Those of us who diverted from the previous rescue found a 57-year-old man who had fallen 50 or so feet, sustaining a head, wrist and leg injury. He was incoherent at first, but came round while we were there. He was treated at the scene, given oxygen and then flown to Lancaster Hospital by the RAF. We were assisted by Patterdale MRT and Kendal MRT. Please stop sending the postcards, I was only joking!
We were called to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a woman in her 50's who had slipped and sustained a leg injury. She was carried out on a stretcher. We have had a run of incidents in this area recently. It's not unusual to be up here when it snows to rescue speeding sledgers and skidding motorists but are sinister forces at work to cause this phenomena? Theories on a postcard please.
A group of five got lost in the mist. They were located quickly and escorted down the fell. It's unlikely they ever knew where they where.
No-you're not seeing double. A woman who had helped the man in the previous incident left the casualty site to make her way down and fell and sustained a leg injury. She got a helicopter ride as well.
A 70-year-old man fell 50ft and sustained multiple injuries. He was treated at the scene and then flown to Carlisle hospital.
A 52-year-old woman sustained a leg injury when she slipped on steep grass on the way down from Great Rigg. Her husband came down to raise the alarm, but then went back up the hill before we arrived. The grid reference given didn't make sense, so we had to search for an hour before we found her. She was treated and then carried down to the valley.
A 62-year-old Bristol man slipped and sustained a leg injury. He was a big chap, so luckily we were able to use our local knowledge and bring him down via a short cut through a quarry.
A man slipped and snapped his patella tendon (that's what he told us, him being a doctor and all). He was stretchered down to an ambulance for onward transport to hospital.
While on the previous rescue, we came across a man who had injured muscles in his back and was unable to walk. He was assisted down as well.
We were called to attend a woman with an ankle injury. She was walking with her husband. They had passed a grid reference to the Police which put them on Nanny Lane, Troutbeck. The team was dispatched to sort her out. Our first response group couldn't find them. We spoke them again and they admitted that they might not have been quite were they had initially told us. Further questioning located them on the Ambleside side of Wansfell. A second team was dispatched, they were located, and the woman's injury was treated. Grid references and numbers are such a tricky business.
A flare was sighted by a passer-by, who was familiar with flares, in the vicinity of Loughrigg. A small search was organised, but nothing was found. It was probably the sun reflecting of a high flying jet.
We were called out to look for a man who was lost on Fairfield. He had phoned for help with his mobile phone. A search was organised in conjunction with SARDA and Patterdale and Kendal MRTs. He was located at Hartsop above How after a couple of hours’ searching. He was escorted off by members of Patterdale MRT.
A 24-year-old man slipped and sustained a suspected spinal injury. The man was treated at the scene, and carried to our ambulance, then transported to hospital
While the previous incident was under way, we were called to another man with an ankle fracture, this time a little nearer the road. We did the business and he was evacuated to hospital.
A man was reported missing from a residential care home in Ambleside.
A man slipped and sustained a fractured ankle. An ambulance was called, but it was too far uphill, so we went to assist.
A 10-year-old boy became separated from his parents. A search was organised, and he was quickly located and reunited with his parents.
A 65 year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. She was treated at the scene and carried down on our stretcher.
We were requested to assist Patterdale MRT with the search for a missing 10-year-old boy. The boy was quickly located
We were called to assist a dog that had fallen over Jenkins Crag. Unfortunately the dog died.
A couple became lost in mist. They were located and walked down.
We were requested by the ambulance service to assist with the rescue of a man who had collapsed. Unfortunately he had died, so we recovered his body to Ambleside.
A major operation swung into action when a coach crashed through a wall at the bottom of Kirkstone Pass, tipping onto its side. There were in excess of 40 people on board, many of whom were injured, some seriously. The rescue operation involved Police, Ambulance, Fire Service, Air Ambulance, ourselves and Kendal MRT. Our Lowfold base was used as a casualty clearing station were the less seriously injured were assessed by Paramedics, before being sent to appropriate hospitals. Our vehicles were used for transport.
We were requested to assist Cumbria Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a 72-year-old man from a footpath. When we got there, the ambulance had got stuck at the bottom of a steep grassy hill, so our contribution was to push the ambulance back up the hill. Where's the RAC when you need them?
A woman collapsed and became unconscious. By the time we arrived, she had come around, apparently having fainted. She was helped down and referred to a GP.
A woman slipped and tumbled, sustaining a gash to her leg. She was treated and carried down to our ambulance.
A woman slipped and sustained an arm fracture when she landed while descending from Wansfell. She was treated at the scene and evacuated with help form the North West Air Ambulance.
Heavy snow caused difficult driving conditions, so we were asked to assist the Ambulance Service with the transport of a casualty to hospital in Kendal. Happy New Year.
A man from Kendal allowed his dog, Zeus, to fall in to the top of Kilnshaw Chimney. It couldn't get back out because the ice build-up. He then went into the gully and couldn't get back out either. Fortunately someone passing, carrying a rope and crampons, lowered himself in to the gully and stabilised both, preventing a serious deterioration in the circumstances. We arrived and extracted Zeus and his owner, the other man having the wherewithal to sort himself out.
A woman slipped and sustained a fractured tibia and fibula. Her leg was splinted, and she was given pain relief and then evacuated to the valley for onward transport to hospital.
