YAS called CRO to a visitor (f, 25) with an ankle injury, passing on the co-ordinates provided by the caller. The YAS road ambulance and the CRO duty controller went to the site indicated, near Twisleton Dale House, but could find no-one and the caller’s phone was out of contact. As they searched, YAS control received a call from a different mobile phone, saying that the injured person was near…
Having experienced inclement weather on the summit of Ingleborough, a walker (m, 26) began to descend the stone-stepped path from Little Ingleborough towards Gaping Gill, but turned an ankle, not far below the ridge. He was in considerable pain and could not stand, when a party* of three other walkers came across him. One of the party called for help, giving a description and a grid reference, then stayed with…
After a rain shower, a walker (f, 63) slipped on the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove, sustaining an ankle injury. Having transported YAS paramedics to the casualty site so that they might attend to the injured visitor, team members evacuated her to a team Land Rover on a wheeled stretcher. She was driven down to Malham village for transfer to the YAS road ambulance. Volunteer hours: 25…
A climber (f, 54) fell from above her highest anchor, catching one foot on a ledge and sustaining a suspected ankle fracture on Ivy Buttress, Giggleswick North. Arriving on scene, YAS paramedics asked that CRO be called. Following their assessment, a vacuum splint was applied and team members lifted the injured climber into a casualty bag and onto a lightweight stretcher. She was carried down the steep, wooded slope to…
