INCIDENT 80/2023 SEP. 15th FRI. 13.16 GRAIN INGS, WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m, 60) was reported to be experiencing such pain in the area of his kidneys that he could not continue up the path up Whernside. While team members were en route to Blea Moor, the air ambulance flew in and its paramedics treated the patient before he was flown to Ribblehead for transfer to a road ambulance. The team returned to the road-head then stood down. Volunteer hours:…

INCIDENT 79/2023 SEP. 14th 13.39 DEAN MOOR, MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 61) put her boot into a narrow gap between rocks, then slipped, breaking the ankle, while walking on a path from the head of Watlowes (‘The Dry Valley’) to Water Sinks, South of Malham Tarn. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance arrived first and its paramedics treated the extremely painful, open  fracture. Team members helped lift the casualty onto a scoop stretcher, then carried her to the helicopter for…

INCIDENT 78/2023 SEP. 10th 12.10 BARBONDALE GORGE, BARBON, CUMBRIA – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Cumbria Police asked CRO to assist a scrambler (f, 46) who had slipped in Barbondale Gorge, injuring her right lower leg.  Team members accessed the casualty who was at an awkward location in the gorge, assessed her, administered pain relief, and splinted her leg.  They then placed her on a Bell stretcher, hauled her out of the gorge, and transported her down to the road where she was handed over…

INCIDENT 77/2023 3rd SEP. SUN. 15.56 Nr HARRY HORSE STONE, NEWBY MOSS, NEWBY NORTH YORKSHIRE – ANIMAL INCIDENT

A walker told the police that he had found a sheep stuck in a bog near Harry Horse Stone. He had tried to pull it out, but succeeded only in pulling himself in. A small team turned out, but could not find a bog containing a sheep. They did find a particularly muddy sheep, nearby, concluding that it had escaped. While in the area, a team member heard a faint…