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
The team was called out to assist The Ambulance Service recover a casualty with a lower leg injury from the fell near Boot. As the team was mobilising a second call came in for another incident on the a summit of Scafell Pike. Duddon and Furness dealt with the Boot Read more
We were contacted by Keswick team about a man who was reported to have collapsed high up on Great Gable near Westmoreland Crags. Keswick team, along with the Great North Air Ambulance and a RN Seaking from HMS Gannet were already responding. We also mounted a callout and drove down Read more
The team was called out to Muncaster Fell to attend a collapsed fell walker on a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition. She was treated for exhaustion and stretchered from the fell.
As the first incident was coming to an end a second call came in. Initially the location or nature of the incident was unclear but developed into a report of a male who was struggling to make his way down off Scafell Pike and had fallen over a number of Read more