The team were called to a Mountain Biker who had crashed at Farmer John’s Mountain Bike park in Compstall.  She had sustained a significant injury to her knee and was in a considerable amount of pain.  The accident happened on a steep section of the track on a densely wooded hillside, so it was not possible to use a helicopter to winch the lady out of the location.  She was given strong analgesia and packages in the team’s vacuum mattress before being carried out on our stretcher.  The evacuation route went over several steep sections of track which required a rope backup system to be deployed to protect the stretcher while we manoeuvred it over the difficulties.

We wish the lady a full and speedy recovery.

• Time: 17:00
• Type: Mountain Biking Injury
• Location: Farmer John’s Mountain Bike Park, Compstall
• Team members: 16
• Duration: 4.5 hours
• Volunteer hours: 72
• Total volunteer hours for the year: 1,662.5