Rescue – Bickley Gate – 10th August 12:54 (71/2021)
While responding to incident 70/2021 we were given a second tasking to an injured mountain biker on the Dalby Forest Red Route. We had a good known location but due to poor cellular coverage the Ambulance Service had been unable to ascertain the extent of the injuries.
One of our Incident Controllers was diverted from traveling to the Goathland incident with a Land Rover Ambulance to make an initial assessment of the situation. It materialised that the lady had taken a fall off her bike from a boardwalk bridge into a gully then, assisted by her partner, had self rescued out of the gully onto a track but was then unable to weight bare on her right leg and was laid on the ground in significant discomfort when we arrived. After initial assessment and treatment and as additional team members arrived, she was transferred to a casualty bag and vacuum mattress then carried about 1km through heavy rain to a waiting ambulance.
We had 11 team members on scene, some arriving after clearing the Goathland incident and an Incident Controller at home managing both incidents. We would like to thank the two mountain bikers who were first on scene, raised the alarm and stayed on to help until we had sufficient team members on scene and also thank the Forest Rangers for confirming we had vehicle access to the scene.
The team vehicles were returned to base, cleaned and restocked by 15:35 ready for the next shout. We will be visiting Scarbrough A&E over the next few hours to recover all our equipment which went with the two patients.
