An angler (m, 76) slipped down the river bank, South of Little Plantation, near Hellifield, sustaining a back injury. YAS paramedics were first on scene and assessed the patient, before CRO team members helped him on to a Titan stretcher and carried him to the road ambulance. He was helped into the ambulance and team members stood down. *Footnote: Although a river bank at 120m O.D. is hardly ‘mountainous’, the…
A walker (f, 76) was reported to have collapsed while walking along the side of the Ribble, across from Hornby Laithe bunkhouse, Stainforth. Members scouting the exact location arrived on scene just before a YAS paramedic in his Rapid Response Vehicle. By now, the patient appeared to be recovering, so after assessment by the paramedic, she was walked gently to a stile, then sledged up a steep slope by stretcher…
A walker (f 57) slipped and fell on the riverside path south of Stainforth Force, fracturing her left leg. CRO assisted Yorkshire Ambulance Service and air ambulance paramedics to extract her from the location for transfer to hospital. Volunteer hours: 23
