INCIDENT 87/2023 DEC. 3rd SUN. 15.12 YORDAS WOOD, THORNTON IN LONSDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE – MOUNTAIN INCIDENT

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) called the team to assist with an unconscious caver (f, 22) who had fallen on her way to Yordas Cave. In snowy conditions the team assisted YAS with treating the casualty who had regained consciousness and was suffering mild hypothermia. The team then placed her in a warm casualty bag and, making use of the snow, quickly sledged her off the hill in a Bell stretcher.…