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2010 Incidents, Call Outs and Other
Events
Numbered Incidents are reported to
Mountain Rescue - England & Wales
'S' Numbers indicate a Standby and ' D' indicates our SARDA
Dog Unit only was used.
17. 4th March Spot Pickup 14:30 Hrs Brennand, Trough of
Bowland. Team paged by NW Ambulance Service to assist with a female who had
fallen and sustained a leg injury on the Ouster Rake Track in the Brennand
Valley. Stood down responding, with two vehicles mobile and 14 persons
attending, when it was determined that the female had made it to Brennand Farm
and received treatment from paramedics from the NW Air Ambulance which had also
been dispatched. (14 Rescue Person Hours)
16. 2nd March Search 20:00 Hrs Broughton, Preston.
Team requested by Lancashire Police to search for a missing 80-year-old male.
Missing since 05:00 hrs but not reported until 18:00 hrs and some concern due to
the falling temperatures. The Place Last Seen (the PLS) was at the back of the
Marriott Hotel, Broughton. Team members requested to arrive by 21:00
hrs having collected vehicles from our Penwortham & Garstang vehicle bases. An
immediate response direct to the RV by our dog handlers meant that by 20:45 hrs
area search dog Floss and handler had been deployed into woods close to the PLS.
Also, a scent article had been obtained ready for trailing dog Mij and handler
to see if they could determine a direction of travel. However, we were then
informed that the person had been located by a Police search team on a muddy
track about 1Km away. Team vehicles immediately diverted straight to the scene
where the, now very cold, person was recovered by Landrover to the road and a
waiting ambulance. (32 Rescue Person Hours)
15. 28th February Spot Pickup 14:55 Hrs Hilldale Quarry,
Parbold. Team paged by NW Ambulance Service to urgently attend an incident
where a male was reported to have fallen from a rope swing into deep water and
could not be located. Despite efforts from Police, the Fire & Rescue Service and
ourselves the search was suspended when it got dark due to safety concerns.
During this incident the Team provided rope safety lines for police officers,
used our vehicles to transport boats and other heavy equipment for the other
Emergency Services and provided wide area lighting. Unfortunately, the Police
Underwater Unit recovered a body the following day. The Team’s thoughts are with
the young persons family and friends at this time.
(48 Rescue Person Hours)
14. 24th February Spot Pickup 15:53 Hrs Anglezarke.
Team requested to assist NW Ambulance service with a 55 year-old male who had
sustained lower leg injuries near Manor House. Suspected broken tib and fib.
Casualty on steep, wet & very slippery ground. Person packaged onto Bell
stretcher and transported short distance to waiting NW Air Ambulance for onward
transport to hospital. (10 Rescue
Person Hours)
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(D). 9th February Search 19:20 Hrs Blackburn. Search dogs and handlers requested to assist Rossendale & Pendle MRT in
the search for a 26-year-old-male described as vulnerable. Search of woods &
open areas required but stood own soon after arrival on scene when missing
person found, safe, by Police. (2 Rescue
Person Hours)
Rossendale & Pendle MRT Incident 63/2010
S9. 6th
February Standby Search / Advice 21:53 Hrs Ormskirk.
Team requested to assist
with a search for a vulnerable 76 year-old-male, missing since 10:00 hrs but
only reported at 19:00 hrs. Missing in the Edge Hill University / Westhead area
of Ormskirk. As a full Team page was about to be initiated Police informed us
that the person had been located, safe and we did not deploy. (0.5
Rescue Person Hours)
S8. 3rd February Standby Bad Weather
Cover 17:23 Hrs East Lancashire.
Following heavy snow fall during the day in some parts of Lancashire request
from NW Ambulance Service as to our availability. They had immediate incidents
in the Darwen area but we requested our neighbouring colleagues in Bolton MRT attend, as it is their operational area. One Team Landrover brought
to standby but not used.
12. 3rd February Spot Pickup 12:56 Hrs Grindleton near
Clitheroe.
Team paged by the NW Ambulance
service to assist with a male fell walker with a suspected broken arm on
Grindleton Fell. Stood down on arrival as the casualty had been transported the
short distance to the North West Air Ambulance for the onward journey to Royal
Preston Hospital. (6 Rescue Person Hours)
S7. 1st February Standby Search 19:01 Hrs
Kirkham. Team
paged to assist in a search in the Kirkham area. However, on contacting the
Lancashire Police Force Incident Manager we were immediately stood down, as the
person had just been located, safe.
S6. 22nd
January Standby Search 21:39 Hrs Lancaster.
Request by Lancashire Police to join a developing search in the centre of
Lancaster. Two men had apparently tried to cross the River Lune at Greyhound
Bridge! One had been recovered but the other was outstanding. RNLI, Coastguard
SAR and Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service also responding plus Police helicopter.
We were soon stood down, as the second person was located, safe.
S5. 21st
January Standby Search 13:42
Hrs Scorton near Garstang.
A second request to assist in the search for the missing male in the Scorton
area. This time for the following day (Friday). Rossendale Pendle & Bolton MRT’s
also requested. It was decided that
Police resources (Air, Horse, Dog & Underwater) would undertake the search with
MR completing any unfinished tasks the following day (being a Saturday).
However, Police completed all tasks and MR was not used.
S4
(D). 21st January
Search Advice Scarisbrick. Search Dog
handlers gave advice to Police Officers involved in an incident in the
Scarisbrick area.
S3. 19th
January Standby Search 14:25 Hrs Scorton near Garstang.
Team paged to search for a missing male. Missing for over 3 days. Very little
information to go on and as no suitable search areas for mountain rescue could
be determined we did not deploy.
11. 15th
January Spot Pickup 15:54 Hrs Fulwood, Preston.
Team paged by North West Ambulance Service. Ambulance crew needed assistance
with the extraction of an elderly male who had fallen on a very steep icy track.
The team placed the man on a bell stretcher and extracted him to the waiting
ambulance (some Team members wearing crampons to effect this rescue).
(10 Rescue Person Hours)
10. 11th
January Spot Pickup 14:06 Hrs Chorley.
Team paged by NW Ambulance Service. Ambulance, with a
female patient on board, who was experiencing difficulties breathing, had got
stuck on an icy and snowy road. Team attended with 4-wheel drive vehicles to tow
the ambulance to the main road where it could continue its journey to hospital.
(6 Rescue Person Hours)
9(D). 10th January
Search 07:45 Hrs Settle, North Yorkshire.
Teams trailing dog and handler deployed to assist the Cave Rescue Organisation
in a search for a 62-year-old male.
Assumed missing at 03:00 hrs when Fire Service attended a fire at his home.
Unfortunately, a body was located by RAF Sea King helicopter on a nearby railway
line. (4 Rescue Person Hours)
S2.
7th January Standby Spot Pick-Up 21:14 Hrs
Lancaster.
Team paged by NW Ambulance Service. Ambulance trying to access patient in steep
ice bound street. However, on contacting Ambulance Control it was determined
that they had been able to get in and we stood down. We rang back a short time
later to confirm the ambulance had been able to get out!
8. 7th
January Standby Bad Weather Cover 00:00 – 07:30 Hrs All
Lancashire
A third day of support for the
NW Ambulance Service. The Team runs a 3 shift system when providing this type of
cover – usually 07:00 – 18:00 hrs, 18:00 hrs – midnight, midnight to 07:00 hrs –
with two persons on each vehicle. Some incidents are backed up by requesting
other Team members who live close by to respond as well in support of the
vehicle crews. Brief details of two
further incidents as follows:
i) Burnley, 02:30 hrs,
Recovered Paramedic Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) stuck in cul-de-sac and
returned it to operational use.
ii) Whitechapel, 06:45 hrs, Transport of Ambulance Control
member of staff into work due to car stuck in snow & ice.
(36.5 Rescue Person Hours)
7(D). 6th January Search
18:44 Hrs Townley
Park, Rossendale.
With Team members still on Incident 6 we were contacted by the Team Leader of
Rossendale & Pendle MRT requesting the use of our search dogs. Our SARDA (Wales) trailing
search dog and handler plus one team member to act as a navigator / support
dispatched to join the search for a missing male. (4 Rescue Person Hours)
Rossendale & Pendle MRT Incident ?/2010
6. 6th January Standby Bad Weather Cover
00:00 – 23:59 Hrs All Lancashire.
Continuing Incident 5 into a second day of support for the NW Ambulance Service.
Again, three 4 x 4 Landrover Ambulances made available. A further eleven
incidents to report, brief details follow:
i) Padiham, 00:05 hrs, Patient Transfer. Re-tasked to
following incident on route.
ii) Burnley, 00:45 hrs,
Female, Elderly, medication taken inappropriately, ambulance unable to access.
Transported patient short distance from home in team vehicle to waiting
ambulance.
iii) Whitworth, 03:30 hrs, Male, Elderly, Chest pains,
ambulance stuck in snow, recovered ambulance and transported patient short
distance to the recovered ambulance for onward transport to hospital.
iv) Blackburn, Female,
Child, Vomiting / Collapsed. Patient on board ambulance in difficulties on steep
snow icy road. Recovered ambulance and escorted to Blackburn Royal Infirmary.
Thanks to neighbours & passing milkman for getting involved in the pushing and
shoving!
v) Darwen, Male, Elderly,? Kidney condition, Stood down on
scene. Transported by NWAS staff in hired 4 x 4.
vi) Hodgson Moor, Waddington, Female, 71,? Two broken legs.
Stretchered to waiting ambulance. Ambulance escorted to Blackburn Hospital due to state of roads.
vii) Tockholes, Darwen, Male, 65+, Fallen, knee injury.
NWAS unable to access due to road condition. Team accessed and evacuated
casualty in team vehicle to waiting ambulance.
viii) St. Michael’s on Wyre, Male, 76, Chest pains. Access
difficult due to snow. Stood down responding as ambulance crew managed to gain
access.
ix) Morecambe, Female, Elderly, Constipated and in severe
pain. Transferred to hospital in team vehicle.
x) Lancaster,
20:30 hrs, Female, 83, ? Broken ankle. Had been waiting some hours for transport
to Royal Lancaster Infirmary for x-Ray. Team obliged.
xi) Cockerham, 22:30 hrs, Male, 76, Dislocated left hip. Two
Team vehicles in attendance with paramedic (former Team member). Long slippery
track to farm. Casualty placed in vac mat and onto Bell stretcher, then
sledged to end of track where met by ambulance for transport to Royal Lancaster
Infirmary.
(120 Rescue
Person Hours)
5. 5th
January Standby Bad Weather Cover 09:00 – 23:59 Hrs All
Lancashire.
Following Incident 4 it was decided to provide another period of cover for NW
Ambulance Service as the roads had now become treacherous with ambulance crews
experiencing some difficulties all over the region. Three Team 4 x 4 Landrover’s
made available this time. Our normal two long wheel base vehicles complemented
with our short wheel base support Landrover. This Landrover has no patient
carrying capability being primarily used for crag, water & search incident
support. A NWAS Paramedic was installed on board with a Team member as driver in
a Rapid Response / difficult access role. A further seven incidents attended:
i) Chipping,
Female, 84, Unconscious but good pulse & breathing. Placed on oxygen. Vacuum
mattress used to evacuate from upstairs bedroom. Placed in cas bag and on
stretcher then transported in team vehicle to
Royal Preston Hospital.
ii) Great Harwood, 12:00 hrs. Male, 87, Urgent patient
transfer. Overdue weekly dialysis due to access problems for normal transport,
Transported to Accrington
Hospital.
iii) Blackburn Town
centre. Unsuccessful attempt to recover an ambulance. Due to position it needed
something more powerful than a Landrover to drag it out!
iv)
Padiham, 14:30 hrs. Ambulance had run into house. Car had run into ambulance.
Attended but no injuries. Unable to recover ambulance.
v) Blackburn Area, Patient transfer. Stood down responding.
vi) Morecambe, 19:45 hrs, Female 60, Sore head. Patient had a
recent history of a possible stroke. Carried from home (a caravan park) to
waiting ambulance at gates to park due to very slippery track for transport to
Lancaster Royal Infirmary for further checkups.
vii) Kirkham, 20:45
hrs, Female, 57, ? Fractured arm near wrist. Treated and transported in team
vehicle to Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
(75 Rescue Person Hours)
During this incident we were contacted by colleagues in
Duddon Furness MRT in West Cumbria
requesting the use of our radio network (to get comms into an outlying part of
their area) as they had an incident which the NW Air Ambulance attended. We were
happy to accommodate.
Duddon
Furness MRT Incident ?/2010
4. 5th January Spot
Pick-Up 07:58 hrs Scotforth, Lancaster.
Team requested
to attend an ambulance with a patient onboard with breathing difficulties within
a housing estate in Scotforth, south of Lancaster. Team responded
with two vehicles and three Team members who live locally. However, stood down
on arrival as it was determined that a Police 4 x 4 had extracted the patient
sometime previously. (14 Rescue Person Hours)
S1. 2nd
January Standby Spot Pick-Up 17:21 hrs Cross of Greet, Bowland.
Contacted by Lancashire Police as they had a report of a car, with four very
cold persons on board, stranded in deep snow on the Catlow Road near the Cross of Greet. A
police officer had been dispatched in a 4 x 4 to recover them. We were requested
to standby in case things didn’t go to plan. In the end all went well and we
were not required.
3. 2nd January Standby Bad Weather Cover
11:20 Hrs All Lancashire.
Due to bad
weather, snow and very icy roads the NW Ambulance Service asked if we could
assist. Two Landrover’s again
made available. Team stood down at 17:00 hrs with 5 incidents undertaken as
follows:
i) Dutton Area, Female, Suspected stroke. Paramedic on scene
requested urgent transport to Royal Preston
Hospital which was
undertaken by team Landrover.
ii) Ribchester, Female. Pacemaker issues & difficulty
breathing. Transported to Royal
Preston
Hospital
in team Landrover.
iii) Preston, Female. Mild
hypothermia. Person reported in River Ribble. Team made a two vehicle response.
On arrival person was out of water but given extra clothing and warmed in team
vehicle. Transferred by team to Royal Preston
Hospital.
iv) Morecambe, Patient transfer. Re-tasked to following
incident on route.
v) Overton, Female, Neurone Condition. Severe pain down
right side of body. Patient suspected something not quite right. Carefully
placed on Bell
stretcher and into team Landrover. Quickly, transported to Royal Lancaster
Infirmary.
2. 1st
January Spot
Pick-Up 18:36 hrs Gisburn
Forest near Slaidburn.
Team paged
by Lancashire Police to support an officer escorting a NWAS Paramedic to a very
cold and lost mountain
biker in Gisburn Forest. One 4 x 4 Landrover with two
persons dispatched to assist. He had found his way to Hesbert Hall where he had
been given a hot drink. Police 4 x 4 with Paramedic were initially having
difficulty locating person but eventually found him. We met up with the police 4
x 4 with the biker onboard on a very icy track deep within the forest. Person
transferred to Team vehicle where given extra food & clothing. Police 4 x 4 set
off to deliver Paramedic back too his ambulance some miles away in Gisburn. Bike
recovered and person delivered to his car. Escorted from the area by Team
vehicle. With sub zero temperatures we think this person has been very lucky.
(2 Rescue Person Hours)
1. 1st
January Spot Pick-Up 12:15 hrs
Troutbeck, Cumbria.
Two Team members assisted Langdale Ambleside MRT with a
female who had slipped on ice and sustained a suspected wrist fracture.
(2 Rescue Person Hours)
Langdale Ambleside MRT Incident 1 /
2010
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