Incidents responding to a casualty who is injured or suffering from a medical condition.
We were tasked by Cumbria Police to assist a lady from the USA who had slipped on Scafell Pike. The Great North Air Ambulance tried to assist but the weather prevented them from landing. The lady was treated at the scene by the team and then carried from the mountain Read more…
We were called out by Cumbria Police to assist a female who had fallen and suffered a head injury on Illgill Head. The lady was treated on scene by the team and carried back to Wasdale Head. Thanks to Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team who assisted us with the Read more…
The team was called to an injured walker who had taken a fall near the corridor route. He was treated on scene and then stretched down to Wasdale Head. 26 team members involved on a wet and windy night.
The team was called out for a reported cardiac arrest in Holmrook. As the team was travelling to the scene, the address was confirmed as Eskdale. The air ambulance, land ambulance and first responders were already on scene when the team arrived but there was nothing that could be done. Read more…
We were called by Police about reports of a lady walker who had gone missing from a party walking by the Overbeck river gorge, near Wastwater. Sadly she was found in a pool below the main waterfall and had not survived. A Royal Navy Seaking which was training in the Read more…
We were called by Police about a walker who was reported to have a leg injury and struggling to walk off Scafell Pike although the location was uncertain. The call came in whilst we were training near Wasdale Head and we were able to search for her vehicle straight away Read more…
We were asked by NWAS to help carry a lady with a leg injury a short distance into the North West Air Ambulance at Hardknott Fort in Eskdale.
We were contacted by Police about a fell runner who had injured his leg on the Wasdale Triathlon, near Stony Tarn in Eskdale. A team doctor assessed the runner’s injury before it was splinted, then he was taken by stretcher down to Boot in Eskdale where we handed over to Read more…
Cockermouth MRT requested the team to assist them with the evacuation of a walker with a head injury on the shores of Ennerdale Lake. As the team were responding we were contacted by the Cockermouth Team advising us that the casualty was able to walk to the awaiting helimed.
The team was called out to attend a collapsed Coast to Coast walker in Uldale. We stretchered the casualty to the nearby air ambulance for evacuation to hospital.
Team called out to assist a man with an ankle injury on the slopes of Great Gable. The team along with the Great North Air Ambulance treated the male and then flew him into the valley just before the cloud came in. Post by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team.
The team was called out to attend a lady near to Lingmell Col with a suspected broken ankle. She was treated on scene and then stretchered down to Wasdale Head via Lingmell Nose. Post by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team.
Whilst the River Irt incident was ongoing we were contacted again about shouts for help being heard somewhere near the Wasdale Head Inn. A team member went to investigate and saw 2 people up on the Yewbarrrow fell side. On arriving it was apparent a fell runner had taken a Read more…
The team was called out to assist a male fell runner who had taken a considerable fall near to Greta Gill on the Corridor Route. He had fallen around 20 meters and suffered significant injuries. The team mobilised the help from the Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team along with Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police to assist a man who had fallen and suffered a wrist injury. The team leader made some initial enquiries and ascertained that the man was very close to Brackenclose car park where his car and friends were located and that he was feeling Read more…
The team was called out at around 15:15 for a young female who had an ankle injury near to the summit of Harter Fell, Eskdale. The casualty was treated by the team and transferred from the mountain on a stretcher. The team then took the casualty to West Cumberland Hospital Read more…
The team was called out to reports of a male who passed out and had chest pain at the summit of Great Gable. The team treated the casualty for heat exhaustion and walked him from the mountain. He kindly provided us with refreshments at the The Wasdale Head Inn. Very Read more…
The team BBQ was interrupted for a quick callout near to the screes in Wasdale. Team members treated the patient for a suspected broken ankle. She was then carried via stretcher to an awaiting ambulance. Back to the BBQ!
The team was called out for a walker near Burnmoor Tarn who had reportedly pulled a muscle in his leg and could no longer walk. On arrival and after talking with the casualty he’d also had a long, hot day in the sun and the most expeditious way out was Read more…
We were called by Police about a climber who was reported to have fallen whilst on the flake pitch of Central Buttress on Scafell and sustained head injuries. In view of the potential serious nature of the incident an RAF Seaking helicopter was called along with support from DFMRT’s crag Read more…