Incidents responding to a casualty who is injured or suffering from a medical condition.
A call was received from North West Ambulance Service on Saturday regarding a walker who had fallen and sustained a head injury. As the Team Leader was gathering information and preparing to call the team out, a passing Mountain Leader stopped to assist. He provided shelter, assessed the situation, and Read more…
In the third and last deployment of the day, both Wasdale MRT and Duddon and Furness MRT vehicles were asked to hold position on their return to base from the previous tasking. A further call had been received from Cumbria Police regarding a walker who was reported to be feeling Read more…
In the second deployment of the day, we were called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had slipped close to the summit of Great Gable and sustained a suspected broken ankle. Unable to bear any weight, other walkers had managed to carefully carry her down the fell most of Read more…
We were called today by Cumbria Police regarding two walkers who were reported to be on a steep scree slope on Kirk Fell. They were exhausted, becoming increasingly cold and one had a hand injury from a fall. A limited callout was quickly initiated to help. Whilst en-route further information Read more…
During incident 14, a further call was received regarding a walker who had sprained their ankle on the Corridor Route. As the first incident was under control by this point, team members were diverted from Brackenclose to Gavel Neese to support. However, a short time later a further call was Read more…
We were called by Cumbria Police about a walker in a party of two whose knee was spasming and so was struggling to keep moving. A full callout was made with the possibility of a stretcher carry. Once again Duddon and Furness MRT provided extra help. However, the walker managed Read more…
The team was called by North West Ambulance Service to assist with a casualty transfer. A visitor to Muncaster Castle had slipped and painfully injured his knee, rendering him unable to move. Once on scene the teams worked together to assess, provide pain relief and splint the leg, before stretchering Read more…
As the first callout was still ongoing a second call was received from Cumbria Police. Another slip from a walker resulting in a leg injury, serious enough to prevent any further progress. Due to the resources already committed, and the potential for a serious injury, further assistance was requested from Read more…
The team was called today about a walker on the Screes path who had fallen and injured her ankle. It was called in to Cumbria Police by another couple who were passing. The Team Leader called the team out, and the team boat was mobilised. The advance foot party arrived Read more…
The team was called out via Cumbria Police last night to a medical emergency on the Corridor Route. On the descent from Scafell Pike one of a group of walkers was suffering from an asthma attack. He had taken his normal medication, however this was not helping as normal and Read more…
The Team Leader received a call requesting assistance for an important hospital attendance. Due to the sub-zero weather and icy road conditions the normal mode of transport was not able to get to the location safely and thus MRT help was requested.
We were called by Cumbria Police about a walker who was unresponsive. The team was quickly deployed, as was Helimed 58 (Great North Air Ambulance). Rescue 936 (Coastguard helicopter) was also tasked but later stood down. Tragically, all the efforts of the walker’s friends, passers by, and those of the Read more…
The team was called about a walker who was descending from Scafell Pike. He had slipped multiple times and had suffered a number of injuries including a painful back injury which rendered him unable to continue. The team was called out and once on scene performed a medical assessment and Read more…
The team were called last Saturday about a male walker who was suffering from a sudden onset of chest pain. He was unable to continue due to the severity of the pain. A passing retired doctor was able to provide initial support and reassurance to the walker and his family. Read more…
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about two walkers, one of whom had suffered a leg injury and could not walk. With no phone signal, her friend came down lower to make the call for help. The precise location of the casualty was not known but was anticipated to be Read more…
We were called about a walker who was reported to have collapsed close to the stream crossing on Brown Tongue. The team mobilised quickly down the valley to help. Fortunately when we arrived, we found the walker descending slowly with help from his walking group. He had suffered a seizure Read more…
We were alerted by Cumbria Police about a walker who had suffered an injury to his back whilst descending from Scafell Pike. However as he was still mobile and heading towards Seathwaite and out of our ‘patch’ the alert was passed over to our friends at Keswick Mountain Rescue Team Read more…
We were alerted to a lone walker who had injured his ankle high on Kirk Fell nose and was struggling to make further progress. Due to the steep terrain he called for help, and the team were called out. Once on scene, after a medical assessment and some support from Read more…
We received a call from the police regarding a walker who had become unwell whilst crossing the Screes. As per callout 94, our boat was deployed as the safest and quickest rescue option for both the casualty and team members. The casualty was assessed and then transferred to safety on Read more…
The team was alerted to an injured person who had taken a nasty fall on a path near to the Wasdale Youth Hostel, suffering a suspected dislocated shoulder and other arm injuries. Once on scene, the team medics began to assess and treat the casualty as the NWAS ambulance arrived. Read more…