The team was alerted by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) to assist a walker (F 67) who had slipped on the footpath above Trow Gill and sustained a head injury. Team members were able to drive close to the location in CRO 4, the teams ATV whilst other team members were assembled in case of a stretcher carry. Following an assessment of her injuries she was able to walk the short…
Walking Rescues
INCIDENT 68/2024. September 13TH 13.46 HRS. JANET’S FOSS, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) alerted the team to assist with a walker (F, 65) who had slipped on the path descending to Janet’s Foss and suffered a head injury. After an assessment by a team member she was able to walk the short distance back to the road and taken in a CRO vehicle to Malham car park and transferred to the YAS paramedics. Volunteer hours: 20
INCIDENT 67/2024. SEPTEMBER 8th SUN. 13.47 hrs. SCALEBER FORCE, SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
A visitor (f, 27) slipped and fell a short distance at the foot of the lowest cascade of Scaleber Force, experiencing serious back pain. After assessing the site, the YAS paramedics requested CRO’s assistance with the rescue. Having given pain relief and put her into an insulated casualty bag, team members lifted the casualty onto a Bell Stretcher for the haul/ carry up the steep and slippery path. Casualty and…
INCIDENT 65/2024. AUG 31ST SAT 23.10 HRS. WHERNSIDE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
With team members still assembled at the Depot from Incident 64, North Yorkshire Police notified the team of a second group of seven walkers (f) missing on Whernside. Inquiries suggested that a group of three had descended into Kingsdale, while the other group of four was on the summit ridge. Two team members in a team vehicle located the group of three on the road near Yordas Cave in Kingsdale. …