At 13:14 this afternoon, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre regarding assistance at an incident in the Hindley area involving a teenage horserider who had fallen from her horse.
The NWAS Emergency Ambulance crew despatched to this incident had requested the team on arrival at the incident location, realising a stretcher carry would be needed across open farmland.
A number of team members already present at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ prepared three team Landrover ambulances for immediate departure whilst our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE liaised with NWAS (Manchester) Control to ascertain more information and the RVP for our vehicles.
At 13:20 a full team detailed pager message was transmitted with three of our team Landrover going mobile soon after.
The very muddy conditions a the field in Hindley!Team member Carly Raines was the first MRT member on scene at 13:32 followed by our BM1 vehicle at 13:37, BM3 at 13:39 and BM2 at 13:41. Specialist equipment and a stretcher was quickly despatched to the scene, with MRT members working closely with the NWAS crew to treat the 14 year old female horse rider for suspected spinal injuries.
Just after 14:00 the young teenager involved (from the Hindley area of Wigan) was in the NWAS ambulance and on her way to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.
The casualty is returned to the waiting NWAS Ambulance for onward transport to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, WiganThe team would like to thank all the local horse riders, members of the public and local farmers who kindly assisted in looking after the horse rider involved up to and during the involvement of NWAS and ourselves.
Thanks also to the local farmer who lent the services of his tractor to tow out team member Steve Kenworthy’s van which became stuck in the very muddy roadhead at the entrance to the field.
The following resources were involved in this incident:
NWAS Manchester Belle Vue Control
NWAS Manchester Emergency Ambulance from Bolton South Ambulance Station, 2 crew
Bolton MRT team Landrovers BM1, 2 and 3, with 18 team members on scene and a further ten stood down responding.
At 11:50 this morning, the team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester) Emergency Control Centre, who were requesting our assistance at an incident in the George’s Lane, Rivington area.
Already in attendance at the scene of the incident was an NWAS RRV Paramedic who had been called to the scene a short time earlier.
With several team members already working on maintenance tasks at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ, and two team members Ged Clarke and Mark Scott responding directly to our base at Bolton Central Fire Station, an immediate response was made with two team vehicles going mobile at 12:00.
The scene of the incident involving the Horse Rider.
The team was requested to attend to a female who had fallen from her horse whilst riding with a friend on a moorland track below George’s Lane, which itself runs below the base of Rivington Pike.
The North West Air Ambulance Helimed 08 had also been called at the same time and had landed near to the scene shortly before our first team vehicle arrived at 12:12.
The casualty is loaded onto NWAA Helimed 08
The female had suffered several injuries which were serious enough to warrant evacuation to Royal Blackburn Hospital by helicopter. After being treated for her injuries by a responding NWAS Paramedic and the crew of NWAA Helimed 08, Bolton MRT team members assisted the crew of the North West Air Ambulance in carrying the casualty approximately 100m to the helicopter, which promptly left the scene at 12:35 with the patient on board.
NWAA Helimed 08 departs the scene for Royal Blackburn HospitalThe team would like to thank the off-duty Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service USAR team member who was out riding his mountain bike and passed the accident shortly after it had happened. His local area knowledge and accurate description of the location to the 999 operators helped the Ambulance crews and BMRT vehicles to easily find the incident site.
This evening the team was paged at 19.45hrs by NWAS (Lancashire) regards an accident on the moors involving a 51 year old female horse rider who had fallen from her mount, sustaining injuries.
Shortly afterwards a full team pager call out message alerted the entire membership to the vicinity of the incident location.
The horse rider involved had been out riding in the company of a friend from the nearby yard, when she fell from her horse, on the lower eastern slopes of Turton Heights, just above the track to Clough House Farm off the B6391 Greens Arms Road.
Around 20.15hrs our first team members (John Dickinson, Neil Warburton and our Deputy Leader Geoff Seddon) arrived on scene to meet the responding NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Ambulance crew (From Rossendale Ambulance Station) and a solo crewed NWAS (Lancashire) Rapid Response Vehicle from Blackburn.
The injured woman, who is from the Bolton area, sustained a suspected fractured femur, and was treated on scene with powerful pain killing drugs and gas.
One feature of this incident was the unseasonal low temperature, made worse by a very strong wind.
By 20.23hrs our first team vehicle arrived on scene, our BM6, followed by two further team vehicles at 20.30 / 20.31hrs respectively.
The injured woman was partly evacuated from the moorland hillside, firstly on an NWAS Long board, and then on a Bell Mountain Rescue Stretcher, to the B6391 Greens Arms Road, where she was put into the NWAS Emergency Ambulance at 20.47hrs, which then departed shortly afterwards for Royal Bolton Hospital.
In total twenty one Bolton MRT members were involved on scene with this incident, a further three Bolton MRT members were stood down responding.
Three team Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles responded, alongside NWAS (Lancashire) resources.
At 15:30 today the team was contacted by NWAS Paramedic Emergency Control at Manchester regarding assistance to an injured woman within the Moses Gate Country Park, Farnworth, area.
Both our Team Leader and Deputy Leader collected relevant information from Ambulance Control ascertaining it was an injury to a horse rider who had shoulder and suspected spinal injuries.
A full team pager call was made at 15:39 resulting in an immediate response by our Mountain Rescue Landrover ambulances BM1 and BM3.
Our Deputy Leader Geoff Seddon was the first MRT member on scene, joining the Ambulance crew and establishing that the casualty site was on the bridle path system within the country park overlooking the River Croal just beyond the “Red Bridge”.
At 16:00 our BM1 arrived at the roadhead near to the “Red Bridge”, followed at 16:01 by our BM3 vehicle.
At the casualty site, the 26 year old experienced female horse rider (from the Stoneclough area) was given self-administered Entonox initially.
With her serious shoulder injury splinted she was then placed on a long-board completed with head blocks and cervical collar due to a possible spinal injury.
She was then further treated with a Fentanyl Lozenge opiate for pain relief.
The stretcher evacuation of the injured lady (on a Mountain Rescue stretcher) commenced at 16:22. By 16:27 the casualty had been evacuated to the waiting NWAS Emergency Ambulance at the “Red Bridge”.
She was then transported to Royal Bolton Hospital in the ambulance with team member Mark Scott accompanying the ambulance crew in their vehicle.
In total, 10 Bolton MRT team members were involved in this incident with a further 7 team members stood down responding. The NWAS Emergency Ambulance crew were from Bolton South (Highfield) Ambulance Station.
As an aside, former team member and current long-serving GMFRS Firefighter Ray Clift was walking his dog in the country park at the time of the incident and was aware of the NWAS Ambulance RVP; Ray gave directions to responding team members as they entered the country park.
At 13:26 today the team was paged by NWAS (Greater Manchester) requesting our assistance in extracting a difficult to reach casualty in the Whitefield area of Greater Manchester. On gathering more information on the incident a full team callout was issued at 13:33.
The female casualty had been horse riding in a party of four on this bank holiday Monday when she had fallen from her horse.
Two of our LandRover Ambulances were out in the teams’ area and responded to the incident, with 5 call out contact personnel on board. A further 6 personnel responded in their own vehicles to the rendezvous point on Philips Park Road West. Another two call out team members stood down responding.
On locating the casualty the easiest extraction was determined to be straight up the M60 embankment where an NWAS ambulance was parked on a wide section of the M60 hard shoulder waiting to transfer the casualty to hospital.
After loading the casualty on to one of our Bell rescue stretchers the team carried the casualty up the steep embankment using ropes to aid the ascent.
The casualty was transferred to the waiting ambulance and the incident concluded at 14:43.
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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Nov 6 2011
Incident 68/2011
At 13:14 this afternoon, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre regarding assistance at an incident in the Hindley area involving a teenage horserider who had fallen from her horse.
The NWAS Emergency Ambulance crew despatched to this incident had requested the team on arrival at the incident location, realising a stretcher carry would be needed across open farmland.
A number of team members already present at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ prepared three team Landrover ambulances for immediate departure whilst our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE liaised with NWAS (Manchester) Control to ascertain more information and the RVP for our vehicles.
At 13:20 a full team detailed pager message was transmitted with three of our team Landrover going mobile soon after.
Just after 14:00 the young teenager involved (from the Hindley area of Wigan) was in the NWAS ambulance and on her way to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.
Thanks also to the local farmer who lent the services of his tractor to tow out team member Steve Kenworthy’s van which became stuck in the very muddy roadhead at the entrance to the field.
The following resources were involved in this incident:
By admin • 2011, Incident • Tags: Hindley, HorseRiding