Fellwalking

A 57 year old man slipped, injuring his knee.

A 65 year old woman fell and injured her ankle. She also suffered shock. When we got there she had been helped to Rydal Hall by her husband, so it took a while to find her.

A 63 year old woman slipped and broke her arm, She was also suffering from high blood pressure. She was stretchered off and taken to hospital in Kendal.

This 65 year old German woman slipped in smooth soled shoes and tumbled 60ft down steep fellside. She sustained multiple injuries. She was stretchered to the valley bottom, with the help of Kendal MRT and then helicoptered to hospital.

A 72 year old man suffered a heart attack and we went to assist the ambulance crew evacuate him from the fell.

A 55 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle. A passing helicopter saved us the job of stretchering her off the hill.

This 46 year old woman collapsed with the symptoms of a heart attack. Her condition was stabilised on the hill and she was flown, with the team doctor, to hospital.

A 59 year old woman slipped and fractured her lower leg.

A 32 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle.

A 30 year old man slipped and fractured his lower leg.

A 54 year old man slipped and broke his ankle.

A 41 year old man slipped and injured his ankle.

Smooth soled shoes may have contributed to the slip which caused a nasty break and dislocation to this 65 year old woman's left leg.

Having just got down one hill, we had to drive around and run up another one and retrieve a 17 year old boy who had collapsed from an unknown condition. He may have 'given up'.

A 15 year old American boy had an uncontrollable asthma attack. He was treated at the scene and then stretchered off to a waiting ambulance.

A 53 year old woman with a broken ankle.

The location of this incident was given as 'between Stickle Tarn and Grasmere'. Surprisingly we took a while to find this woman and enlisted help of a passing helicopter. When we found her, she had knee ligaments and kneecap injuries.

A 15 year old boy fractured his left ankle after a slip.

Smooth soled shoes may have contributed to the slip that broke this 39 year ld lady's left ankle. Her friend was escorted off a very wet spillery hillside in similar footwear.

A 25 year old woman collapsed with breathing difficulties. The situation was worsened by her anxiety. She was helicoptered to Barrow for treatment. We are now able to confirm that a vicious breed of midge with very big teeth inhabit this are in June.

A 16 year old girl slipped and fractured her ankle. Her friends carried her some of the way, leaving us the last, easy, two mile, downhill stretch.

An 11 year old boy slipped and sustained and ankle injury. His friends carried him over a mile on a makeshift stretcher until we arrived and carried him the rest of the way.

The team was called to assist the ambulance crew in evacuating a 62 year old woman with an ankle fracture down a steep bank to the roadside.

A young girl on an ATC expedition was hit on the head when a stone fell off a cairn. When the team arrived, in addition to the head injuries, all five were suffering from hypothermia. All five had to be stretchered off the fell.

Two men were reported after failing to 'check in' after a long distance walk. We couldn't find them, which is not surprising since they'd gone home to Wetherby in Yorkshire much earlier, without telling anyone.

Three team members took our 'Propac' monitor to Kentmere to assist Kendal MRT in the rescue of a 10 year old boy who has sustained head, neck and spinal injuries in a fall.

A couple reported seeing flashing lights on Raven Crag. A search revealed nothing in the area, however lights were seen in another area. This turned out to be 8 members of a D of E group struggling down in the dark. They were escorted to the National Trust campsite in Great Langdale, where they spent the night.

This 13 year old boy attempted to catch us out by doing himself a mischief before lunch. he sustained injuries to his back, legs and pelvis. We sorted him out before our sandwiches had gone curly.

Walkers came across the body of a 70 year old man on the footpath. Team members attempted to resuscitate him, but were unsuccessful.

A 71 year old man slipped and fell 20ft into the ghyll sustaining mulitiple lacerations and a thorough wetting. His companion's quick action in removing him from the water and changing him into dry clothes avoided further complications.