Incident Report #52 2024
A woman slipped and sustained a fracture/dislocated ankle
She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance
A woman slipped and sustained a fracture/dislocated ankle
She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance
A woman slipped and sustained suspected multiple fractures to her ankle
She was treated and evacuated to hospital via her own transport
A man slipped and suffered a possible ruptured quadricep. He was treated and evacuated
We were called to a woman who had taken a tumble and sustained facial injuries. We were on route when we were notified that her party had managed to make it to the road and a conventional ambulance was now all that was required
We stood down
A woman sustained head and shoulder injuries when she took a tumble. There was some confusion over the location when the initial What 3 Words location proved to be over 2kms out. We eventually located her, treated and evacuated her
A woman tumbled on steep ground and sustained a head injury and fractured wrist. She was treated and evacuated
A woman sustained a nasty gash to her head when she took a tumble while walking on the Coffin Route. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance waiting at the roadside
A woman was reported shouting for help. She had sustained a head injury and had abdominal pain. She was treated by team members and evacuated by air ambulance
A man, walking alone, suffered an MI. He was able to request help and the team attended along with NWAS paramedics
A female walker tripped and sustained a leg injury. The team was called to assist NWAS, but was stood down once the ambulance crew reached her and confirmed they would be able to walk her off
A woman took a tumbling fall on the coffin route. She sustained facial and wrist injuries. She was treated by paramedics and evacuated by team members
A couple in their 70s took a tumbling fall, both sustaining head inuries.
They were both treated by team members and stretchered to a waiting ambulance
Male sustained head injury in a fall
A female took a fall and sustained a fractured hip and wrist on the Coffin Route, Rydal. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance
We were requested by NWAS to assist a woman with a lower leg injury on the Coffin Route, near Grasmere. We attended along with the air ambulance and the woman was evacuated to hospital
The team assisted a 79-year-old woman after she fell and sustained injuries to her head and wrist. She was only a short distance from the road, where an ambulance could get to. She was helped to the ambulance and taken to hospital.
A man suffered a deep cut to his head in a fall. He was treated by paramedics and team members and then evacuated to hospital
A woman in her 40's fell from her mountain bike and suffered facial injuries. She was attended by the local ambulance service, but needed our help to evacuate her from an inaccessible spot.
This 50-year-old male from the Birmingham area slipped and sustained a nasty dislocation of the left shoulder. This was a busy day for us and the local Ambulance service.
Because of wrong information and location, the team was on the Loughrigg side of Rydal Water looking for a 16 year old female from Morecambe. Ankle bootees may have caused her to fall and sustain a fracture to her right leg. Stretchered to Hart Head Farm to an awaiting ambulance.
We were requested to assist the ambulance service with recovering a casualty from the coffing route.
While attending to the previous woman, we were alerted to another woman who had done the same. This time she was a 48-year-old, and just a few hundred yards further down the track.
A 68-year-old woman slipped on ice and sustained a lower leg injury.