TUESDAY 18th AUGUST (1230hrs)
The team were requested to provide assistance to North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to deal with a juvenile who had fallen from a tree and landed a few metres down an embankment at the top of Newton Woods, Roseberry Topping. The team deployed both Land Rovers ,with one coming in via Aireyholme Farm and the other shuttling personnel to the top of Roseberry Lane from the base.
The person was medically assessed by NEAS and Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) personnel who were both on scene. The person had upper body injuries. To extract the person back up onto the path, a rope system was set up to allow the person to walk up on a casualty harness with assistance from a team member on a sit harness. But due to the anxious state of the patient, plan B , use of the mountain rescue stretcher with a back up rope was executed. Once on the path , the person was carried in the stretcher , approximately 400m, down to the waiting ambulance at the top of Roseberry Lane for forward transfer to hospital.
We wish the person a speedy recovery and best wishes
Thanks once again to Mark and family for access via Aireyholme Farm and for the tea and biscuits provided to the person acting as control at the farm.
16 team members were involved for approximately 3 hours
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