UWFRA forwarded a call from YAS for a walker (m, 30) who had sustained a knee injury while walking alongside Gordale Beck, downstream of Gordale Scar. His location was confirmed using the Phonefind app. As he was unable to put weight on the injured leg, team members administered pain relief, splinted the leg and put the casualty into an insulated casualty bag. Using a wheeled stretcher, they took him across…
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…
A walker (f, 69) slipped on wet snow on the path between Langscar Gate and the top of Watlowes (‘Dry Valley’), Malham, injuring an ankle, so that she could not stand. Team members splinted the ankle then took her by wheeled stretcher to a team Land Rover, waiting at the road-head. She was driven down to Malham car park and transferred to a friend’s car for the journey to hospital…
A walker (f, 55) slipped, twisting her knee so that she could not stand again, in a field to the North East of Cleatop Park, South of Settle. The call had gone to Cleveland MRT, who re-routed it to CRO. When team members arrived at the casualty site, the YAA paramedic, assisted by the pilot and two NYP officers had already immobilised the ankle and put the casualty into an…
