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RESCUE TEAM CALLS ON PUBLIC TO STICK TO EXERCISE GUIDELINES WOODHEAD Mountain Rescue had a busy weekend, with two call-outs in the local area. On Saturday May 2, the team was contacted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service for assistance with a casualty in Thurlstone Quarry. A woman had taken a fall whilst out riding her horse, sustaining a bang to the head resulting in a period of unconsciousness. The victim was also complaining of neck and back pain. YAS paramedics had already readied the woman and a short carry to the ambulance by team members meant she was soon
in her way to hospital for further treatment.
busy dealing with incidents in the Sheffield area.
The second callout of the weekend, to Grenoside Woods, came in at 3.42 on Sunday May 3.
“This is a prime example of people pushing the exercise guidelines beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable and putting extra strain on the NHS.
A young male mountain biker crashed on the Steel City downhill track sustaining injuries to his arm and leg, the casualty was given strong pain-relief before having his arm and leg put into splints and prepped ready for the stretcher carry up to the waiting Yorkshire Ambulance Service. A spokesperson for Wodhead Mountain Rescue said: “There was a delay in getting an ambulance assigned to the call by YAS due to YAS being very
“Yes, it’s fine to go cycling for exercise, but tackling downhill MTB trails is taking unnecessary risks. “Today, this area was very busy with people doing just this. We know we’re all itching to return to a sense of normality but right now is not the time.” Team members returned to the ambulance station to start the lengthy process of decontamination of all our equipment and the restocking of PPE.
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