A male was reported with suspected fractured femur and lower back injuries in Sawrey’s Wood, Elterwater
We were able to treat him and recover him to an ambulance waiting in the village
A woman slipped and injured her ankle near Elterwater. The team located her and carried her to a waiting ambulance
We were requested to assist NWAS with sccessing a man suffering chest pains near Crossgates, Elterwater
An 11-year-old boy was reported as seperated from his parents in Little Langdale. A search was being organised whem we heard that he had been located back at their start point. Team stood down.
Flares were reported in the sky above Loughrigg, spotted from Elterwater. An investigation found nothing.
A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she parted company with her mountain bike on a very wet track. She was treated and evacuated to a waiting ambulance
We were requested to take paramedics to assist a woman who had sustained a injury when she slipped on an icy path near Elterwater.
Whilst out staff training a 26 year old instructor from an O.P. centre in Bowness-on-Windermere became trapped in his canoe on rocks in flooded river. Released after 11/2 hours and taken to hospital with exposure and shock.
A search was mounted with assistance from S.A.R.D.A for a 58 year old local man who disappeared during torrential rain and severe flood conditions. Body eventually found 15/3/81.
A man had been missing from his home since the previous evening. A search was being organised when further enquiries located him in a town some considerable distance away. It would appear to have been a domestic dispute.
A young man was running with two friends when he took a tumble in a disused quarry. He sustained a deep cut to his kneecap. The cut was treated by the Team Doctor, and he was evacuated from the quarry by stretcher. His friends were loaned spare warm clothing and escorted from the hillside at the same time.
A 63-year-old man collapsed with a suspected heart attack. The team attended, along with local first responders, but he was certified dead at the scene by the Team Doctor.
