A visitor (f,42) having left her mobility scooter in order to get nearer to the foot of the Cove, became incapacitated. After giving her pain relief, CRO members and Yorkshire Ambulance Service personnel helped her return safely to Malham. Volunteer hours: 16.5
Walking Rescues
Incident 35/2016 – May 21st Sat. 17.57 – Nature Trail, Clapham, North Yorkshire – Local incident
A local man was taken ill on the Nature Trail. CRO members used a team vehicle to return him to Clapham and hand him over to Yorkshire Ambulance Service personnel. Volunteer hours: 3
Incident 34/2016 – May 14th Sat. 17.57 – Swinetail, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue
A Three Peaks walker (f,18) stumbled / slipped while ascending the hill, sustaining a suspected ankle fracture. When she had been given pain relief and the leg had been splinted, she was carried down the steep path, then to a CRO vehicle for transport to a road ambulance, waiting in Chapel le dale. Volunteer hours: 57
Incident 31/2016 – May 10th Tue. 15.21 – Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Mountain Rescue
While descending the bridleway from Ingleborough to Ingleton, a walker (f,68) tripped on a rock, just a few hundred meters above Crina Bottom. She sustained facial, wrist and suspected rib injuries and was treated by paramedics from the air- and land ambulances. She was then carried by stretcher to a CRO vehicle, which transported her down to an ambulance waiting on Storrs Common. Volunteer hours: 16