Our colleagues at Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) asked the team to assist with an injured walker with a suspected fracture to his lower leg on the bridleway above Foxup, which is close to the border of our respective areas. Due to the location of the casualty UWFRA requested that we bring over CRO 4, our ATV, to help get equipment up to the casualty site, along with some…
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a walker (m,17) who had slipped and injured his ankle and knee descending Whernside toward Bruntscar. Team members ascended to the casualty’s location just off the summit ridge, where they assessed and packaged the casualty. The team then sledged the casualty down to the roadhead on a Bell stretcher and handed him over to Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics for further care. A…
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 (m, 51) slipped at the beginning of the ascent up the Swine Tail, sustaining a deformed ankle fracture. CRO 4 (Honda Pioneer) was driven up onto Little Ingleborough carrying three team members. They continued on foot to the casualty site above the hand-gate leading to Humphrey Bottom, meeting the Air Ambulance crew who had already arrived and begun assessing and treating the injured walker. CROs 2 and 3…
