North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust received a call regarding a young child who had injured her upper leg within the grounds of Muncaster Castle, MRT were called out, along with NWAS Ambulance & North West Air Ambulance Charity H08. MRT arrived first and treated the casualty ahead of NWAS Read more
Cumbria Police received a call regarding a walker who had slipped while descending Scafell Pike and dislocated his shoulder near the top of Jenny’s Path. A full team response was deployed. The casualty was treated on scene, packaged in a cas bag, and stretchered down using the Titan stretcher to Read more
A call was received by North West Ambulance Service with a report that someone had been seriously injured with multiple injuries after falling from steep ground in Upper Eskdale. A full callout was initiated quickly, and Helimed 75 was also tasked by NWAS. With communications difficult and a patchy mobile Read more
The team was called by the North West Ambulance Service about a walker who was suffering from a medical emergency with ongoing bleeding. She was at the summit of Scafell Pike several hundred metres above the cloud base. The team was rapidly called out, and urgent helicopter assistance was also Read more
A tragic callout was initiated on Sunday, when North West Ambulance Service tasked the team. A lone walker had been found by other walkers near to Sty Head; he had collapsed and was not responding. A full callout was made and helimed support quickly requested, with some team members already Read more
As incident No.114 was ongoing, another call for help was received. A walker had become ill and was unable to continue to walk. Team members including two casualty carers were diverted from the ongoing callout to assess the walker. However as they were en route, information from the scene then Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen and potentially dislocated her shoulder. Passing walkers had stopped to help. The team was called out and due to the time it would take for the team to reach the casualty Helimed support was also requested. In Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a cyclist who had fallen off her cycle with a reported broken leg. A team member was already close by and so was quickly tasked to assess the situation whilst a full team callout was made in parallel. The first team member Read more
Another call was received yesterday from Cumbria Police about a second walker, whilst callout 41 was in progress a short distance away. He had also tripped and fallen, this time close to Scafell Pike summit. Again facial injuries were reported, this time initially with drowsiness. As the teams were already Read more
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had taken a fall from standing close to the summit of Scafell Pike. She had sustained a head injury and reportedly lost consciousness briefly. Due to the location and nature of the injury, Helimed 08 responded. They arrived quickly Read more
An early start to the day when North West Ambulance Service alerted us to a cyclist who had fallen off his bike and sustained head and hip injuries. A full callout was swiftly made due to the nature of the injuries. Once on scene the team Casualty Carers assessed and Read more
The team was called by Cumbria Police in the first of three calls on Saturday afternoon. A very experienced walker had slipped, sustained an injury to his knee and was now unable to bear any weight. A full callout was made with extra support once again requested from our friends Read more
The team was called yesterday about a walker who had fallen and sustained a head injury and a suspected fractured wrist on the descent from Scafell Pike. A full callout was made, and due to slightly low numbers for a long carry additional support was once again requested and provided Read more
A request was received from the Duddon and Furness Team Leader to assist with the rescue of a fallen climber at Wallowbarrow crag in the Duddon. A small number attended and assisted with the evacuation. Sadly the climber did not survive. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, and Read more
The team was contacted about a student on a school walk, with a medical condition in Uldale, close to Dent fell. The North West Air Ambulance was in attendance and gave appropriate medical care. The team carried the casualty a short distance to the helicopter prior to being flown to Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a walker who had had a fit on the descent from Scafell Pike. On arrival on scene, team members administered first aid and stretchered him off the hill to a waiting ambulance. He was then taken to hospital.
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a walker who had sustained a knee injury on Broad Crag, (Scafell Pike). As a stretcher carry from there is particularly long, potentially dangerous, and difficult in any direction, air assistance was requested. The casualty was airlifted to hospital by Helimed 08 as Read more
Cumbria Police alerted the Team Leader of 2 people that had taken a 20 metre fall off the Stirrup Crag area of Yewbarrow. This was reported to the police by two different passing walkers. Because of the known severity of the terrain and reported possible serious injuries the Coastguard helicopter, Read more
We were alerted by Cumbria police about a male who had fallen at Cam Spout waterfall in Eskdale, sustaining serious injuries. A coastguard helicopter was requested immediately and an air ambulance also attended. The casualty was treated at the scene and taken to hospital by helicopter. The team escorted members Read more
A call came in about a gentleman with a medical condition near to Lingmel Col. The team leader immediately called for Air Ambulance support as well as back up from Duddon MRT. The casualty was airlifted to a waiting land ambulance and transferred to hospital. The rest of his family Read more