Incident Reports 2002

A woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. The team was called and she was treated and evacuated.
 

Team SARDA dogs, vehicles and our base were used during a search for two people missing in the Scafell area. They were located at 11.30am next day, still lost. It was a very wet night.
 

A woman collapsed with an unknown medical condition. She was stabilised at the scene and evacuated to Carlisle Hospital by a helicopter from RAF Boulmer.
 

A man walking his dogs became lost. His wife reported him overdue and Patterdale MRT mounted a search. We were requested to assist. He was located on Hart Crag at 2am and escorted down to Ambleside. He had no torch and only barely adequate clothing. With weather conditions being bad and a very poor forecast the following day, the possibility of him not surviving was very real. Fortunately his whistles were heard over the wind and he was found. He was escorted down to safety by members from both teams.
 

A man walking his dogs became lost. His wife reported him overdue and Patterdale MRT mounted a search. We were requested to assist. He was located on Hart Crag at 2am and escorted down to Ambleside. He had no torch and only barely adequate clothing. With weather conditions being bad and a very poor forecast the following day, the possibility of him not surviving was very real. Fortunately his whistles were heard over the wind and he was found. He was escorted down to safety by members from both teams.
 

A couple became lost on Hart Crag. The team was mobilised to look for them, when we were notified that they had been located by a Kendal MRT member walking in the area. He was walking them down to safety, but they were running out of daylight with only his torch, so we sent a couple of team members up with spare lights and helped them down.
 

A man slipped and sustained a fractured ankle. An ambulance was called, but it was too far uphill, so we went to assist.
 

We were requested to assist Kendal MRT in the rescue of a man thrown from a horse. He suffered neck injuries, and was airlifted to hospital by air ambulance.The horse was OK.
 

A 45-year-old woman tripped and fell, breaking her arm. She was in great pain and suffering dizzy spells as a result. She was treated at the scene, given pain relief, and carried down.
 

Two people became benighted on Hart Crag. They phoned the Police for help and we worked out where they where, and we went and got them. They had a GPS, and a torch but couldn't find there way down. They had set off to walk up to Stone Arthur and back.  
 

A 10-year-old boy became separated from his parents. A search was organised, and he was quickly located and reunited with his parents.
 

Cries for help were heard in the area. A check of farmers failed to find anyone rounding up sheep. The report came from a reliable source, and was specific about what was heard. An hour long search revealed nothing and it was put down to some kind of fooling around or a practical joke  by persons unknown.
 

An unaccustomed early start for us when two men became cragfast in the gulley adjacent to Crescent Climb. They had mistaken the gulley for Jacks Rake, and had become stuck approximately 100ft up on near vertical grass. We climbed above them and then lowered team members down to retreive them.
 

A 59-year-old man slipped and fell from the path at Bright Beck, landing in the beck. He sustained extensive cuts and grazes and was finding breathing very difficult and painful. We treated his injuries and pain and he was evacuated to West Cumberland Infirmary in a helicopter form RAF Boulmer.

A father and daughter went walking on Loughrigg and failed to return. A search was organised, mainly on account of the child being very young, but as this was under way, they phoned from the pub!
 

A man had been missing from his home since the previous evening. A search was being organised when further enquiries located him in a town some considerable distance away. It would appear to have been a domestic dispute.

We were requested to search Rossett Ghyll and other areas by Keswick MRT looking for a 55-year-old man who was overdue. He was located, fit and well just after 2am.

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.
 

A man was reported overdue from his walk. He turned up as a search was being organised. His returned had been delayed by a migraine.
 

Three team members were first on scene when a woman fell 40 feet from Swirral Edge. She suffered multiple cut and bruises. They helped stabilise the woman until Patterdale MRT arrived.

A 73-year-old man suffered an Angina attack. He was only a short distance from the road end, so he was quickly transferred to a county ambulance. They'd only gone short distance when he decided he didn't need any further treatment.
 

A 20-year-old fellrunner fell and sustained serious cuts to his leg. The team was called and set off. Because of the reported serious nature of the injuries a helicopter was requested. This got there before us and airlifted the man to hospital. The team stood down.
 

A 65 year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. She was treated at the scene and carried down on our stretcher.
 

We were called to assist Keswick MRT with a search for a woman who had become separated from her husband while walking. She was quickly located.
 

We were requested to assist Patterdale MRT with the search for a missing 10-year-old boy. The boy was quickly located
 

We were requested to assist Kendal MRT with the rescue of a horse rider who had fallen from her horse, breaking her leg. We arrived at the same time as the Air Ambulance, so left it to them.
 

We were called to assist a dog that had fallen over Jenkins Crag. Unfortunately the dog died.
 

A man became cragfast near the top of Crescent Climb. He was assisted down uninjured.
 

That was a pleasant break! And the first rescue we've done in a while wasn't to difficult either. A 14-year-old slipped and sustained a leg injury. It wasn't to tricky a place to get to.<td>
 

A couple became lost in mist. They were located and walked down.
 

A man walking the Coast to Coast path was reported as having not arrived. We were requested by Patterdale MRT to search Kirkstone and Threshthwaite Mouth area. He was eventually located, having spent the night in different accommodation. A little puzzling?

Three men were reported overdue from a climbing trip to Bowfell. Their friend reported them overdue at the pub. He found them when he returned to their tent. We had started to assemble at base, but hadn't gone out on the hill yet.

A woman slipped and dislocated her shoulder. She had walked approximatley 2km before calling us. We were able to drive to the casualty site, so little sweat was produced.

A 47-year-old man was reported as collapsed on the path part way up to Stickle Tarn. Because of the way this incident was reported (badly) there was an ambulance called, and the local 1st responders, having been told that the man as at the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. He wasn't, and when they found out, we were called to assist. His collapse was probably due to having next to nothing to eat prior to going for a walk with his friends. He was carried down to the valley.
 

A 17-year-old woman slipped and sustained a deep gash to the back of her leg. She was treated by her friends and put in a tent. We arrived and transferred her to a stretcher and carried her down. Conditions were atrocious.

A 58-year-old woman slipped and sustained a back injury. She was treated at the scene and carried down to be transferred to hospital.
 

We were requested by the ambulance service to assist with the rescue of a man who had collapsed. Unfortunately he had died, so we recovered his body to Ambleside.
 

A party of four phoned and reported themselves stuck on Steel Fell, unable to locate a way down. For some reason intermittent views of the road, through the clouds, were not enough to coax them down, so we had to go and do it the hard way.
 

A party of three men reported themselves lost and cragfast somewhere on Bowfell. They gave us the impression that their lives were in peril. They insisted that only a helicopter would be able to rescue them ,but we new different. A search ensued and they were located by Search Dog Sky. There were not injured and were assisted to the valley, slowly. It would be fair to say that they were a little out of their depth and the danger was subjective.
 

While the previous incident was being dealt with, we were alerted by RAF Mountain Rescue Team members, who were climbing in Langdale, that a woman had fallen 100ft in the the Raven Crag area. They had gone to her aid. The team responded, along with members of Kendal MRT, and dealt with this incident as well. The woman, had been trying to find a way down for her family, who were walking above, when she fell. She suffered multiple injuries including injuries to her head, neck and spine. She was airlifted to hospital by the Royal Navy.
 

A major operation swung into action when a coach crashed through a wall at the bottom of Kirkstone Pass, tipping onto its side. There were in excess of 40 people on board, many of whom were injured, some seriously. The rescue operation involved Police, Ambulance, Fire Service, Air Ambulance, ourselves and Kendal MRT. Our Lowfold base was used as a casualty clearing station were the less seriously injured were assessed by Paramedics, before being sent to appropriate hospitals. Our vehicles were used for transport.
 

A woman sustained a suspected fractured ankle when she tripped near Gibson Knott. She was treated at the scene and then stretchered down into Greenburn. It was a beautiful summers evening, and the stroll was enjoyed by everyone, except, possibly our casualty.
 

A 21-year-old woman injured her leg when she slipped. Her friends started to assist her down, and a passerby alerted us. When we got to them, they had made their way most of the way down. We gladly relieved them of their load for the last few hundred yards.
 

A woman sustained a leg injury on the summit of Crinkle Crags. She was treated by team members, and stretchered down with assistance from Kendal MRT. It was a late night.
 

A man in his 50's collapsed with chest pains on the way up Loft Crag. His son called for our help. We administered oxygen and pain relief, and monitored him before he was taken to West Cumberland Hospital by RN Gannet.
 

We were requested to assist Cumbria Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a 72-year-old man from a footpath. When we got there, the ambulance had got stuck at the bottom of a steep grassy hill, so our contribution was to push the ambulance back up the hill. Where's the RAC when you need them?
 

We were requested by Kendal MRT to assist in a search for two children who had gone missing while walking with there group. We located them on the roadside while making our way to the rendezvous point.
 

A 70-year-old woman tripped and fell, banging her head, injuring her leg and losing consciousness. she was treated by team members and stretchered to our ambulance, the transferred to county ambulance and taken to hospital in Lancaster.
 

A woman sustained a leg injury when she tripped. The team set off to attend this incident. While en-route we were alerted to a second incident (incident 17). The first one was dealt with with the aid of the North West Air Ambulance. Kendal MRT were called to assist, also.
 

A 44-year-old woman fell from the path near the top of Dungeon Ghyll. She fell approximately 80ft into the bed of the ghyll, sustaining serious multiple injuries. Sadly, despite prolonged attempts by her friends to revive her, she died. We were assisted in the rescue by a helicopter from the RAF.
 

A man slipped and sustained a suspected leg fracture. We did what we do with assistance from Kendal MRT
 

A 40-year-old man overturned his quad bike and badly gashed his arm. He was transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital in Lancaster
 

A woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. We applied a splint, administered TLC and carried her down.
 

A man collapsed while walking with a party. Sadly he died at the scene, despite the efforts of a nurse who was in attendance.
 

Day 2....A number of team members with specialist skills and the teams Search dogs assisted Kendal MRT with a search in the Dent area.
 

A woman collapsed and became unconscious. By the time we arrived, she had come around, apparently having fainted. She was helped down and referred to a GP.
 

A number of team members with specialist skills and the teams Search dogs assisted Kendal MRT with a search in the Dent area.
 

A woman slipped and tumbled, sustaining a gash to her leg. She was treated and carried down to our ambulance.
 

A helicopter had landed in the area for training session. As we were getting on board a member of Coniston Mountain Rescue Team arrived and explained that they had a rescue in the Seathwaite Tarn area.  He asked for the assistance of the helicopter and a couple of team members. This was provided and they flew to the aid of the injured person. They were flown on to Furness General Hospital.
 

A coach-load of people, on a two day tour of the Lakes, nearly spent both days on their coach when it got stuck in snow at Kirkstone Pass. We ferried 52 of them down to Ambleside. Road Closed signs where in place.
 

A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. I'm sorry, but I'm running out of new and innovative ways of describing this type of incident.
 

A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury.
 

A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury.
 

A woman slipped a sustained leg injury. This is rapidly becoming THE PLACE to hurt yourself. (See incidents at the end of 2001)
 

We were requested by the Police to go and recover two people who had got their car stuck on Wrynose Pass in icy conditions. They claimed not to have seen the 'Road Closed' signs and became stuck on ice near the top. The recovery was hampered by a number of other cars abandoned and blocking the road.
 

A woman slipped and sustained an arm fracture when she landed while descending from Wansfell. She was treated at the scene and evacuated with help form the North West Air Ambulance.
 

No cold spell would be complete without a sledging accident. School Knott is probably the most popular place, followed only by Kirkstone Pass. This time a man in his 30's badly broke his leg when he collided with something immovable.