A walker (f,25) slipped on a rock or step, at about 20.30, sustaining a suspected fracture of the right ankle, which she had injured once before. Her companion had no phone and tried running both down and back up the path looking for assistance for an hour, before finding a house with a phone. After giving pain relief and splinting the leg, CRO members carried the patient (By now it…
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Incident 52/2016 – Jul 16th Sat. 16.17 – Raven Ray, Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.
A walker (f,50) stepped down about 30 cm and her knee gave way under her, so that she could not continue the walk. CRO members immobilised the leg before carrying the patient to an air ambulance, for transfer to hospital. Volunteer hours 8
Incident 51/2016 – Jul 14th Thu. 14.51 – Exit from Runscar Cave, Ribblehead, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.
A caver (f,19) fell after exiting the cave, landing on a rock and injuring her coccyx. She was given pain relief, packaged and stretchered to a CRO vehicle, then taken to a road ambulance for transport to hospital. Volunteer hours 21
Incident 49/2016 – Jul 10th Sun. 18.50 – Sulber Nick, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue.
A Three Peaks walker (f,50) slipped on wet limestone, injuring a knee, so that she could not continue. CRO responded, but thanks to the lack of mobile signal, her exact position could not be confirmed. However, a passing walker was able to assist with that and the ‘casualty’ was stretchered to a CRO vehicle and driven to a roadside RV with a road ambulance, near Selside. Volunteer hours: t.b.c..