Gavel Neese, Great Gable – Fri 10th Aug 2012
The team was called out to help a walker with a hip injury. He was assessed by a team doctor before being carried to an ambulance by stretcher.
Incidents responding to a casualty who is injured or suffering from a medical condition.
The team was called out to help a walker with a hip injury. He was assessed by a team doctor before being carried to an ambulance by stretcher.
The team were called just after midnight to attend a walker who had suffered a stumble fall on the Scafell Pike path in Hollowstones and broken her ankle. She was given analgesia and her ankle was splinted before being stretchered up hill a short distance to a good location for Read more
We were contacted about a lost injured 17 year old on Dent Fell. Whilst we were gathering information they were found by a police patrol at Wath Brow.
The team were called out to attend an injured woman on the Corridor Route. She was attended by the air ambulance and Keswick MRT and we stood down.
The team was called out to rescue a walker who had taken a stumble fall and sustained a head injury on the Summit of Scafell Pike. After administering casualty care and with help from eight members of Duddon and Furness MRT we stretchered her down to Wasdale via Lingmell Nose.
The team was called out by the Police for a male who had suffered from a suspected heart attack and taken a considerable fall. A full callout was initiated whilst the exact location was being determined. Further information placed the incident in Keswick MRT’s area. Sadly the casualty did not Read more
The team was contacted by the police to attend a solo walker who had taken a tumble fall near Looking Stead on Pillar. A helicopter was requested and a Sea King from RAf Boulmer attended. The casualty was given analgesia and transferred to a vacuum mattress before being winched into Read more
Whilst we were attending to the injured woman on Pillar we were alerted by the police about a walker on Scafell Pike who had severe cramp and was unable to descend. Once the first casualty was stablised the Sea King from RAF Boulmer winched four team members aboard and carried Read more
The team was called out to attend an unwell walker on Broad Crag. Whist we were assembling further information came through that the casualty was now feeling well enough to make their own way down and we stood down.
The team was contacted about an injured coast to coast walker near Nannycatch gate. Cockermouth MRT responded and we stood down.
The team were called out at about 2.10am to attend a walker in his 60s who had injured his knee on descent from Scafell Pike. His leg was splinted before he was loaded onto a stretcher for the descent to Brakenclose. 12 team members were involved in the carry down Read more
We were called by the Police regarding a 27 yr old man who was scrambling on the Eskdale face of Ill Crag and had sustained a 15m tumble fall and was now in pain and could not walk. We responded with a full callout and also asked for the assistance Read more
The team was called out to assist a Coast to Coast walker who had injured his ankle on St Bees Head. The casualty was given casualty care by team doctors and carried back to St Bees by the Great North Air Ambulance.
The team was called out to attend an exhausted walker on Scafell Pike. He was a member of a large charity group and was unable to descend any further  Due to concerns for his health a Sea King from RAF Boulmer was requested. The casualty was treated on scene and Read more
The team was called to attend a fell walker with a suspected heart attack on Scafell Pike. Air support was requested and the Great North Air Ambulance attended. They dropped off their paramedic before lifting team members, including the team doctor, to the casualty site. The casualty and doctor were Read more
The team was called to a attend a young walker who had injured his leg whilst crossing the boulder field on the Wastwater Screes. He was one of a group of six undertaking an expedition. Team members attended on foot from the southern end of the lake and gave casualty Read more
The team were called out at 11.50 to go to the assistance of 2 fell walkers who had been blown off their feet by very high winds as they were descending Scafell Pike, having turned round before the summit due to the wind. The lady suffered a serious head laceration Read more
The team were called out to assist a female walker who had slipped and broken her ankle close to Green Crag, Eskdale. She was given anagesia, and her leg was splinted before being stretchered down to Birkerthwaite.
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 Read more
The team were contacted by the police to assist a walker in his sixties who had become exhausted and felt unwell on Scafell Pike. He was next to the stretcher box at Mickledore and did not feel that he had the strength to make his own way off the fell. Read more