Incident
41 in 2020
Type
Location
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike
Weather
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Diagnosis

The call came in for a lady that had slipped and hurt her ankle on the Brown Tongue path just below the path split for Mickledore, she could not walk as a result. Two team members were sent ahead to take control of the situation until the rest of the team arrived with first aid, stretcher and oxygen.
The casualty had already taken pain killers and was in a stable condition. She was secured to the stretcher and team members carried her off the hill. The casualty and her friend then made their own way to hospital for treatment.

Incident started at 16:10 and ended at 20:26 making 4.3 hrs in total. There were 18 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 2003 0725. Total rescuer hours: 77

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