Two Callout Update – Walkers needing help at Tinto and Grey Mare’s Tail

1: At 12:47 on Saturday 21st June Moffat Mountain Rescue Team were asked to assist in the rescue of a walker with breathing difficulties on Tinto Hill in Lanarkshire.

6 members of Moffat MRT attended the callout, as well as members of Police Scotland MRT (West). The teams worked together to ascend to the casualties location where they met the Scottish Ambulance Service crew who were already on site. Medical care was provided by the SAS prior to the teams’ arrival.

The casualty was then packaged safely into a stretcher and evacuated using a supporting wheel and rope to a waiting Scottish Ambulance Service vehicle. From there the SAS crew were able to provide on going care and transfer the walker to hospital.

We wish them all the best in their recovery.

2: At 18:13 on Sunday 29th June Moffat MRT were tasked by Police Scotland to assist the Scottish Ambulance Service at an incident at the Grey Mare’s Tail near Moffat. A hillwalker had fallen, sustaining a head injury, briefly losing consciousness as well as sustaining a hand injury.

10 members of Moffat MRT attended the callout, alongside one of our team doctors who had already made their way to the incident as a BASICS Scotland responder to assist SAS. Fortunately, a separate member of MMRT was out walking at the Grey Mare’s Tail at the time and was already with the casualty! An initial assessment was carried out by our on site team member and relayed to the team before a further assessment at the scene was carried out by MMRT’s paramedic and the BASICS doctor.

The rest of the team began assembling a stretcher and evacuation equipment in case this was required. A decision was made by the team on the hill that the casualty could be walked off the narrow hill path with the aid of a confidence rope, where they were then met by the Scottish Ambulance Service crew. The crew were then able to better examine the casualty’s injuries and convey them to hospital.

We wish them the best in their recovery.