The team were called out by North Yorkshire Police to assist with a casualty (F 15 YO) who had sustained a lower leg injury whilst descending from the summit of Ingleborough as part of her DofE expedition. The CRO duty controller (DC) spoke to the well equipped/prepared casualty party to ascertain the nature of the injury and gather enough information in order to come up with suitable rescue plan. Team…
The team were called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to a walker (m approx 60) who was experiencing a medical event whilst walking on the summit ridge of Whernside. Team members were deployed to initially RV at Ribblehead viaduct before making their way up to the casualty location. A YAS Double Crewed Ambulance (DCA) was also deployed to the same RV. Whilst CRO team members were making their way…
The team provided rescue cover for the annual Three Peaks Mountain race. Almost 1000 runners took part in the open race and team relay events. Team members were placed at strategic locations throughout the course. Fortunately, despite the warm conditions the team only had to provide support for a few minor issues and had to give medical assistance to one runner (m,36) who had collapsed with heat exhaustion close to…
The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (m, 80) who had fallen whilst walking around Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and had a reported head injury. One of the Duty Controllers who was in the area was able to quickly locate the casualty, who had started to make his own way back to the village but was starting to feel a bit worse. After an initial assessment they…
