YAS requested CRO’s assistance in carrying a patient (m, 67) to an ambulance, following his collapse in a farm building. Members arrived to find him already in the ambulance, so they stood down. Volunteer hours: 15
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INCIDENT 94/2022 DEC 14th WED. 03.17 west of GIGGLESWICK, SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – LOCAL INCIDENT
In the early hours of the morning, Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) asked if CRO were able to assist one of their crews. Their ambulance had become stuck on a track following attendance at a remote farmhouse. A small team of CRO members went to investigate and found that the ambulance had slipped right off the track and was stuck on a steep muddy bank. The ambulance crew had been unable…
INCIDENT 59/2022 AUG. 3rd WED. 16.44 REMOTE FARMHOUSE, COWGILL, DENT, CUMBRIA – LOCAL INCIDENT
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) asked for CRO’s assistance in reaching a local resident (m, 94) who had fallen, at home, sustaining a painful hip injury. The house is 450m up a track, mostly too narrow for a road ambulance, so the ambulance crew walked up. A team Land Rover was able to access the site. Team members carried the patient to it, then in it, to reach the road…
INCIDENT 06/2022 – FEBRUARY 10th THUR. 16.17 PLAYING FIELDS, NEAR THE SWIMMING POOL, SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – LOCAL INCIDENT
CRO were called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist them with a young person who was reported to be suffering from hypothermia. The young person had been on the playing fields near Settle swimming pool for about two hours before suffering from the effects of the cold, wet day. The first CRO team member to arrive on scene was able to help the YAS crew in getting their…