Alan’s Diary – Callout 23.5.10
The casualty receives pain relief before being loaded on to the stretcher
I had just arrived home after the day’s exercise to suddenly get a callout text message on my phone. The message said it was a remote RV in Bollington. I threw my rucksack in the car and headed off. I managed to get to Bollington quite quickly, but had a bit of trouble with the directions at the end. I got to the agreed location to find Dave waiting for us to send us on to an RV about half a mile further on. I managed to drive passed the RV and had to turn round to make my way back.
Carrying the casualty down to the Land Rover
Once at the RV, it turned out to be an ambulance assist for a man who had slipped on his way down from “White Nancy”, a local beauty spot. The man was in a lot of pain, as he had a suspected fractured Femur. He was checked over by Sarah, our new team doctor, before being loaded on to our new lightweight stretcher. It was then a short carry down the hill to the ambulance.
