Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a walker (m, 19) who had collapsed and suffered facial injuries on the footpath near Janet’s Foss. Team members assisted the on scene paramedics to bring the casualty to a nearby field where he was transferred to the air ambulance crew and flown to hospital. Volunteer hours: 38
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INCIDENT 55/2024. AUGUST 4th SUNDAY 16:38 HRS. LUND FARM, BURTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) asked the team to assist with a walker (m, 78) who had fallen and injured his lower back on the footpath near to the River Greta. Team members assisted the YAS crew to place him into a vacuum mattress full body splint then into a stretcher which was wheeled and carried across the fields to the nearby ambulance. Volunteer hours: 18
INCIDENT 54/2024. AUGUST 4th SUNDAY 11:41 HRS. HORTON SCAR LANE, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a medical emergency for a walker (f, 69) who had collapsed whilst walking near Horton. Team members assisted paramedics to place her into a team stretcher then into CRO 3 which is equipped to transport a patient in a stretcher. This was then driven to a field lower down the track where the patient was transferred to the air ambulance team…
INCIDENT 42/2024. JUNE 8th SAT 1321hrs. WHERNSIDE, CHAPEL LE DALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
The team was alerted by both Cumbria Police and North Yorkshire Police to reports of an adult male who was unconcious and not breathing. Once it was established this was a single incident and the location was close to the summit of Whernside which borders both counties the team was able to respond. The team also made a request for Yorkshire Air Ambulance to attend through the police. Two medical…