Search and Rescue Team helps evacuate dog walker who had fallen on a steep muddy slope
At 4.31pm yesterday (Monday), the team received a request from Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with the evacuation of a lady who had fallen on a steep muddy slope whilst dog walking at Centre Vale Park in Todmorden.
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Hide AdA local YAS Rapid Response Vehicle was first on-scene and called for back up.
Once on-scene, a CVSRT doctor worked along side the ambulance crew to administer pain relief and splinted the casualty’s injured leg and then packaged her in a winter casualty bag.
The lady was then transferred a short distance on a stretcher by the team to the ambulance for further treatment and onward journey to hospital.
The duration of the incident was two hours and four minutes.