INCIDENT 51/2022 JUL 13th WED. 12.01 BRIDLEWAY TO INGLEBOROUGH, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Members were called to a D of E expeditioner (f, 17) who had collapsed while climbing Ingleborough. A phone call to the group’s supervisor established that the person involved had collapsed a second time. PhoneFind showed the exact location, at about the 550m contour, and the team approached via Crina Bottom. The casualty was brought down to a team Land Rover at Crina Bottom, using a wheeled stretcher, then driven…

INCIDENT 49/2022 JUN 30th THU. 12.09 PATH TO GORDALE SCAR, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE – AMBULANCE ASSIST

YAS asked for CRO’s assistance when a visitor (m, 64) was suspected of having a stroke, then fell over the low wall by the path approaching Gordale Scar. Team members had just set off when they were stood down, with YAS believing there was vehicular access. The decision was soon reversed, but as the first member arrived on scene she discovered that members of the public were helping paramedics to…

INCIDENT 39/2022 JUN 11th  SAT. 16.54 Just on to SUMMIT PLATEAU, INGLEBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A Three Peaks walker (m, 60) was reported to have collapsed (believed to be in cardiac arrest), just on to the summit of Ingleborough, having climbed up from Chapel le dale. Members of his own group administered CPR until paramedics arrived by North West Air Ambulance. CRO members were ascending from Fell Lane, Ingleton as the air ambulance flew in, but some were withdrawn when, after the best efforts of…

INCIDENT 10/2022 – FEBRUARY 25th FRI. 11.50 NEAR ‘TOM’S CABIN’, INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

As a CRO controller was out for a walk, he came across a visitor (f, 73) who had fainted on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail above Pecca Falls. She had recovered sufficiently to reach the refreshment cabin, but could go no further. When the appropriate team vehicle arrived (This was CRO 4, the Honda Pioneer, as field paths and tracks were saturated following recent persistent rain.), members helped the visitor to…