A visitor (m, 37) slipped, while ‘taking a selfie’ on the ledge which runs behind the waterfall at Thornton Force on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. He fell and slithered the 3+ metres down onto rocks, below and was held there, temporarily by the force of the waterfall. Aided by a friend, he was able to stand and escape the water. He was standing and ‘seemed happy’ when the first CRO team member arrived, but that member instructed him to remain still until assessed by a healthcare professional. He then experienced pain in his back and elsewhere, so was placed carefully into a vacuum mattress, then onto a stretcher and carried to a team Land Rover. This took him to the road ambulance for the journey to hospital and a full assessment
Volunteer hours: 36
Update on Monday 10th July: The casualty’s partner emailed her thanks and added that the hospital “sent him for a CT scan and it turns out he has broken 4 small bones in his back, chipped a bone in one of his fingers, got a bruised lung, a small air pocket in his lung, battered and bruised all over. He stayed in overnight and is now home safe and sound with painkillers. “. Fortunate that he took the team member’s advice and stayed still until checked and ‘full-body-splinted’.
