YAS called CRO after a walker (f, 53) fell and sustained a shoulder injury on the path from Gordale Bridge to the Malham Rakes road. However, it was then decided that she was close enough to the road for an ambulance crew to deal with, so the team was stood down. Then, at 12.16, the YAS paramedics having discovered that the casualty was in too much pain just to be…
NYP called for assistance following the disappearance of a visitor (f, 44) believed to be at risk. As members waited at the RV point, the NPAS (Police) helicopter crew reported sighting the misper, sitting on a hill-side and apparently unharmed, about a kilometre from the point where she had last been seen. The team stood down. Volunteer hours: 33
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
As they were returning to Horton in CRO 3 Land Rover, having delivered team members to stand by for the race going over Whernside, two members saw a cyclist almost taking a bend in the road and landing over a wall near Selside. As they were in a vehicle marked ‘Ambulance’ they stopped to see whether they could help. After consultation, they loaded the bicycle and helped the cyclist into…
