by admin | Jun 21, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 12.50hrs early this sunny and warm afternoon, we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) EOC Parkway, for our assistance with the evacuation of an injured dog walker in the Radcliffe area. The 48 years old woman involved, from Radcliffe, had been walking her dog on open...
by admin | Jun 10, 2013 | 2013, Incident
Whilst loading the casualty from Incident 69 into the NWAS Ambulance, at 12.36hrs we were paged by the Airdesk Despatcher at NWAS (Lancashire) EOC Broughton, to respond to an incident at Rivington, involving a female walker with a facial injury. Our Mountain Rescue...
by admin | May 30, 2013 | 2013, Incident
At 18.15hrs this sunny early evening, we were paged by NWAS (Lancashire) EOC Broughton, requesting our assistance with a 92 years old woman who had fallen down an embankment in Sunnyhurst Wood, Darwen. An NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Ambulance crew from Altham...
by admin | Apr 28, 2013 | 2013, Incident
With all our vehicles excepting Land Rover BM4 at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, alongside sixteen team members, for our monthly scheduled Vehicle and Base / HQ Valet day, we were therefore in an excellent position to respond to a pager call for the teams assistance...
by admin | Apr 27, 2013 | 2013, Incident
Shortly after noon today, a woman out dog walking with others on the hillside ‘Old Kates Dingle’ track above the Lower House Car Park at Rivington, aggravated a previous injury resulting in a very painful knee dislocation. The responding NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency...