officers from GMP.

Our thanks are expressed to several youths on scene who helped to guide personnel to the incident site.

In total, 22 Bolton MRT members assisted on this incident in three team vehicles.

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Aug Sunday 13 2017

Incident 62/2017 – Ankle Injury Earnsdale Reservoir

At 22:11 this evening the team was contacted by the North West Ambulance Service for assistance with a casualty on the bank side of Earnsdale Reservoir, Darwen.

The man had sustained an ankle injury whilst walking. The single crew NWAS RRV had reached the man, but required our assistance to carry the man to the nearest road head.

16 team members responded to this incident, who were guided in to the location by the injured mans friend.

The mans leg was placed in a vacuum mattress before transferring onto a stretcher for the short carry to the waiting ambulance.

The team would like to wish the man a speedy recovery from his injury.

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