Incident 25. DSRT Tavistock was called by the Police at 16:26 to assist South West Ambulance Service with the evacuation of an injured walker. The 31 year old man had slipped over and sustained a fracture of his right ankle. Our stretcher party reached the casualty site in 30 minutes. Ambulance personnel splinted the fractured limb and administered analgesia before we stretchered the subject along a muddy track, and he was then transferred into the SWASfT Ambulance to be taken to Derriford hospital. We wish him a speedy and uneventful recovery.
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