INCIDENT 48/2004. JUNE 29th SAT 12.47hrs. TOP OF MALHAM COVE, MALHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE

Our colleagues at Yorkshire Ambulance Service requested the team’s assistance with a casualty (f, 50s) who had fallen on the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove and injured her wrist.  A team member attended, found the casualty, put her in a group shelter with her party, and directed the YAS paramedics to her location to assess her.  Additional team members assisted the paramedics in walking her to a…

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ALERT only. JUNE 19th WED. 15.44 COLT PARK AREA, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. ALERT No 3 OF 2024

The team was called by YAS after a walker reported that he had sustained an ankle injury. Telephone communication was poor, but it seemed that the casualty may have been in the Colt Park area, so team members were put on stand-by. Just as the duty controller’s PhoneFind message revealed that the caller had departed the area, NYP advised that he had informed them he was back in his car…

INCIDENT 45/2024. (same day) 14.15 WHITE SCAR CAVE, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

A visitor (m, 75) was reported to have collapsed in the Battlefield Chamber of White Scar Cave — the furthermost part of the show cave — but was now ‘sat up with a cave guide’ and unable to walk. After a thorough assessment by the team’s doctor, the patient was carried by stretcher to the cave entrance and handed over to YAS personnel who were waiting with a road ambulance.…

INCIDENT 44/2024. JUNE 15th SAT 08.23 PEN Y GHENT, NORTH YORKSHIRE

A Three Peaks walker (m, 50) was reported to have collapsed, with CPR being administered by an off-duty paramedic, near the summit of Pen y Ghent. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance also attended. Team members went to the summit plateau and assisted with the transfer and evacuation of the man to the aircraft. Other members assisted with landing the aircraft and carrying him to a waiting road ambulance. Our thoughts are…