We were called by North West Ambulance Service about two male walkers who were stuck in a ravine, one of whom had a wrist injury. After some discussions with the casualties it became apparent they were in Great Gully on the Wasdale Screes, one of the most inaccessible and difficult Read more…
Ourselves, the Great North Air Ambulance and a Sea King from HMS Gannet were called to assist a climber who had fallen from Broad Stand on Scafell. The climber suffered multiple injuries. He was stabilised on the scene by doctors from WMRT & GNAA, then carried up to the waiting Read more…
The team was called out to search for a pair of teenagers who had failed to return from Scafell Pike. Whilst we were heading to the fell they turned up at Wha House Farm in Eskdale having descended into upper Eskdale by mistake.
The team was called out to help Keswick MRT search for an elderly male who had been out overnight on Scafell Pike. He turned up at Wasdale Head having spent some time crawling down the mountain trying to prevent a callout. The team took him and his grandson back to Read more…
The team was called out to search for a pair of lost walkers descending Scafell Pike. Mobile phone reception was not good enough to gather much information and a search of the mountain was mounted. The pair were found near Lingmell Gill walking towards Wasdale Head. We gave them a Read more…
The team was called out to assist the amulance service with a casualty with a head injury at Wasdale Head. The casualty was already in the ambulance when the first team vehicle arrived.
Just after closing the first incident we were contacted by Police again. Shouts for help had been heard around the Scafell crags. Initially it was thought the shouts were coming from the Lords Rake area but after a short search 2 fell runners were found just under the chockstone in Read more…
We were contacted by Police about a man on the 3 peaks who was struggling to descend Scafell Pike due to a knee injury. He was given pain relief on scene and then stretchered down to Brackenclose. Incident closed 09:30. 13 team members involved.
At around 10.30 p.m. a ‘999’ call was received by Cumbria Police from a concerned Husband. His group of five had set off to climb Scafell Pike late Monday afternoon. When they arrived at the path junction in Hollowstones just after 5.00 p.m. that afternoon the father and two sons Read more…
The team was called out to assist a couple with a dog stuck on Wastwater screes.
The team was called out along with Duddon & Furness MRT to search for a male who had become separated from his companion at 11:45. The missing person turned up safe and well at the Woolpack, Eskdale, whilst we were deploying onto the fell. He had walked out to the Read more…
Whilst we were dealing with incident 44 a second call came in for a party of 3 who had been stuck on the mountain all night and just managed to get a mobile signal. Two team members diverted onto the new incident with a bivvy tent to find and stabilise Read more…
The team was called out at around 05:00 to help a female walker who had a suspected broken leg on Scafell Pike. She was treated by the team and transferred by stretcher to an ambulance waiting in the valley.
The team was called out to attend a walker on Scafell Pike who had sustained a leg injury. Casualty care was given and then 10 team members from Wasdale and 9 members from Duddon and Furness MRT stretchered the casualty down to Wasdale Head. Note: this was our fifth full Read more…
Whilst the team was responding to the Great Gable incident a call came in for a walker with a broken ankle a few kilometers above Overbeck car park. Dudden and Furness MRT were called in to deal with this incident with some Wasdale team members not involved on Gable. Casualty Read more…
The team was called out to attend a fallen climber on Abbey Buttress, Great Gable. A Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet assisted with lifting team members and equipment up the fell and then winched the casualty from the crag.
The third incident of the day was to a casualty at Muncaster Castle with a suspected hip fracture. She was treated at the scene by the air ambulance Doctor and then carried on stretcher to an awaiting land ambulance.
The team was called out to attend a walker who had fractured her ankle on the coast path near St Bees Head lighthouse. The ankle was treated and splinted and the team then stretchered the casualty to a waiting ambulance.
The team was called out to assist a man who had sustained an injury whilst using an axe to cut wood. A team doctor worked with paramedics to stabilise the injury before the team stretched them to the waiting ambulance.
Whilst responding to the incident at Boot in Eskdale, the team were asked to attend a woman with a suspected fractured femur near the summit of Scafell Pike. Duddon and Furness MRT were asked to cover the Boot incident while 13 Wasdale team members ascended Scafell Pike via Mickledore. Due Read more…