The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist with a casualty (m,51) who had become unconscious near the base of Malham Cove. By the time the first team members arrived on scene the casualty was conscious again and being treated by the YAS Paramedics. Once the Paramedics were happy with his condition team members helped the gentleman onto a stretcher and carried him to our waiting Landrover…
The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (m, 61) who had become faint and dizzy on the path up to the top of Malham Cove and was unable to continue. After an assessment by team medics the casualty was assisted onto a Bell stretcher and sledged down to the foot of the cove and our waiting Landrover, CRO 3. He was then driven to Malham…
Whilst deployed at the previous incident, the Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to an incident at Beezley Falls near Ingleton. A canyoner (F, 17) had slipped from rocks into a pool, injuring her shoulder. In considerable pain, she had been assisted by friends to the bank but was unable to self extricate from the rocky area, and was becoming very cold. Team members diverted from the other incident…
The team were called to a walker (f,13) who had slipped whilst walking up Pen-y-ghent with her father and dislocated her kneecap. A hasty party was dispatched up to her in CRO 4 (our Honda Pioneer) whilst two team Landrovers took more members up Horton Scar Lane. After an initial assessment and pain relief a team nurse was able to relocate the casualty’s kneecap before splinting her leg. The team…
