North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist a walker (m, 60) who had fallen while descending Ingleborough toward Clapham and injured his knee. A small party of team members set off toward Trow Gill in a team Land Rover, meeting the casualty who was being brought down from Ingleborough Cave in an Ingleborough Estate vehicle. Team Remote Rescue Medical Technicians (RRMTs) examined and dressed the casualty’s injury, after which…
An expeditioner (f, 15) slipped on the seriously slippery limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove, twisting a knee and dislocating the kneecap. After assessment and pain relief, a team paramedic reduced the dislocation, thus easing the pain, before the casualty was helped into an insulated bag and lifted onto a Bell stretcher. This was carried very carefully from the pavement and sledged or carried down the hill and…
A walker slipped on the muddy path from the top of Malham Cove to the Malham Rakes road, sustaining a knee injury so that she could not stand. Other walkers took care of her small son and confirmed the location when the duty controller phoned to check. The casualty was helped into the back seat of a team Land Rover and transported down to Malham Youth Hostel. Just as she…
