Oldham Mountain Rescue Team received a request for assistance from Greater Manchester Police, who had a report of an injured female hiker at Dean Rocks, near Dovestones, Greenfield, at lunchtime Saturday.
After using PhoneFIND technology to establish the exact location of the casualty, the team soon had a fast party, including team Casualty Carer, with the injured person. The casualty had suffered a suspected fractured ankle following a slip on the ice. Due to the extremely hazardous nature of the route out for a stretcher carry, the Team requested a helicopter extraction by Maritime and Coastguard Agency who transferred the casualty, her partner, and some of the mountain rescue MR team back down to Greenfield Reservoir and the waiting North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust ambulance. OMRT team leader Rob Tortoishell said:”Huge thanks to the casualty's friends, who did all the right things by carrying extra clothing and keeping her warm while waiting for help to arrive. “Thanks also to R912 from Humberside for the helicopter; the ice on the paths was treacherous and would have made carrying the stretcher down a tricky undertaking.” 15 OMRT personnel were involved for just over three hours.
Historic nunnery to be turned into charity hotel
Masterplan for Oldham’s ‘new look’ city-centre revamp revealed
The nursery deemed ‘good’ – just eight weeks after being judged ‘inadequate’
Council plans to bring thousands of homes to borough – buy how many are actually affordable?
