As a CRO controller was out for a walk, he came across a visitor (f, 73) who had fainted on the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail above Pecca Falls. She had recovered sufficiently to reach the refreshment cabin, but could go no further. When the appropriate team vehicle arrived (This was CRO 4, the Honda Pioneer, as field paths and tracks were saturated following recent persistent rain.), members helped the visitor to…
A visitor (m, 20) to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail was reported to be ‘struggling with fatigue and now feeling unwell’, having been walking for two and a half hours, from Ingleton. Once the duty controller had confirmed with the party that they were on the path above Thornton Force, team members met on the green lane, higher up, and descended to find the casualty and three companions. After being assessed,…
CRO were called out to assist a walker with a head injury sustained from a fall on the waterfalls walk. The first CRO team member on scene found that the injured person was already in the care of Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) paramedics at Beezley farm. The YAS crew confirmed that CRO’s help was no longer needed and that other team members on route could be stood down. Volunteer hours:…
A young person (f 13) twisted her ankle whilst on a day out on the waterfalls walk with her family. The family tried to carry on walking, but called for help when the young person appeared to faint a couple of times. A CRO doctor and team members located the family near to the tea shed, just to the south of Thornton Force. The injured girl was cared for by…
