Incidents responding to a casualty who is injured or suffering from a medical condition.
Call from the police to rescue a 65yr old female sustained head and back injuries, multiple cuts and abrasions in a 20 metres tumble fall in Arrowhead Gulley on Great Gable. Treated on scene by WMRT medics and flown to West Cumbria Hospital by Sea King helicopter from RN Gannet. Read more
Request from Police to attend an incident on the Screes path – two walkers in difficulty. Female walker in late 20’s had slipped on the Screes path and injured her leg. She was with her partner and a dog. Casualty was splinted and transferred across the lake to a road Read more
Call from Police reporting that a male had been found “collapsed” on Scafell. The exact location turned out to be Upper Eskdale. A helicopter from the North East Air Ambulance flew several team members to the location and the casualty was treated and transferred to Team vehicles in the valley. Read more
Rescue on the Piers Gill Path. Female walker fell and suffered a dislocated fracture of the elbow near the main rock step on the path running up the side of piers Gill. 21 team members were involved in the rescue. The lady was given casualty care, the elbow was reduced Read more
Paged by Police to go to the rescue of a female walker, mid 50’s who had fallen above Hollowstones on the Scafell Pike path. The team was mobilised to go to her assistance. She was airlifted to Whitehaven hospital by Great north air Ambulance. Incident stood down at 3.50 p.m.
The team were called out to a fallen rider in the Wilton area. The male rider was competing in the Spring Charity ride when he fell off on the course towards Uldale farm, from Wilton. A local man managed to drive his landrover close to the scene and brought the Read more
The police paged the team following a ‘999’ call from an informant at Taw House Farm. A party of three male walkers, a father son and friend from the Wigan area were descending back into Eskdale from Scafell Pike when one slipped and broke his ankle. One of the party Read more
Wasdale MRT were paged by the police to respond to a mobile phone ‘999’ call. A male walker in his 30s was tonight recovering in West Cumberland Hospital after falling on Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain. The injured walker was in a party of three, all well equipped for the Read more
Cumbria police paged the team to help rescue a 10 yr old girl who had slipped on Hardknott Pass and broken her leg. The team vehicle could only get as far up as the Roman Fort and proceeded on foot. The girl was given medical treatment on the fell and Read more
The team were called out to assist a 63 year old fell walker who had sustained a fractured ankle following a stumble fall on Illgill head above Wastwater (The Screes). He was treated on scene by the team doctors and stretchered down to a waiting ambulance to be transferred to Read more
The team was paged by Cumbria Police to respond to a ‘999’ call for a 35 yr old female climber who had fallen on Great Gable by Westmorland Crags sustaining fatal injuries. The casualty was airlifted and flown to Whitehaven hospital by a Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer. 16 Read more
The team was paged to rescue a lady in her 50’s who was descending from Scafell area when she stumbled/slipped and sustained a suspected fractured lower leg. She had fallen early afternoon and had been walking with her husband. A passing walkers raised the alarm by descending the fell to Read more
The team was paged by the police to rescue a 70 yr old male walker who had fallen on Harter Fell and sustained an unstable tib and fib fracture (lower leg). The injury was treated and splinted on scene by the team doctors and he was carried back down the Read more
The team was paged by Cumbria Police to rescue a 42 yr old male walker from London. He had injured his ankle at Lincove Bridge on the way up the valley. His son ran back down to Brotherikeld Farm to raise the alarm. The team was mobilised but by the Read more
Team contacted by Ambulance Control to assist in incident at the Wasdale Head Hotel. A 10 year old boy staying at the cottages had suffered a sever asthma attack and needed hospitalization. The roads were flooded even more than the previous afternoon (Wastwater had risen 3 to 4 foot and Read more
Whilst rescue 63 was being dealt with a further request came in to assist a female walker from the Dartmoor area who had sustained a shoulder injury and had managed to get down to the Wasdale Head Hotel but the road ambulance could not get up the valley due to Read more
Telephone call from Keswick MRT after they had been contacted by Ambulance control (Keswick were already dealing with 3 incidents related to the same event ( Original Mountain Marathon). Female competitor in a team of two had been swept away down the swollen Spouthead Gill where it met with Lingmell Read more
Pager message from the police regarding a 50 yr old female who had taken a short tumble fall on the path from Great Gable summit towards Beck Head. She had sustained cuts to her wrist, face and leg and although she had received good first aid on scene she needed Read more
‘999’ call from an informant regarding a female who had broken her arm near Brotherilkeld. There was little information initially as the informant had returned to the scene, having requested help from the Woolpack Inn. The team mobilised and when it arrived at the Woolpack the injured lady had managed Read more
Pager message from Police to respond to a 71 yr old male walker from Ashford in Kent who had a fracture dislocation of his tib and fib (lower leg). He was given analgesic and his leg splinted by the team before being and taken to West Cumberland Hospital by Great Read more