At approximately 4pm today, Sunday 11th October, Wicklows mountain rescue teams received a call from Garda command and control to respond to Glendalough in Co. Wicklow to attend to a lower leg injury.
An 11 year old female had sustained a fall while on a group outing with the Meath Scout County.
Rescuers responded immediately to the miners village in Glendalough and dispatched a first response team to the girls location on the Spink Mountain.
This first response team carried with them specialist medical and transport equipment. The girl was initially attended to by a doctor who had been passing by the accident location before rescuers arrived, and teams were subsequently assisted by an HSE ambulance service officer who remained on scène throughout the incident to help attend to the casualty.
After the initial assessment of the girl’s injury, the rescue teams immediately requested the assistance of the Irish Coast Guard in the form of their Dublin Airport based rescue helicopter “Rescue 116”.
While rescuers were attending to the first casualty they were told that another scout had sustained a lower leg injury which subsequently resulted in a stretcher carry-out to a waiting ambulance.
Incident Stats
Number: 38 + 39-2009
Tasking Agency: Gardai
Callout Officer: G. Ward
Incident Date: 11-10-2009
Incident Time: 16:00hrs
Incident Type: Rescue
Incident Site Grid Ref: T 110 956
Mobile Phone Used to Alert Emergency Services: Yes
