Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 10th Mar 2012

Incident

11 in 2012

Type

Full Callout — Injured & Medical

Location

Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike

Other Agencies

Duddon & Furness MRT

Diagnosis

Leg Injury

Whist responding to the exhausted man at Mickledore the team were informed that there was a man with a suspected broken ankle near Lingmell Gill just off Brown Tongue. He had injured his ankle slipping on a rock further up the fellside and whilst trying to move to get a phone signal had slid down towards the gill. Resources were split between the two incidents which included two stretchers being carried up the hill and calling in Duddon and Furness MRT for support.

The injured man was given analgesia before having his leg splinted and being loaded onto a stretcher for the descent. 8 Duddon and Furness and 11 Wasdale team members were involved in the stretcher carry down to Brackenclose where the casualty was transferred to an Ambulance to be taken to West Cumberland Hospital.