Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist with a walker (m, 89) who had fallen and injured his shoulder on the footpath near Janet’s Foss. Team members attended ready for the expected stretcher carry, but some astute local knowledge allowed a team vehicle to drive right to the casualty’s location. The casualty and the YAS ambulance crew were driven back to the ambulance in Malham. Volunteer hours: 40
YAS asked for assistance when a cyclist was reported to have fallen from his bike, sustaining possible rib injuries, on the bridleway from Water Sinks to Langscar Gate, Malham Moor. Unfortunately the call had ’emergency roamed’* so the caller could not be contacted in any way to confirm details. When team members and the YAS paramedics arrived at the supposed casualty site, nothing was found. With no patient to deal…
Having just emerged from Lower Long Churn Cave, a caver (m, 30) slipped on the stile, sustaining a lower leg injury. Unable to walk down to Selside, he phoned for help. After assessment by the YAS crew from Ingleton, the injury was splinted and the casualty assisted into CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer) for the drive down to the road ambulance. Volunteer hours: 9
Our colleagues at Yorkshire Ambulance Service requested the team’s assistance with a walker (f, 26) who had injured her lower leg on the path from Pen y Ghent summit down toward Hull Pot. Two team vehicles drove up to the top of the track near Hull Pot, with team members and a YAS paramedic continuing on foot to the casualty’s location. Once the casualty had been been assessed and splinted,…
