A visitor (f, ) slipped, sustaining an ankle injury, in Quarry Wood, towards the end of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. Team members walked in from Storrs Common and, having given mild pain-relief and splinted the lower leg, lifted the casualty in an insulated casualty bag onto a wheeled stretcher. She was wheeled to a team Land Rover, which carried her to the family car after she had opted to go…
Walking Rescues
INCIDENT 23/2022 – APRIL 17th Sun 19.00 Below Baxengill Gorge, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, Ingleton, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident
A visitor (f, 60) fell, sustaining a knee injury, ‘between falls five and six at the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail’. As CRO controllers don’t have the falls numbered, a Phonefind text sent to her husband’s phone revealed their position as the path below Baxengill Gorge. Team members met at the Beezleys caravan park and, reaching the casualty, immobilised her leg, put her into an insulated casualty bag and carried her by…
INCIDENT 21/2022 – APRIL 9th Sat 12.39 Alongside Gordale Beck, Malham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident
UWFRA forwarded a call from YAS for a walker (m, 30) who had sustained a knee injury while walking alongside Gordale Beck, downstream of Gordale Scar. His location was confirmed using the Phonefind app. As he was unable to put weight on the injured leg, team members administered pain relief, splinted the leg and put the casualty into an insulated casualty bag. Using a wheeled stretcher, they took him across…
INCIDENT 19/2022 – (same day) 16.34 Path to foot of Malham Cove, Malham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident
A walker (f, 74) tripped on the beck-side path to the foot of Malham Cove, falling forwards. Putting her hands up to arrest the fall and protect her face resulted in an injury to one shoulder / upper arm. The main group of team members arrived on scene at the same time as YAS paramedics, who immobilised the injury and administered pain relief. Team members lifted the patient onto a…