Incident Report #99 2024
Shouts for help were reported
Investigation led us to believe it was most likely a farmer gathering sheep
Shouts for help were reported
Investigation led us to believe it was most likely a farmer gathering sheep
A woman slipped and sustained suspected multiple fractures to her ankle
She was treated and evacuated to hospital via her own transport
The team assisted police in locating and retrieving a female for whom there was concern for her welfare and who was missing from home
The team were called to a male who had jumped from rocks in to shallow water at Buckstone's Jump. He sustained fractures to both ankles. One of these was serious and limb-threatening, so after treatment by the team, he was evacuated to hospital via Coastguard helicopter.
Lightening strikes and a massive midge swarm saw the team exposed to noteworthy danger and considerable discomfort!
A woman tumbled on steep ground and sustained a head injury and fractured wrist. She was treated and evacuated
A young male was reported as semi-conscious and coughing blood on a path near Buckstones Jump. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher to a waiting ambulance
A male sustained serious cuts to both feet as well as a suspected lower leg fracture at Buckstones Jump. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher
An 11-year-old male cut his foot when he became entangled in a barbed wire fence. We were requested to assist but were not ultimately required so we returned home
A female walker tripped and sustained a leg injury. The team was called to assist NWAS, but was stood down once the ambulance crew reached her and confirmed they would be able to walk her off
A female was reported feeling faint and unwell near Buxton's Jump, Rydal. The team was called and the woman was evacuated to an ambulance
While the previous incident was ongoing we were also requested to assist NWAS in evacuating a male with a head injury from Rydal
Male sustained head injury in a fall
A male slipped and sustained a suspected knee fracture. He was treated by teh team and evacuated to an ambulance
An elderly male became exhausted and unable to continue his walk. He was uninjured. He was stretchered back to his families car.
A woman walking with her family suffered the gradual onset injury to her knee, making progress increasingly slow, eventually grinding to a halt at the top of Nab Scar. The woman's injury was splinted and she was stretchered to the valley bottom.
A female took a fall and sustained a fractured hip and wrist on the Coffin Route, Rydal. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance
The team was requested to assist Paramedics to evacuate a man who had susatined a leg injury on the wrong side of stepping stones
A woman sustained a fractured wrist between Rydal Cave and Loughrigg Terrace. She was treated by the team and evacuated by stretcher to an ambulance waitng at White Moss.
A group of three became seperated in snow and poor visibility. They managed to regroup and make their way down as a search was being organised.