Incident Report #49 2019
A young woman took a tumbling fall, sustaining head, facial and neck injuries. She was treated by team members and evacuated by Coastguard helicopter from Prestwick
A young woman took a tumbling fall, sustaining head, facial and neck injuries. She was treated by team members and evacuated by Coastguard helicopter from Prestwick
A woman sustained an ankle inury when she jumped into a pool while ghyll scrambling. Helpfully, she managed to get herself out of the water, where she was treated and evacuated
A young male, ghyll scrambling with an organised group, fell and sustained leg and arm injuries. He was given pain relief and his injuries were splinted and he was evacuated froma moderately challenging position at the bottom of a waterfall. He was tranferred to an ambulance in the valley bottom
A 50-year-old man jumped across the beck and slipped back, sustaining a leg fracture and head injuries. He was treated at the scene and airlifted to Whitehaven by RAF Leconfield.
During an Outdoor Activity Session a 16 year old youth from Manchester slipped on wet rocks and dislocated his knee cap. Team secured him on a stretcher then hauled up 30' from the beck and carried to an awaiting ambulance.
Whilst climbing out of the upper section of Crinkle Ghyll a 20 year old male from Solihull fell a short distance when a rock hold broke loose. He sustained a compound fracture to his wrist. Stretchered to an awaiting ambulance, assisted by Kendal M.R.T.
While trying to locate casualty no. 79 we were led to this boy, part of the same group.
An initially confusing and frustrating rescue, that eventually came to a successful conclusion.
A 64-year-old man was hit by rockfall in the bottom of the ghyll.
We received report that a woman had fractured both ankles after she had jumped into the ghyll.