The Team received an early morning alert from Lancashire Police to assist a walker (F, 56) who had injured her ankle whilst on a group walk. We had also received an earlier ‘heads up’ from one of our off-duty members who was passing the site whilst guiding his own group. The walker in question had slipped on the still icy path (despite the good weather it was still only 2…
A Three Peaks walker called 999 after his girlfriend (19) fainted, repeatedly, at the beginning of the descent from Whernside towards Bruntscar. The CRO Duty Controller described what then happened: ‘The weather was worsening and it was starting to get dark. They had huddled down and she was in a plastic bivvi bag, to keep warm. Their position was just off the summit ridge on the descent path. A full…
A walker (m, 64) slipped while walking from Ingleborough to Park Fell, sustaining a suspected broken ankle. A ‘hasty party’ (fell-runners with initial equipment) assessed and splinted the injury and put the patient into an insulated casualty bag. After further assessment by the team doctor, the patient was lifted onto a Bell stretcher and sledged/carried down to a team vehicle which took him to the YAS ambulance, waiting at the…
A walker (m, 34) stumbled on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, sustaining a very painful ankle injury. After the team doctor had assessed the injury and given mild pain relief, team members splinted the ankle and stretchered the casualty to Beezleys. A team vehicle returned him to his partner’s car in the Falls car park for her to drive him to hospital for a full assessment. Volunteer…
