Rescue team dash to the aid of injured walker near Chew Reservoir
Oldham Mountain Rescue Team responded to a call about a male walker with a knee injury near Chew Reservoir in Saddleworth. Thirteen team members and vehicles were deployed, navigating snowy conditions to reach the injured person. The team provided initial care, transported the patient via stretcher (sledged due to snow), and handed them over to the North West Ambulance Service after a 2.5-hour operation.
Thirteen Oldham Mountain Rescue volunteers slogged through lingering snow on the Chew Reservoir track Sunday to reach a lone walker who had collapsed with a knee injury above Dovestones.
The team’s 4x4s clawed as far as they could up the snow-covered Saddleworth incline after Greater Manchester Police raised the alarm, then rescuers shouldered stretchers and medical gear the remaining distance. They found the man wrapped him in a blanket, splinted the knee, loaded him onto a rescue stretcher and, taking advantage of the icy surface, slid the sledge back to the waiting vehicles.
A short downhill drive delivered the casualty to paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust for transport to hospital. The call-out lasted two-and-a-half hours.
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