Chap had a nasty off coming down from Leith Hill today (on the steep rooty section straigh from the top, has the new gate at the bottom). Not sure what went wrong but I think he busted some ribs, hopefully nothing ‘too’ serious (not making light of busted ribs though, they **** hurt!).

Rather impressive chopper maneuvering to land on top of Leith Hill next to the Tor, not much room to work with there, I guess they only did it as it was a dead calm day (and their chopper is a NOTAR jobbie helped).

Hope the chappie involved is OK!

Love the first shot.

’tis amazing how much the rotors flex isn’t it! pic’s were taken with my trusty K800i camera phone, it does a pretty good job really 😀

rotors flex isn’t it! pic’s were taken with my trusty K800i camera phone

Thats not flex, thats just shutter lag (or some other technical camera term) from a crappy camera phone ;0)

great first shot.

what time was that then? I was up there from 9-15am to 1pm. Was busy but didn’t see that.

a helicopter for busted ribs? what is the world coming too…

I was up there around 2ish I guess? Maybe closer to 3pm perhaps…

Well, I don’t really know what his injuries were. They did a full immobilisation, guess they were worried about spinal issues? I guess they could’ve stretchered him down to the carpark but maybe the Air Ambo was the quickest way to Hospital…

LOL @ rotor flex 🙂

****, my thoughts are with the rider – hope hes alright and a speedy recovery. If anyone has an update- please post up here?

They are amazing – they evacuated my 12 year old after he fell 30ft out of a tree by Ladybower res last summer. We stopped riding and he decided it would be fun.
The pilot landed between hills/trees and the trail – amazing stuff.
They chose the Helicopter because he had suspected spinal trauma and the track was rough, the Sunday Peak traffic was in full flow so they had him in the Children’s in Sheff in about 15 mins.

Hope this chap is ok and remembers to drop them something to keep them flying.

Rotors don’t flex like that – That’s more likely to be the camera struggling to keep up with the rotational speed.

Hope the chap’s okay.

They need some helicopter tape on them rotors…

I must say, the bloke didn’t look at all well when we went past; all wrapped up in blankets, white as a scotsman. We rode for quite a while and came back that way to see the crews stick him on a stretcher and into the heilo.

Whoa.
Did you notice how the rotors flexed even more with the added weight of the injured rider . . .
🙂

Last thursday night i considered calling the air ambulance, but after a quick evaluation, we escorted him 30mins off the hill and to A&E.

He was very white and breathing was hurting him, but he could!!!

NO reason to panic, kept him calm, warm, light pain relief and got him safely back to a waiting car…..4 broken ribs.

The guys do a fantastic job with air support rescues, but i’m sure most of their work is due to bad evaluation and panicing by the general public..

Tin of worms opened i know, but some people really do need to man the F up..

Anyone else think taking pictures of the guy on a stretcher is in very very poor taste?

Anyone else start humming the MASH theme?

if I had a heli called every time i fell and cracked a rib or two, I’d have my own on standby 😀

hope the chap is okay, and nothing to serious.

think it’s a good idea for ppl to do a small course to help them identify injuries, shock, winded, broken bones etc. this could help the emergency services.
after all, if you do want to participate is something a little risky, we should be responsible for our actions

Tin of worms opened i know, but some people really do need to man the F up..

Understand exactly where you are coming from but if I thought someone ‘was white as a sheet’, had multiple broken ribs and we were 15mins+ from a road I wouldnt hesitate in calling one. Why? multiple broken ribs etc can mean internal damage. Bones- MTFU, internal bleeding? Every minute counts. There are no external signs of internal bleeding is there?

Sorry Ive zero medical training but the rare impacts that have zero/less de-acceleration I bet are similar to a car crash.

You’ve got to be an idiot to say MTFU to calling out the air ambulance (it’s not your choice anyhow…). Unless you’re medically qualified why take the risk, how the **** do you know the extent of someone’s injuries? Muppet

Full face helmets and triple forks- RAD to the MAAAAAXXXX!! 😈

Well, I’m not sure how these things work, but I didn’t think it would be up to the casualty (or the first aider) as to whether the Air Ambulance is scrambled or not? Surely this is the decision of the dispatcher? In this case there were police and paramedics in attendance and I assume they made the decision to call in the chopper.

MTFU… what a load of bollocks… if you’re hurt and have possible internal bleeding, puntured lung, deceleration injuries, maybe a spinal issue… you just have to get to the hospital ASAP and the Air Ambulance is the quickest way for that to be done.

Flamejob, you must’ve been standing right next to me, are you one of these guys:

I riding my Enduro if you remember seeing it…

Anyone else think taking pictures of the guy on a stretcher is in very very poor taste?

Not really no. You can’t identify him from the pics and I’m sure the paramedics get the same thing at every single accident they go to. They’re better off dealing with the casualty than trying to get everyone to put away the camera phones.

The guys do a fantastic job with air support rescues, but i’m sure most of their work is due to bad evaluation and panicing by the general public..

It’s not your call to make, it gets assessed by the professionals at the call centre on a case by case basis – injuries/possible complications, location, time to nearest hospital etc.
I’ve seen the air ambulance.mountain rescue called out in the Peaks on a few occasions for little more than a basic broken wrist (it’s always on the local radio news with the injuries).

TandemJeremy:

Anyone else think taking pictures of the guy on a stretcher is in very very poor taste?

I’ll agree it seems a bit unnecessary, unless the photographer knew the person.

Agree with Jamie. Shots of the chopper- yes, person. No.

TandemJeremy
Anyone else think taking pictures of the guy on a stretcher is in very very poor taste?

Oh Please! Who wouldn’t want pictures of themselves being carted off the hill and into a helicopter? That is exactly why I did take the pics. Are you that sensitive?

psychle
Flamejob, you must’ve been standing right next to me, are you one of these guys:

Nope. I’m not man enough to cart my DH bike around those hills 🙂 I was sitting on the fence drinking a cup of tea, wearing racing jackets; riding with the bloke on the raw intense in one of my pics.

I was checking that Intense out… quite a nice looking frame (in an ‘industrial’ sort of way 😀 )

To be fair the issuing of the Air Ambulance has nothing to do with the person making the call, it’s the operator on the other end who makes that decision.

But,

on two occasions on my rides in the Clwydians I’ve come across Mountain Rescue Teams looking for people who have a suspected broken/sprained ankle. The first time I’d just past the person a bit further down the trail and the second time I helped the MR locate them. On both occasions though the person in question was with at least two other people; they were no more then 20mins from a road (even taking into account them hobbling and being helped by the other members of the party), the person was concious and was exhibiting nothing else wrong with them but the turned ankle.

So as I wasn’t on Leith Hill, and only know what happened by what I’ve read on here, it’s not really fair to comment. But as for the two fat bitches I saw sitting on their arses waiting to be rescued M . T . F . U

I was checking that Intense out… quite a nice looking frame (in an ‘industrial’ sort of way )

Me too – mmmmmmmm. Spotted that before the helicopter 😉

TandemJeremy
Anyone else think taking pictures of the guy on a stretcher is in very very poor taste?

Oh Please! Who wouldn’t want pictures of themselves being carted off the hill and into a helicopter? That is exactly why I did take the pics. Are you that sensitive?

Course he’s not, this is the same TJ who threatens to ‘burn down warehouses’, e-mails companies with ‘I could put you out of business’ messages and likes to kick dogs in the head.

He’s just a high level troll really………

Hilldodger – apart from the fact I have done none of those things. I have not threatened to burn down anybodies warehouse even in jest. You have the wrong person.

I have not sent anyone “I could put you out of business e mail”. I was accused of trying to put someone out of business. I pointed out that I could cause him a lot of trouble if I wanted but I didn’t want to so I hadn’t. I still have the e mail exchange if you would like to see it. It contains threats to me but none by me. I seriously tried to give the chap some advice

I do not like to kick dogs.

I really believe taking pictures of someone on a stretcher is wrong. No great crime but insensitive.

He’s just a high level troll really…….

Pot / kettle /black

Anyone know anything yet? He would have gone to Guilford wouldnt he?

Sorry Ive zero medical training but the rare impacts that have zero/less de-acceleration I bet are similar to a car crash.

Reminds me of when a tree took me out, split my helmet, massive concussion and didn’t know where I was, what did you do Hora? Leave me and Jon immediately, Jon had never ridden on the downs before and was clueless to where we were so you could go shopping to buy your silly little dog a new jacket

Chump

Hope the dude who fell is ok.

…so you could go shopping to buy your silly little dog a new jacket

lol…whut?

Hope they guy is OK

I’d be well happy with people taking pictures of me being stretchered into a ‘copter though – if anything to prove my constant bruises are from radcore mountain biking and nothing more sinister 😛

I’d rather risk wasting ambulance time by calling one out if someone was in serious pain on the side of a trail than risk them having complications from punctured lungs, internal bleeding and spinal injuries by encouraging them to move.

You are a class muppet. normal trail, lower branch- bimbling along (and NOT fast either)- caught the front of your helmet on the the branch. The group was over 10 strong- and they all carried on after realising you were fine. I didnt know that way as it was relatively new to me. So I said- I know how to retrace our steps or go down to Nirvana. You didnt want to- you wanted to carry on and try and catch them up. Stop trying to imply that back then you were core to the max sweety.

Or similar

Great pics btw

We had the unfortunate task of using the emergency services on Saturday when Toss took a nasty spill on Moor Lane in Grizedale, just at the start of the 2nd section. Did his collar bone and huge egg on the side of his face. We decided to get him down to Satterthwaite on foot as he said he could manage the pain. I went to the bottom and called the Ambulance.

When the paramedics turned up (in 15mins from the call to arriving at Satterthwaite… well impressed) they said that the controller had put air extraction and MRT on standby given the location. So, it would seem that the decision is made by people who are more in the know than the casualty.

Where’s Drac when you need him.