Incident Report #61 1993
This 65 year old local woman slipped, in smooth soled shoes,on a steep wet and icy path and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #59 1993
A 57 year old man suffered a fatal heart attack.
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Incident Report #54 1993
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.
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Incident Report #5 1993
A 60 year old woman slipped on steep footpath and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #77 1995
A 59 year old man slipped a fractured his lower leg. He was splinted and evacuated to hospital in the Team's Ambulance.
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Incident Report #37 1995
A 71 year old retired Doctor slipped and sustained head and arm injuries. We stretchered him off the fell and packed him off to Kendal hospital.
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Incident Report #33 1995
A 39 year old woman slipped and fractured her ankle. This went down like a lead balloon with her family, who were on the first day of their walking holiday. Never mind, it's someone to stay in and write the postcards.
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Incident Report #32 1995
A 79 year old man slipped and sustain serious knee injuries. He was treated and stretchered off the fell.
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Incident Report #12 1995
A confused and depressed old woman went missing from Ambleside. A search was made of the Loughrigg area, but she was found by the Police wandering around the Football field.
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Incident Report #1 1995
A new day, a New Year, the same old injuries. A woman slipped crossing a stream and fractured her ankle.
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Incident Report #78 1996
A 50 year old man was reported overdue by his friends after a walk. He was reported as suffering from an "illness". A search was organised, but the man turned up safe and well as Team members were being dispatched.
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Incident Report #41 1996
A mobile phone call reported two injured people, following a fall. The phone was then switched off and we were not able to make any further contact or get any more information. We set off to try and locate the injured people, tracking them down to the back of an ambulance. The ambulance crew had received a call from a different source and been given sufficient information to locate the casualties, who were walking near the road.
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Incident Report #35 1996
A 34 year old woman with a history of mental problems "took off" over the summit of Loughrigg, without warning, leaving her 75 year old mother behind. A search was organised. She was located back at her hotel in Ambleside.
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Incident Report #10 1996
A small search was organised when this 12 year old girl ran off from her parents following a "disagreement". She was located after one and a half hours, unharmed.
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Incident Report #9 1996
Imagine our delight to be attending a "Mountain Rescue" again after our recent identity crisis. I suspect this 52 year old woman was less pleased when she slipped and broke her ankle.
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Incident Report #91 1997
A woman slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture. She was retrieved form the fell and conveyed to Hospital in our Ambulance.
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Incident Report #57 1997
A 12-year-old boy was allowed to swim out to an island, but only just made it and became stranded on the island, to exhausted and cold to swim back. The remoteness of the tarn meant that no boat was available, so a Team member donned a life jacket and swam out. Both were then pulled back to safety. A little better judgement of the boys swimming ability by the Father would have prevented this incident.
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Incident Report #51 1997
An 83-year-old local woman slipped and fractured her lower leg.
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Incident Report #19 1997
This woman slipped in poor footwear and sustained leg and head injuries.
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Incident Report #33 2011
A woman slipped while descending Loughrigg and sustained an ankle fracture. We know this because she was a doctor, and she had a floppy foot , and was holding it on when we got to her ... her injury was stabilised and she was evacuated to Ambleside for onward transfer to hospital.
Man Hours
11 team members for 2.25 hours
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NY344056
Incident Report #60 1998
A person was reported to be 'drunk' and unresponsive on Loughrigg by a man out walking early. We were asked to take a look by the Police. When we got there and examined the woman, we found an empty whisky bottle and a very large quantity of Paracetomol unaccounted for. The woman was deeply unconscious. She was stabilised at the scene and then taken to Kendal Hospital. She was very ill and was transferred to Furness General. She remained very ill for a few days, and then started to recover.
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Incident Report #29 1998
This local woman dislocated her kneecap when she fell after her dog pulled her over. You feed them, let them sleep on the end of your bed, chase them round with a plastic bag, take them to the vets and this is the thanks you get!
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Incident Report #25 1998
An elderly man slipped and sustained serious lacerations to his leg. He was treated and evacuated to the valley.
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Incident Report #24 1998
An Australian woman on a bus tour of the UK slipped and fractured her ankle. Ironically she was one of the best equipped in terms of footwear amongst the group. Some people are just unlucky.
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Incident Report #22 1998
A 37-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture.
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Incident Report #50 2000
A 56-year-old man fell while walking on Loughrigg and suffered a suspected fracture to his leg. He was given first aid and evacuated to hospital.
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Incident Report #14 1974
Male (71), of Sheffield, slipped on wet rocks and sustained head and spinal injuries on Todd Crag, Loughrigg. He was carried down the fell on a stretcher by the team and taken to the County Hospital, Kendal. Footnote: This man was very well equipped and experienced but the weather condtions were very bad with rain, mist and ground conditions were very wet and slippery.
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Incident Report #2 1974
Male (18 years) of Walthamstow, London, slipped and fell 40 feet into a gulley on Todd Crag, Loughrigg. He sustained serious multiple injuries and was taken down the fell on a stretcher by the team, and then to the County Hospital, Kendal.
Footnote: This youth was larking about with three friends when he slipped. He had no previous experience of the fells and no proper clothing (tee shirt and jeans) or footwear (smooth soled shoes). None of his so called friends accompanied him to hospital.
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Incident Report #42 1987
Smooth soled boots may have caused a 19 year old female from Colchester to slip during heavy rain. She fractured her lower leg, stretchered to team ambulance then transferred to county at Ambleside Ambulance Station,
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Incident Report #25 1987
Loose bootlace may have caused a 57 year old lady from Kendal to 'trip up'. She sustained fractures to her collarbone and humerous. Stretchered to teams ambulance then transferred to a county ambulance.
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