INCIDENT 64/2022 AUG. 13th SAT. 13.45 TURBARY ROAD, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

A lone trail-riding motorcyclist (m, 61) called the ambulance service, ‘complaining of shoulder, rib and collar-bone injuries’ after he came off his motorcycle on the Turbary Road, near Kail Pot, in Kingsdale. YAS called CRO, but possibly because the caller’s mobile phone had to roam to a different network to access 999, he could not be re-contacted to identify his position. A small reconnaissance party of members drove up from…

INCIDENT 19/2022 – (same day) 16.34 Path to foot of Malham Cove, Malham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

A walker (f, 74) tripped on the beck-side path to the foot of Malham Cove, falling forwards. Putting her hands up to arrest the fall and protect her face resulted in an injury to one shoulder / upper arm. The main group of team members arrived on scene at the same time as YAS paramedics, who immobilised the injury and administered pain relief. Team members lifted the patient onto a…

INCIDENT 07/2021 – Apr. 3rd Sat. 12.55 – B6479 road, South of Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire. – Local Incident

While driving towards Horton in Ribblesdale, two CRO members, in a team Land Rover, came across a road traffic collision which had occurred only moments earlier. Driving a vehicle marked as an ambulance they felt obliged to stop and offer assistance until the statutory emergency services arrived. They were able to provide care and pain relief for the injured motor-cyclist (m, 52?) until he could be handed over to the…

INCIDENT 83/2020 – Dec. 6th Sun. 13.23 – Malham Cove, Malham, North Yorkshire – Mountain Incident

YAS asked for CRO’s assistance when a walker (f, 70) was reported to have fallen at the top of Malham Cove. Although she had sustained a painful shoulder injury, she was determined to set off to walk back down the steps at the side of the Cove, with support from her husband. When the first team member arrived on scene patient, spouse and paramedics were walking slowly and carefully towards…