Callout #1 Wednesday 1st January At 16:30 on New Year’s Day the team was called by Devon and Cornwall Police following a request from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust for assistance with an individual with a suspected broken leg close to a road but with difficult access near Haytor on #Dartmoor. Despite the darkness and rain, team members quickly located the casualty. With windchill around -2C he was first protected from the weather in a bothy shelter. After assessment, he was provided with pain relief and the limb splinted in preparation for evacuation by stretcher to the road. The casualty then chose to arrange his own transport to hospital with a friend. A combination of him arranging his own transport and our team picking up this incident helped to relieve some of the pressure, faced by the ambulance service, on this exceptionally busy day. The team stood down from its first callout of 2025 at just after 19:00. 26 of our volunteers were involved in this callout. #mountainrescue #dartmoor #devon
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