At 18.28hrs this evening the team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester area) EOC Parkway to lend assistance to an incident at Astley Green, involving the report of a collapsed male on the tow path to the Bridgewater Canal.
An NWAS Rapid Response Vehicle Paramedic had initially responded, with the team being requested to stretcher evacuate the male along the towpath back to the responding NWAS Emergency Ambulance.
Our first arriving member was our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who living nearby arrived quickly at the Ambulance RVP at 18.42hrs, closely followed by our Chairman Craig Lamb at 18.44hrs who also lives nearby.
The ambulance RVP was set up at Astley Bridge which crosses over the Bridgewater Canal, on Lower Green Lane, Astley Green, Astley, Manchester.
Garry and Craig went straight away to the incident site along with the Emergency Ambulance Paramedic, whilst team member Mike O’Brien waited at the RVP for the arrival of our responding vehicles.
The male involved, a 60 years old man from Leigh, had collapsed on the canal towpath, with suspected chest pains and possible injuries from his fall.
The responding RRV Paramedic was initially assisted by a passing GMFRS Firefighter, who left shortly after MRT members arrived on scene.
Our first two of three responding Land Rovers arrived at the RVP at 19.05hrs, and equipment and more personnel were quickly despatched to the incident site, which was by Whitehead Hall Bridge, over the Bridgewater Canal.
The male involved was treated for possible head, neck and back injuries, as well as the report of chest pains, and with pain killing drugs was placed on a long board with head blocks.
At circa 19.23hrs a short distance stretcher evacuation on our SAR Alpine Lite Mountain Rescue Stretcher commenced, along the canal towpath, with care having to be exercised at various parts where the towpath narrowed!
Within ten minutes the man was at the ambulance RVP, and by 19.50hrs was on route to Hope Hospital, Salford, for treatment.
By 20.00hrs all MRT and NWAS involved resources had departed the RVP, with the crew of our Bolton Mobile 1 vehicle travelling onward to Hope Hospital to retrieve team kit items used in treating the man.
The following resources were involved in this incident;
NWAS (Greater Manchester area); EOC Parkway, Rapid Response Vehicle (Estate car) with solo Paramedic crew, and one Emergency Ambulance, two crew ; Paramedic and EMT.
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team; Three Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Ambulances responded, Bolton Mobiles 1,2 and 4. twenty one team members involved on scene, one further member assisting with SARCALL log information. Three further team members were stood down responding.
At 11.53hrs late this morning, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Greater Manchester) EOC Parkway, for the team to respond to a serious motorcycle accident at Morleys Farm Race Track, Morleys Lane, Marsland Green, on the open land between Leigh and Astley.
With eleven team members already present at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for our valet day (see below) sufficient resources were available to make an immediate response.
Three Team Land Rover Defender Mountain Rescue Land Rover Ambulances mobilised from our Base / HQ with our Incident Control Vehicle mobilising from our Bolton Central Community Fire Station garage, with twelve team members in total responding.
At 12.14hrs our Deputy Team Leader Chris Greenhalgh was informed by NWAS (Greater Manchester) EOC Parkway to stand down the Bolton MRT response, as the NWAA Helicopter, ‘Helimed 75,’ from City Airport Manchester (Barton) had managed to land close to the seriously injured motorcyclist, and airlifted him urgently to Salford Hope Hospital.
The responding team members returned to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to complete our monthly valet day tasks.
At 15.53hrs our BM2 vehicle with team members Fred Taylor and Dave Carter on board, was despatched by NWAS (Manchester) to a residential address on the East Lancashire Road in the Astley area of Wigan, to assist an on scene NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Ambulance crew, with carrying a casualty across snow and ice to their vehicle.
Whilst responding to this incident, our BM2 vehicle was stood down responding on the East Lancashire Road in the Tyldesley area.
At 12:19 the team was paged to attend an off-road motorcycle incident at an organised motocross event in the Morleys Lane area of Astley Green, Wigan.
With the report of the cyclist having suffered a serious leg injury, our Team Leader and Landrover ambulance BM3 diverted from the previous incident to attend this one.
A full team callout was then paged for other members to attend this incident (at this stage the previous incident, 67/2008, was still in progress).
At 12:36 with the Wayoh Reservoir incident stood down, all resources were switched to this incident. At 12:48 our Team Leader and BM3 vehicle were first to arrive on scene, but with the help of other off-road motorcycle enthusiasts, the ambulance crew had managed to evacuate the 46 year old casualty (with a very serious leg injury) to the ambulance and we were stood down.
In total four team Landrover ambulances responded to this incident along with 28 team members.
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
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
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
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May 30 2015
Incident 45/2015 – Collapsed male, Bridgewater Canal towpath at Astley Green
At 18.28hrs this evening the team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester area) EOC Parkway to lend assistance to an incident at Astley Green, involving the report of a collapsed male on the tow path to the Bridgewater Canal.
An NWAS Rapid Response Vehicle Paramedic had initially responded, with the team being requested to stretcher evacuate the male along the towpath back to the responding NWAS Emergency Ambulance.
Our first arriving member was our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, who living nearby arrived quickly at the Ambulance RVP at 18.42hrs, closely followed by our Chairman Craig Lamb at 18.44hrs who also lives nearby.
The ambulance RVP was set up at Astley Bridge which crosses over the Bridgewater Canal, on Lower Green Lane, Astley Green, Astley, Manchester.
Garry and Craig went straight away to the incident site along with the Emergency Ambulance Paramedic, whilst team member Mike O’Brien waited at the RVP for the arrival of our responding vehicles.
The male involved, a 60 years old man from Leigh, had collapsed on the canal towpath, with suspected chest pains and possible injuries from his fall.
The responding RRV Paramedic was initially assisted by a passing GMFRS Firefighter, who left shortly after MRT members arrived on scene.
Our first two of three responding Land Rovers arrived at the RVP at 19.05hrs, and equipment and more personnel were quickly despatched to the incident site, which was by Whitehead Hall Bridge, over the Bridgewater Canal.
The male involved was treated for possible head, neck and back injuries, as well as the report of chest pains, and with pain killing drugs was placed on a long board with head blocks.
At circa 19.23hrs a short distance stretcher evacuation on our SAR Alpine Lite Mountain Rescue Stretcher commenced, along the canal towpath, with care having to be exercised at various parts where the towpath narrowed!
Within ten minutes the man was at the ambulance RVP, and by 19.50hrs was on route to Hope Hospital, Salford, for treatment.
By 20.00hrs all MRT and NWAS involved resources had departed the RVP, with the crew of our Bolton Mobile 1 vehicle travelling onward to Hope Hospital to retrieve team kit items used in treating the man.
The following resources were involved in this incident;
By Steven Fletcher • 2015, Incident • Tags: Astley, Miscellaneous