A visitor (f, 62) was reported to be experiencing chest pains and difficulty in breathing on the outward (western) arm of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, between Pecca Bridge and Thornton Force. As a ‘normal’ callout was being arranged, two team members and two medical practitioners from other cave rescue teams* were diverted from Yordas Cave to the casualty site in CRO 4 (the Honda Pioneer ‘side-by-side quad’). YAS paramedics were already with the patient and, as soon as the team’s stretcher was assembled, she was carried up to a team Land Rover in which she was able to sit for the short drive to the road ambulance, waiting at the road-head.
Volunteer hours: 21
* participating in the British Cave Rescue Council’s Medical Conference, hosted by CRO.