Whilst providing rescue cover for a charitable walking event today the Team, together with the North of Tyne SRT evacuated a walker who had sustained facial injuries in a fall. Fortuneately, the injury site was accessable by our landrover ambulance, otherwise a long evacuation by a stretcher party would have been necessary. The injured person was transferred by our landrover ambulance to Alwinton where further medical treatment was adminstered and onward transportation to hospital.

This is an example of how rescue Teams in Northumberland work skillfully together to secure the right outcome.

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