Air Ambulance is worth every penny

[Buzz]

Just a quick point here, DON'T rely on GPS produced grid refrences, they are a nav tool and that's all. Like Kipper said have your risk assesment filled out before hand and take the OS Grid off a map beforehand.

 

I was involved in a rescue in the Langdale Pikes, 3 GPS grids were provided to mountain rescue but in the end it was my grid of an os map that proved to be the accurate one.

 

Well done Kipper sounds like it all went like clock work for you

[Charlieh]

well done for being well set up, i have been ridiculed in the past for filling in all the details on the risk assesments, but i am aware of the risks, about 5yrs ago my brother in law was felling a crack willow, it split up the trunk and hit him, fractured two vertibrates in his neck, air ambulance straight to the local hospital and he has made a full recovery was back out of hospital in under 3wks,

 

also when we have had other incidents on the farm the first responders (we have three within the surrounding 5miles) are generally with you within 5mins last one i hadnt managed to get to the bottom of the farm drive before they were there! well worth a tenner in their pot once a year, especially with our work.

 

keep safe!

[Theocus]

Every xmas i advertise to recycle peoples xmas trees through my wood chipper and ask for a donation to the Air ambulance, this year i raised about £150.00, its a great service that they supply.

Well done on the riskys, they may be a pain but they pay of when the snizzer is flying off the fan.

[Jason James Gairn]

Every xmas i advertise to recycle peoples xmas trees through my wood chipper and ask for a donation to the Air ambulance, this year i raised about £150.00, its a great service that they supply.

Well done on the riskys, they may be a pain but they pay of when the snizzer is flying off the fan.

 

Well done fella.

[madmatt]

I am a tight git but if my money goes to any charity its the air ambulance they are worth every penny.

[Marko]

All on my own in the fields today I managed to tip over a digger - I know the drill, sit tight etc etc but as the thing was heading into a ditch I chose to get out as it rolled - exit sharp left. A real close call but as I stood there watching the thing slowly settle I noticed the Lancs Air ambulance was directly overhead. As it was flying so low I bet they saw the whole thing but hey, it is a seriously good service that can be at the site of an accident before/as it happens. Worth every penny.

 

As it happens I recently did CS31 at the same location as the incident at the start of this thread and can vouch for the thoroghness of the safety briefing especially in respect of AA landing sites and nearest A&E. Just shows how important it is.

[treesuggs]

everyone in our industry should think about donating to their local AA charity, my boss raised over £5k for ours last year. how many times do we find our selves in remote locations?

[treewizard]

should be the next raffle charity!!

[kipperfeet]

Glad to see others are as keen on raising for the service, can't remember the exact cost of putting one in the air per hour but it's more than my hourly rate i'll tell you that!

 

We do a bit if we can and any training sites we do from now on, we will ask for a small donation for the work we do and save it up for the Lancashire Air service and pass it on at the end of the year.

 

Getting back to the emergency procedure thing, a lad i know, his climber cut his finger off a while ago now on a site (caught under a lowering rope in a crotch). Called an amubulance, then realised he didn't know where he was and panicked and ended up driving the lad to the nearest hospital he new the exact location of. 35 minutes away! Turned out there was an A and E 2 minutes away in the small town he was working in. I got a call to see if i could go and make the tree safe while he was in Hospital. I did and couldn't believe the mess, Blood - on MY SAW!!!

 

Any way, to cut a long story short, i use that story when training to emphasis the importants of tits up procedures. Now i have a good story to emphasis how well it works.

 

None in place= hour later and a lost finger and lost movement in the arm, major stress.

 

thorough in place = life saved, stress free.

 

Right about the GPS though, grid reference from os or post code is far more accurate than just relying on gps.