Incident 8. DSRT Tavistock was called at 12:20 to assist a 74 year old walker who had sustained a suspected fracture of her ankle. The incident had occurred to the north of Whiteworks. We sent a SARLOC message to confirm the location. Two Team members were transported by Land Rover from the RV near Peat Cot to the end of the track by Whiteworks and quickly deployed in heavy rain to locate the casualty and provide shelter and assistance. As they neared the casualty site, within 30 minutes from the callout, they reported that a Devon Air Ambulance had already landed and confirmed that the casualty was on the opposite side of the Strane River to the aircraft. Several of our members assisted the aircrew in getting the casualty, who was already packaged on a stretcher, across the river and carried her approximately 100 metres to the helicopter. They assisted with the loading into the aircraft for evacuation to hospital. Our remaining members were stood down and all returned to the RVP by 13:40. We wish the lady an uneventful recovery from her injury, which was confirmed to be an open fracture.
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