Incident Report #29 2023
The team recovered the body of the dog that was lost, resulting in incident 26
The team recovered the body of the dog that was lost, resulting in incident 26
a woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. She was treated and evacuated
A male fell from the path above Browney Ghyll, falling 30 metres and sustaining head inuries, double wrist fractures and lower back damage. He was treated by team members and air ambulance paramedics and and then evacuated by Royal Navy Sea King to Preston hospital
A 25-year-old mountain biker fell and sustained a head injury. He was treated by team members and evacuated to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle by RAF helicopter
A man sustained a head injury in a fall on Crinkle Crags. He started to make his own way down, but someone went ahead to rasie the alarm. We met him in Browney Ghyll and he was recovered from there
A woman slipped on a steep, wet path near Browney Ghyll.
Whilst ascending to overnight camp a 19 year old female from Huntington collapsed with "Heatstroke" and was evacuated to safety by stretcher.
A 60-year-old man slipped and fell while scrambling up a steep section of path. He sustained a nasty head injury and serious injury to his eye. Some of our equipment was carried up the hill by a helicopter working with the National Trust (it was to small to get the stretcher in to get it down). The man was evacuated to Carlisle hospital.
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 man slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. He was treated at the scene and evacuated to the valley. He was a big fellow, and there were a few bad backs.
A man slipped and tumbled about 25 feet, sustaining an ankle fracture and suspected lower spinal injuries.
We were midway through evacuating the first casualty when we were made aware of second incident in nearby Oxendale.
19 year old man, part of an RAF party, slipped and fractured his ankle. A passing helicopter from RAF Boulmer gleefully airlifted the man to hospital.
A group descending came across a 68-year-old man who had sustained a leg injury during a fall. They called or help and we treated the man and evacuated him from the fell.
A woman was reported as having a suspected lower leg fracture on the descent from Red Tarn to Oxendale. She was treated by team members and evacuated to Ambleside for transport to hospital.