Cumbria Police requested CRO’s assistance for two young hillwalkers, in separate parties at different locations but part of the same large group, who were going in and out of consciousness. Initial information was limited but placed both parties on the Deepdale side of Whernside. Team members located the casualties, assessed them, and brought them down off the hill for further assessment by our colleagues at NWAS and YAS. While this…
A climber (m, 75) walked up to the Giggleswick Scar (North) crag, but collapsed immediately on arrival. Despite the best efforts of his companions at CPR, then the protracted efforts of YAS paramedics, he could not be revived. With police formalities completed, team members stretchered the deceased down to an ambulance. FATAL Volunteer hours: 21
YAS requested CRO’s assistance in carrying a patient (m, 67) to an ambulance, following his collapse in a farm building. Members arrived to find him already in the ambulance, so they stood down. Volunteer hours: 15
A three peaks walker (m, 59) collapsed on the steep path onto Ingleborough at Humphrey Bottom. Almost immediately, his wife began CPR and this was continued by paramedics from the North West Air Ambulance, when they arrived. The first CRO members on scene found that paramedics from a YAS road ambulance were also in attendance. When prolonged CPR proved ineffective, a team vehicle returned the YAS paramedics to the road-head…
