A walker (m, 48) slipped on ice on the path up Humphrey Bottom to Ingleborough, sustaining a suspected hip injury. The first team members to arrive at the casualty site found that he was just being loaded into an air ambulance, so the team stood down. Volunteer hours: 29
A caving instructor (m, 43) slipped on frozen turf after exiting Runscar Cave and sustained a lower leg injury. Having ensured the safety of the client group, the other instructors set up a group shelter for their colleague and called for help. Team members assessed the casualty and immobilised his leg before carrying him, by stretcher, to the road-head. His colleagues drove him to hospital for further assessment and treatment.…
A visitor (m) took a fall on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and was seen to be struggling. One passing walker loaned him a walking pole and another tried to phone for help, but had almost reached Ingleton before she had a signal. Team members walked or ran that half of the Trail from each end without finding the man and his wife. The couple had reached…
A paraglider pilot (m, 57) was reported to have a bruised back and leg as well as being unable to walk off the hill, following a bad landing which included a fall from about 5 metres. Once having found him, team members assessed him, ‘packaged’ him in a vacuum mattress and brought him down to a team Land Rover on a stretcher. He was driven to the road-head and handed…
