Rescue – 9th January – 15:21 – Sleights – 06/2021
Deployed to farm in the Esk Valley above Sleights on the edge of the North York Moors. A gentleman had suffered a fall and sustained a suspected hip injury. A crew from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service were with the gentleman but were unable to get the ambulance to the farm due to poor road conditions, snow and ice.
The team initially deployed to Sleights before sending team members with stretcher, vacuum mattress and casualty bag (think large fleece lined sleeping bag) to close to the farm in a couple of our 4×4 team vehicles. Once secured in the stretcher we carried the patient to the waiting ambulance for transportation to definitive medical care. The team wish him a speedy recovery.
Twenty three team members and three team vehicles deployed for two and a half hours in case of the need for a protracted carry out but we only sent the minimum of people to the scene to reduce any COVID-19 risk.
