Ambleside

A man and his partner phoned for help when they were unable to locate the way down from Baystone, Wansfell. There's little more can be said.
 

Two women lost their way off Fairfield. They had found a path and thought they were heading for Rydal.

Lights were reported flashing on Todd Crag. An investigation found only campers.

A man phoned for help when he became cragfast after scrambling up the hill with his son. He managed to get stuck in a steep, wet, moss-filled gully.

A young woman, reported as depressed, failed to return from her walk. There was concern for her well being,

A man and a boy became cragfast on a steep, bracken-covered slope after losing the way down from Wansfell. They were from overseas and had a disproportionate fear of the local wildlife, which is much less dangerous and aggressive than they imagined.
 

A man sustained an injury to his hamstring while walking.

A couple lost the path on Todd Crag. They phoned 999 for help and the team was requested to assist them.

One of a group of 4 women couldn't move after she suffered a knee injury. They were in the area celebrating a 40th birthday.

Male, 23 years. Slipped on top of Stock Ghyll waterfall Ambleside and fell about 70 feet into the bottom of the waterfall sustaining severe head injuries. Team members assisted ambulance men and police in getting the injured man to safety.

Small party of team searched Wansfell after a report was received by police that flares and torch lights had been seen.

Search of Loughrigg and numerous places in the Ambleside area after a report was received by the police that a local person was out for a walk after being ill.

The team recieved a request to prepare to assist Police with the clearing of streets in Ambleside and surrounding area following the news that a man was heading in this direction shooting, apparently randomly, from a car. At this stage he was thought to have killed 12 people and injured many, many more.

We were requested to assist the air ambulance with loading a casualty after she slipped and suffered an lower leg injury above High Sweden Bridge.

An elderly woman collapsed and became briefly unconscious.

A local woman slipped outside her house on an icy path. The ambulance was unable to reach her due to the ice covered road, so we collected her and transferred her to a county ambulance.

We were requested by North West Ambulance Service to assist in accessing a remote, snowbound property where a patient required urgent evacuation to hospital with a serious medical problem.

A group of three young men became stranded when one of them finally succumbed to a knee injury sustained earlier in the day. It had swollen horribly and he could no longer walk.

Two people were reported as seperated from their party, having no torches and limited experience, and overdue at Kirkstone car park. Two team members set off the interview the informant.

An obcenely early start to assist the local ambulance crew recover a man who had slipped on icy ground and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture

11 year old boy became separated from his family. A pleasant change to have a search on a lovely sunny afternoon.

52 year old woman slipped and fractured her leg. We knew what to do.

58 year old had possible heart attack and collapsed. Revived by rest of party. Airlifted to hospital by RAF Boulmer.

37 year old woman fell on footpath and fractured her leg.

48 year old woman slipped on wet fellside and fractured her leg.
                                                        

35 year old man slipped on wet rock and fractured his leg.

23 year old man, in a small group, collapsed for no clear reason. He didn't fracture his leg.
                                                                   

Girl aged 17 years. Fell walking on Low Pike-High Pike. Collapsed. Clothing, equipment and footwear good. Experience not known. Brought down by Team. Team doctor in attendance and patient then conveyed to County Hospital, Kendal. No injuries.

Call to the Kirkstone Inn: Ski-ing accident: Boy with broken leg. Con-veyed to Westmorland County Hospital, Kendal.