A climber (f, 20) on Giggleswick Scar North fell approximately 4m, injuring her left ankle. Team members attended and determined that the awkward climbers’ path back to the car park was unsuitable for a stretcher carry. While one group assessed the injured climber, another group rigged the crag for lowering. The climber’s ankle was immobilised with a vacuum splint and the climber was strapped into a Bell stretcher. The stretcher…
A visitor to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail (f, 54) twisted her ankle on the climb up the steps above Thornton Force, leaving her unable to walk. After assessment by a team doctor, she was splinted and assisted into a stretcher with wheel attached. Team members carefully eased the stretcher back down the steep steps. They then wheeled the casualty back down the trail to a team Land Rover for transport…
A CRO duty controller and two NYFRS officers were working on the risk assessment elements of an emergency plan for the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail when a visitor asked for help. His partner (f, 32) had sustained an ankle injury and was unable to put weight on it. They assisted her to a team vehicle and returned the pair to their own car to seek medical assistance. Volunteer hours: 2
Just as the Team were clearing up and leaving the scene of the previous rescue, members were alerted to another injured walker on the Gordale Scar path, at the foot of the gorge. A walker (F, 23yrs) had slipped on rocks near the path and had injured her ankle. Unable to walk out, the Team treated her injury and carried her on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance at the…
