- Incident
- 67 in 2021
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Warm
- Diagnosis
- Ankle Injury
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a lady who had slipped and was unable to bear weight due to a painful ankle injury.
On reaching the scene, the Team Casualty Carers gave pain relief before applying a vacuum splint. She was then transported by team stretcher to Brackenclose where members of her walking party were able to transport her to further care.
We wish the lady a swift recovery.
Incident started at 14:13 and ended at 19:40 making 5.5 hrs in total. There were 13 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 200073. Total rescuer hours: 72