INCIDENT 92/2022  DEC 8th THU. 13.32 SHERIFF HILL, off RAKES ROAD, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker slipped, fell over and injured her ankle whilst on the path between the top of Malham Cove and the Malham Rakes road. A CRO team member was able to unlock the field gate adjacent the road and drive a vehicle to the injured walkers location. She was taken down to Malham village for onwards travel, to hospital, in a private car. Volunteer hours: 7

INCIDENT 91/2022  DEC 1st THU. 13.24 ALUM POT, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – CAVE INCIDENT

Having descended through Lower Long Churn into Alum Pot, a caver (m, 38) fell a distance of up to 5 or 6m from the bottom pitch, sustaining suspected injuries to ankle, femur, lower back and chest. CRO members descended to the casualty, assessed his injuries, used a group shelter and heated waistcoat to warm him, administered pain relief and ‘packaged’ him in a vacuum mattress (whole-body splint) then placed him…

INCIDENT 90/2022  NOV 24th THU. 13.19 BRIDGE HALL, LANCASTER HOLE, CASTERTON, CUMBRIA – CAVE INCIDENT

A caver (m, 54), on an exchange trip from Lancaster Hole to Cow Pot, slipped from the traverse in Bridge Hall, sustaining a slight head injury and knocking himself out briefly on landing. A loose rock also fell, landing on the caver’s wrist, causing an obvious fracture. Having made him as comfortable as possible and wrapped a Blizzard emergency exposure blanket round him, the caver’s wife exited the pot-hole to…

INCIDENT 89/2022  NOV. 19th SAT. 12.26 BAXENGILL GORGE, INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 54) slipped and heard a loud crack from her ankle while walking the return path of the Waterfalls Trail through the Baxengill Gorge, Ingleton. Her husband reported the suspected ankle fracture to North Yorkshire Police, who called CRO. Having assessed the injury, team members gave pain relief, splinted the injured leg then carried the casualty on a wheeled stretcher to the team Land Rover. This took casualty…