Incidents responding to a casualty who is injured or suffering from a medical condition.
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
Request came in via mobile ‘999’ to police. 74 yr old male walker fallen 40 foot on Great Gable. Two male walkers, one having taken a tumble fall down the scree on Great Hellgate, below Tophet Wall on Great Gable. 17 team members attended. Weather fine. Following medical treatment to Read more
The team were paged by the police to respond to a report of shouts for help and someone seen falling on the Screes. They were reported as having fallen from High up on the Screes. The informant was on the opposite side of the Lake by the road. The boat Read more
As the team were about to leave from the broken leg incident below, Wasdale Base advised the team of another incident, this time involving a 70yr old male from Cheshire. He had some medical history and had collapsed and was unable to walk. His location was just above the Brown Read more
Just as the team were getting back to Overbeck, one of the other Deputy Team Leaders received a call direct whilst at Wasdale Head. The informant had run to the Barn Door Shop reporting a 50yr old female from Coventry with a suspect fractured left ankle, location being the stream Read more
Call came direct from the Wasdale Head Hotel. Informant walked in reporting 44yr old female with possible heart attack. Location was Lingmell towards Brown Tongue path. Symptoms were consistent with a heart related issue and she was treated at the scene by team members. She was then carried to the Read more
The team were paged by the police to respond to a ‘999’ call from a friend of a 50 yr old male walker doing the 3-peaks who was ‘unable to walk’ down from Scafell Pike. The acting team leader spoke to the informant who was on scene and confirmed that Read more
Whilst the above was in progress the team was requested to assist Keswick MRT with an incident in the upper end of Custs Gully on Great End where there was a report of multiple casualties in a precarious position. Six team members were flown with crag gear and first aid Read more
The team was called to a lady in Eskdale near Burnmoor Tarn who had become progressively unwell during the day and was now unable to walk. Due to her location and one interpretation of her symptoms being due a serious condition the Great North Air Ambulance was requested to evacuate Read more
Team were paged by the police following a ‘999’ call to re dislocated shoulder – Green Crag Eskdale. A group of 5, 16 year olds doing their D of E expedition were in need of assistance. 2 had descended to the Woolpack to raise the alarm. 14 team members attended Read more
Whilst the Team leader was dealing with incident 37, a further call came in from the Wasdale head Inn regarding a man who had fallen and injured his ribs. He was able to make his own way off the fell but needed medical attention at the Hotel and was taken Read more
Team were paged by the police to attend to a ‘3 Peaks Challenge’ walker with an injured knee. When details were confirmed, the incident was located at the top of Ruddy Gill which is outside Wasdale’s area, but the Keswick team’s pager system was down. Wasdale responded with 12 team Read more
Whilst the team were assembling for rescue 34, Police paged the team for a second incident where it was reported that there were possibly two climbers in difficulty on Shamrock Crag, Scafell. The male and female in their late 40’s from the Midlands, were walkers and not climbers, had been Read more
Police paged the team following a ‘999’ call from a 59 year old female walker who had fallen and injured her leg while descending from Styhead. The lady managed to walk part of the way down herself but was then carried off by stretcher and taken to hospital by her Read more
Police paged the team following a ‘999’ call from a walker with a mobile phone on the summit of Scafell Pike. The walker in his early 60’s had stumbled and fallen, banging his head, breaking his glasses and sustaining a cut to the forehead. 14 team members attended on the Read more
Police paged the team to attend a fallen male climber on Great Gable. The local man was climbing on Kern Knotts with two friends when he fell 6m onto the rocky ground below. He sustained a suspected back injury and lacerations. 16 team members attended and following a request for Read more