Oldham Mountain Rescue come to a woman’s aid

Oldham Mountain Rescue team take the woman to safety

Nineteen members of the stalwart Oldham Mountain Rescue Team have evacuated a woman walker who fell near Dovestones at Greenfield.

Their assistance located the woman who sustained a head injury was requested by NWAS after Initial information about where the casualty was located was confused due to some issues with the local mobile telephone masts.

However, once contact had been made by the callout officer, an accurate location was established and the Team were deployed to the Wimberry Boulders area of Dovestones.

Following an assessment by team medics, the casualty packaged onto the team’s stretcher and carried to Chew Track for transfer to the NWAS ambulance, and onward transport to hospital.

An OMRT spokesperson said: ”Thank you to the passer-by who helped by guiding our team members to the casualty's location.“

The team personnel were involved for two hours.

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