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 CRO members were ascending from Fell Lane, Ingleton as the air ambulance flew in, but some were withdrawn when, after the best efforts of…
A caver (f) attending the Spring winch meet at Gaping Gill was believed to be suffering from appendicitis and CRO was called. Members were despatched by Land Rover and Honda Pioneer, at the same time as the availability of an air ambulance was queried. No helicopter was available immediately and team members kept going forward. The patient and a companion were collected in the Pioneer, brought down to the road-head…
With a road ambulance and air ambulance on the way, YAS requested CRO’s assistance following a report of a boy (11) who was ‘unresponsive, lips are blue’ at Janet’s Foss. The team responded, but members had got only as far as Malham village when they were stood down, being told that CRO was not needed. With no further information, a check with NYP’s Force Control Room revealed only that the…
Having dispatched an air ambulance and a road ambulance, YAS called CRO to a walker (f, 33) who had fallen on the descent route from Pen y ghent towards the top of Horton Scar Lane, sustaining a facial injury and a deep scalp wound. When the first team members arrived at the casualty site, the patient was being treated by paramedics. She was then assisted to the helicopter and flown…
