Whilst team members were busy at our Depot, cleaning and sorting equipment from the previous day’s incidents, a call was received to a walker (F,44) suffering a cardiac event on the steep climb above Gaping Gill. Being on site, the team were able to quickly despatch a full party to the location, and arrived on site simultaneously with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Once the casualty had been assessed, team members…
Whilst both incidents 41 and 42 were in progress, a further call was received to reports of a walker suffering a possible cardiac event on top of Malham Cove. The ambulance service were asked to task Upper Wharfedale with the incident, whilst CRO released 2 surface team members from the Curtain Pot incident, only 3 miles away, to assist. Fortunately, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was able to make it to…
A walker (f, 56) slipped and fell, sustaining head and wrist injuries while walking from the Whernside trig point to the beginning of the steep descent to Bruntscar. With some difficulty, the duty controller used PhoneFind to confirm the casualty’s location as being on the ridge. By this time an air ambulance was en route , so the full team was not called. Another controller was able to talk the…
A walker (f, 77) slipped and fell, injuring the back of her head. When CRO members arrived, they found her much improved from the original description. Following assessment, it was agreed that the patient could walk to the team Land Rover for the drive to the road-head on the Kingsdale road. Here, she was further assessed by YAS paramedics. An air ambulance circled overhead, but returned to its base when…
