Cleveland Mountain Rescue volunteers attended their 50th call out of the year helping paramedics to get help to an injured woman in Guisborough Woods.
Driving rain and wind meant the patient, who had badly injured her ankle during an official run in the woods on Sunday, could not be reached without assistance.
The North East Ambulance Service asked the team to help them carry the woman out of the woods along a muddy and uneven track. After receiving the call, two rescue Land Rovers were dispatched from their Great Ayton Base and other team members made their own way to the scene.
To protect the casualty from the cold and rain, she was covered in a group shelter and then given pain relief before her ankle was secured in a vacuum splint. She was then lifted onto a rescue stretcher, wrapped within a casualty bag to keep warm and carried approximately 300-metres to a waiting ambulance.
The team expressed their thanks to a marshal from the Hardmoors Race Series for directing their personnel to the casualty as they arrived.
It was the second call out of the weekend. On Saturday, December 9 , North Yorkshire Police contacted the team to alert them to a walker who was in difficulties. She was feeling unwell and had become disorientated in driving rain and wind whilst walking on the Cleveland Way near Kepwick Bank top, approximately five-miles south-east of Osmotherley.
Team members were dispatched, while the call-out Officer contacted the woman by phone. By then she was feeling better but was unable to make any progress especially on the incline sections of the walking route. She appeared to be well equipped in terms of clothing although getting cold and was advised to remain where she was.
Whilst both Land Rovers were sent to her location, some team members who live closest reached her first using their own vehicles and were able to confirm that she was safe and well. After getting warmed up she was well enough to be transported in one of the Land Rovers back to her car at Square Corner.
Despite the volunteer rescuers describing themselves as being a little quieter than normal this year, following their 50th call out, they have still averaged one call-out per week in support of police and ambulance services.
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