A visitor (m, 70) was reported to be ‘clammy, vomiting, short of breath’ on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail between Pecca Falls and Thornton Force. When the first team members arrived, he appeared to be recovering and, after assessment, he was assisted to CRO 4, the team’s Honda Pioneer. There being no ambulance available, this took the patient and his wife to their own car in the Trail car park, where…
A visitor (m, 77) with a known heart condition experienced chest pain on reaching the top of the stairs into the Battlefield Chamber, the most remote part of the show cave. Use of the medication he carried with him had no effect so the cave manager asked North Yorkshire Police to call CRO. Team members administered oxygen, which relieved the patient’s pain almost totally, but his pulse was very irregular…
YAS called CRO and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance following a report that a visitor (m, 78) had ‘passed out’ and was ‘in and out of consciousness’ at Pecca Falls on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. The first of two team Land Rovers took several members across fields towards the casualty site, then drove the YAS paramedics from the helicopter down to near the refreshment hut. The paramedics then took over assessment…
YAS reported that although an ambulance was on its way from Settle, the crew would need CRO’s assistance with a walker (f, 60) who was unable to stand, feeling dizzy and faint, at the top of Malham Cove. After attention from the paramedics, the patient was able to stand. Team members assisted her to a team Land Rover which took her and the YAS personnel to the road ambulance. Team…
