A trail-riding motorcyclist (m, 60) caught his wheel in a rut, causing him to collide with a wall, while riding along the Turbary Road in Kingsdale. CRO members responded when the rider was reported to have arm and back injuries. After assessment and pain relief from a YAS rapid-response paramedic and a team doctor, the casualty was helped into the team’s Honda Pioneer and driven down to the Kingsdale road…
A Three Peaks walker (f, 34) slipped on the last climb (the second tier) of the ascent of Pen-y-ghent, falling about 3 metres and landing on her hip. Locations given were variable, but members headed for Dale Head and Churn Milk Hole and either walked all the way up or were ferried part-way up the hill in the Honda Pioneer. Pain-relief was given to the casualty, her injuries were assessed…
Team members who had gone to the casualty at Malham drove to a farm near Hellifield after YAS received a report of a worker (m, 67) whose legs were trapped ‘under a wall’. On arrival, it was found that two North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service and two YAS vehicles were already on scene. It was also soon learned that the man, who was in woodland, had recovered sufficiently to…
As members were cleaning the team vehicles and re-organising equipment from incident no 38, which closed at 02.39 hrs, a call was received to a walker (m, 54) who had fallen on the limestone pavement at the top of the Cove, sustaining a head injury. He was cared for by a passer-by (a retired nurse), until CRO’s casualty carers arrived on scene. Their assessment concluded that the patient’s injury was…
