- Incident
- 114 in 2024
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Buckbarrow, Wasdale
- Weather
- Dry, Sunny
- Other Agencies
- Cumbria Police
- Diagnosis
- Ankle Injury
A busy Sunday started when we received a call from Cumbria Police about a walker who had sustained a painful ankle injury and was unable to walk. Her partner had carried her as far as possible before making the call.
The team was called out and once on scene, after an assessment some strong pain relief was given and the ankle splinted.
The walker was packaged in the team stretcher and then she was transferred down the fell to the roadside. After a handover to the crew of the land ambulance team members returned to base.
Incident started at 13:05 and ended at 17:40 making 4.6 hrs in total. There were 13 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 132068. Total rescuer hours: 60
