INCIDENT 89/2023 DEC 17TH SUN. 12.15 NORBER SCAR, CRUMMACKDALE, AUSTWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE

Prior to an official call from North Yorkshire Police, the Team were alerted by friends of an injured fell runner (M, 51yrs) who had slipped and hurt his ankle. Fortunately, one of our Team members was nearby and was able to offer assistance. The Team were mobilised, and the official callout from NYP was received. Team members made to the scene and were able to splint the man’s ankle and…

INCIDENT 85/2023 OCT 22nd SUN. 14.58 WINSKILL STONES, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Yorkshire Ambulance Service requested CRO’s assistance with a casualty (f, 38) who had reportedly injured her ankle and was unable to walk.  When the YAS paramedics and the first CRO members reached the casualty’s supposed location, the casualty was nowhere to be found.  Further inquiries determined that her party had managed to get her off the hill and transported her to hospital. VOLUNTEER HOURS:  7

INCIDENT 81/2023 SEP. 16th SAT. 13.56 ON DESCENT FROM PEN Y GHENT TO BRACKENBOTTOM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 48) twisted an ankle very badly while descending the upper tier of rock at ‘the sharp end’ of Pen y ghent, so that she was unable to continue. With the cloud base at about 530m (the level of the junction of the Dale Head and Brackenbottom paths), faster team members ran up to assess the casualty and provide re-assurance for the family group, while other members carried…

INCIDENT 79/2023 SEP. 14th 13.39 DEAN MOOR, MALHAM MOOR, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 61) put her boot into a narrow gap between rocks, then slipped, breaking the ankle, while walking on a path from the head of Watlowes (‘The Dry Valley’) to Water Sinks, South of Malham Tarn. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance arrived first and its paramedics treated the extremely painful, open  fracture. Team members helped lift the casualty onto a scoop stretcher, then carried her to the helicopter for…