Incident Report #44 2002
A man was reported overdue from his walk. He turned up as a search was being organised. His returned had been delayed by a migraine.
A man was reported overdue from his walk. He turned up as a search was being organised. His returned had been delayed by a migraine.
A 73-year-old man suffered an Angina attack. He was only a short distance from the road end, so he was quickly transferred to a county ambulance. They'd only gone short distance when he decided he didn't need any further treatment.
A 20-year-old fellrunner fell and sustained serious cuts to his leg. The team was called and set off. Because of the reported serious nature of the injuries a helicopter was requested. This got there before us and airlifted the man to hospital. The team stood down.
We were called to assist Keswick MRT with a search for a woman who had become separated from her husband while walking. She was quickly located.
A man became cragfast near the top of Crescent Climb. He was assisted down uninjured.
That was a pleasant break! And the first rescue we've done in a while wasn't to difficult either. A 14-year-old slipped and sustained a leg injury. It wasn't to tricky a place to get to.<td>
Three men were reported overdue from a climbing trip to Bowfell. Their friend reported them overdue at the pub. He found them when he returned to their tent. We had started to assemble at base, but hadn't gone out on the hill yet.
A 47-year-old man was reported as collapsed on the path part way up to Stickle Tarn. Because of the way this incident was reported (badly) there was an ambulance called, and the local 1st responders, having been told that the man as at the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. He wasn't, and when they found out, we were called to assist. His collapse was probably due to having next to nothing to eat prior to going for a walk with his friends. He was carried down to the valley.
A 17-year-old woman slipped and sustained a deep gash to the back of her leg. She was treated by her friends and put in a tent. We arrived and transferred her to a stretcher and carried her down. Conditions were atrocious.
A 58-year-old woman slipped and sustained a back injury. She was treated at the scene and carried down to be transferred to hospital.
A party of three men reported themselves lost and cragfast somewhere on Bowfell. They gave us the impression that their lives were in peril. They insisted that only a helicopter would be able to rescue them ,but we new different. A search ensued and they were located by Search Dog Sky. There were not injured and were assisted to the valley, slowly. It would be fair to say that they were a little out of their depth and the danger was subjective.
While the previous incident was being dealt with, we were alerted by RAF Mountain Rescue Team members, who were climbing in Langdale, that a woman had fallen 100ft in the the Raven Crag area. They had gone to her aid. The team responded, along with members of Kendal MRT, and dealt with this incident as well. The woman, had been trying to find a way down for her family, who were walking above, when she fell. She suffered multiple injuries including injuries to her head, neck and spine. She was airlifted to hospital by the Royal Navy.
A 21-year-old woman injured her leg when she slipped. Her friends started to assist her down, and a passerby alerted us. When we got to them, they had made their way most of the way down. We gladly relieved them of their load for the last few hundred yards.
A woman sustained a leg injury on the summit of Crinkle Crags. She was treated by team members, and stretchered down with assistance from Kendal MRT. It was a late night.
A man in his 50's collapsed with chest pains on the way up Loft Crag. His son called for our help. We administered oxygen and pain relief, and monitored him before he was taken to West Cumberland Hospital by RN Gannet.
A 44-year-old woman fell from the path near the top of Dungeon Ghyll. She fell approximately 80ft into the bed of the ghyll, sustaining serious multiple injuries. Sadly, despite prolonged attempts by her friends to revive her, she died. We were assisted in the rescue by a helicopter from the RAF.
A man slipped and sustained a suspected leg fracture. We did what we do with assistance from Kendal MRT
A woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. We applied a splint, administered TLC and carried her down.
A man collapsed while walking with a party. Sadly he died at the scene, despite the efforts of a nurse who was in attendance.
A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. I'm sorry, but I'm running out of new and innovative ways of describing this type of incident.
A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury.
A woman reported her husband overdue at the campsite in Great Langdale.
A young woman collapsed, reported as diabetic and pregnant. Her partner called us for help, but didn't really know where they where. We were given three different locations, 2km apart. We eventually located them just as it was going dark. The woman was very cold, and unable to move; the man cold, but still able to walk. The woman was treated for her hypothermia and evacuated to the valley on our stretcher. The man was given additional clothing and escorted down as well.
A father and son were reported as missing on a walk from Langdale to Scafell. A search was organised with help from Keswick and Wasdale MRTs and SARDA. After a number of reported sightings by people camping in the area, they were located near Greta Ghyll on the Corridor Route at 6.30am. They were okay, but cold and were evacuated to Wasdale. It turns out that they had got to Scafell by asking directions, but seem to have run out of people to ask for directions back again!
A couple got separated on the approach to Crinkle Crags. The husband went back to look for his wife, but couldn't find her. We were called to search for her, and she was located at Brotherilkeld. SARDA were also called to help out.
A woman slipped while scrambling. She fell approximately 100 feet, sustaining multiple injuries including suspected pelvic fractures, possible spleen damage, multiple rib fractures, leg fractures, wrist, back and head injuries. She was treated by team members at the scene and airlifted to Whitehaven by the RAF.
A woman slipped while descending, banging her head and fracturing her wrist. She was obviously in a great deal of pain, and was also nauseous. She was treated by team members and stretchered to our ambulance for transport to hospital.
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 71-year-old man suffered a diabetic collapse. He was assisted by passers-by until we arrived. Once he had eaten and rested he was assisted to his car. He was checked by a doctor and given the all-clear to drive home.
A woman in her 60s slipped while descending steep grass and sustained a suspected fracture to her right ankle. It's possible that her totally inappropriate footwear may have contributed to her slip.