INCIDENT 22/2023 APR. 25th TUE. 11.26 PATH FROM PIKE LANE, LANGCLIFFE TO LOWER WINSKILL, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE, MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 65) was reported to be feeling dizzy and unable to walk further on the steep path above Pike Lane, Langcliffe. Having been on the ground for a while, she tried, unsuccessfully, to stand again, so NYP was asked to call CRO. Team members drove to Lower Winskill, walked down to the patient and assessed her condition. As the insulation, re-assurance and glucose tablets provided by her companions…

INCIDENT 02/2023 JAN 22nd  SUN. 10.24 FIELD PATH BETWEEN HOFFMANN KILN LANE AND VILLAGE, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE –  MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (m, 38) slipped on the thawing ice surface of the field path between Hoffmann Kiln Lane and Langcliffe village, sustaining a lower leg fracture. On receiving the 999 call, YAS sent a road ambulance, whose crew ventured to within 100m of the casualty, then asked for CRO’s assistance in evacuating him. When the paramedics had treated the injured person, team members lifted him on to a Titan stretcher…

INCIDENT 01/2023 JAN 8th SUN. 16.48 PATH NEAR STAINFORTH SCAR WOOD, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE –  MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A farmer’s son (23) slipped down a muddy slope while looking for a missing sheep at dusk, near the path into Stainforth Scar Wood from Winskill. He thought he had dislocated a shoulder and was unable to scramble back up the bank. He phoned for an ambulance, then rang a parent, who was able to help him to their car and take him to hospital. As soon as they were…

INCIDENT 53/2021 – JULY 25th SUN. 14.59 – ‘GORBECK ROAD’, LANGCLIFFE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A walker (f, 26) was reported to have ‘fallen and passed out’ on the ‘Settle Loop’ of the Pennine Bridleway, above Langcliffe. Two team members and the YAS ambulance crew were able to reach the casualty in CRO 4, the team’s Honda Pioneer. After an initial assessment by the paramedic (suspected heat exhaustion), she was taken in CRO 4 to the road ambulance for further assessment. Other team members who…