- Incident
- 68 in 2025
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Dry, Sunny, Warm
- Other Agencies
- Coastguard, Cumbria Police, Rescue 936 from Caernarfon
- Diagnosis
- Medical
- Tagged
- PhoneFind
A very early start for the team when Cumbria Police alerted the Team Leader about a walker who was reported to have collapsed, breathing, but unconscious. PhoneFind confirmed the location as very high up on Scafell Pike, close to the summit plateau.
Due to the location and urgent nature of the alert, helicopter assistance was requested via a Coastguard helicopter in addition to a full team callout. Rescue 936 from Caernarfon duly responded.
The Coastguard paramedic was first on scene and provided the medical assessment and treatment. However, assistance from the team was still required to stretcher the walker from the rocky path to the helicopter, which had managed to land some distance away.
After two uplifts of team members and equipment from Brackenclose, the walker was carefully packaged in a vacuum mattress (fully body splint) into the team stretcher. The short carry was completed and the walker was then flown back down to the valley to the awaiting land ambulance for a handover.
Huge thanks to the crew of Rescue 936 for their help once again, it is much appreciated and saved much time and effort to get everything on scene quickly. We hope the walker recovers quickly and wish her all the best.
Incident started at 03:50 and ended at 09:16 making 5.4 hrs in total. There were 14 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 21508 07046. Total rescuer hours: 76
