A walker (f, 41) fell on limestone pavement, trapping her foot so that she was unable to move and she soon became very cold. It was not possible to use PhoneFind or speak to her (Her phone may have worked via ’emergency roaming’.), but as CRO members arrived in the immediate area, Police officers had already found her. She was provided with a heated waistcoat and a Blizzard emergency jacket, then…
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INCIDENT 07/2022 – FEBRUARY 12th SAT. 12.50 PENNINE BRIDLEWAY, NEAR CLAYPITS, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT
CRO were called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist them with an incident about half a mile along the Pennine Bridleway from the road head at Clay Pits Plantation. When CRO arrived we found that YAS had been able to drive their off-road ambulance to the location of the casualty; a 48 year old male suffering from chest pains. Whilst most CRO team members were stood down, a…
INCIDENT 06/2022 – FEBRUARY 10th THUR. 16.17 PLAYING FIELDS, NEAR THE SWIMMING POOL, SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – LOCAL INCIDENT
CRO were called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) to assist them with a young person who was reported to be suffering from hypothermia. The young person had been on the playing fields near Settle swimming pool for about two hours before suffering from the effects of the cold, wet day. The first CRO team member to arrive on scene was able to help the YAS crew in getting their…
INCIDENT 05/2022 – JANUARY 30th SUN. 20.30 PETERSON POT / PIPPIKIN POT, LECK, LANCASHIRE – CAVE INCIDENT
Three cavers (m,22; f,21; m,21) were reported overdue on a Peterson Pot to Pippikin Pot through trip (with Mistral Hole as an alternative early exit, if short of time). Having sent a PhoneFind text and confirmed that their car was at Bull Pot Farm, the Duty Controller organised a rapid surface search, in case the party had exited and was lost on the wild and wet way back to Bull Pot…