Incident
64 in 2009
Type
Location
Little Narrowcove, Upper Eskdale
Other Agencies
Diagnosis

Whilst the team were attending incident 47, a second call came through from the police to attend a male walker in his 50s who had fallen on the path in Little Narrow Cove, Upper Eskdale and received a fractured / dislocated shoulder. The man was treated on scene for a dislocated shoulder which was put back in by the team doctors on scene. He was then packaged in a vacuum mattress and carried out on a stretcher. Around 20 Wasdale team members attended the incident supported by 20 team members from Cockermouth MRT. Incident closed at around 6.00 p.m.

Incident started at 12:27 and ended at 18:00 making 5.6 hrs in total. There were 20 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 22602 06694 (altitude 453 m). Total rescuer hours: 112

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