A walker (m) was reported to have fallen and banged his head, on the summit of Pen y ghent. He had passed out, but was now conscious and breathing, although feeling dizzy and unable to walk back down. Team members met at the car park in Horton in Ribblesdale and were setting off up the hill when it was learned that an air ambulance had landed on the summit and…
A CRO duty controller and two NYFRS officers were working on the risk assessment elements of an emergency plan for the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail when a visitor asked for help. His partner (f, 32) had sustained an ankle injury and was unable to put weight on it. They assisted her to a team vehicle and returned the pair to their own car to seek medical assistance. Volunteer hours: 2
Just as the Team were clearing up and leaving the scene of the previous rescue, members were alerted to another injured walker on the Gordale Scar path, at the foot of the gorge. A walker (F, 23yrs) had slipped on rocks near the path and had injured her ankle. Unable to walk out, the Team treated her injury and carried her on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance at the…
The Team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist a walker (M, 36yrs) who had slipped whilst walking above Gordale Bridge, on the path from Malham Cove, and had badly injured his ankle. After assessment and administration of pain relief by YAS paramedics and the Team Doctor, the injured walker’s ankle was splinted by team members who stretchered him to the road-head. Meanwhile, just as the Team were leaving…
