A small group of horses galloped past but very close to four walkers on the path from Malham to Pikedaw, beyond Butterlands Barn. One horse came so close that one of the walkers (f, 63) was ‘bowled over’ and sustained a wrist injury on landing. Her group began to walk her back down the hill, but the pain was such that this could not continue. Team members attended, assessed the…
A walker (f, 62) slipped and fell on Whernside, sustaining a nasty gash to the forehead. The call dropped out before NYP could establish an accurate location, so that, when there was no response to the CRO duty controller’s PhoneFind text, he was left with the dilemma of which route (or routes) team members should take to reach the casualty. Fortunately, the caller’s phone came back into signal so she…
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 called for CRO’s assistance when a walker (m, 65) was reported to have fallen 3m (10ft) from the waterfall at Gordale Scar, but was conscious and breathing. YAS paramedics from the Yorkshire Air Ambulance were first on scene and, having bandaged his head wound, discussed walking the patient carefully to a road ambulance near Gordale House. The first CRO vehicle and team members stood by near the scene, available…
