- Incident
- 150 in 2023
- Type
- Limited Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Hollowstones, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Dry
- Diagnosis
- Head Injury
As some members of the team were arriving close to the scene of callout #149, they witnessed a walker stumble, fall awkwardly, and hit his head on a rock. As there were enough members with the stretcher party by this point some team members diverted to assist.
After assessment, some simple analgesia was given and a dressing was applied with some help also from passing and available Helimed crew. Happily the walker was then able to safely walk down to the valley escorted by team members and the rest of his walking group, before onward travel in their own vehicle. We wish the walker a quick recovery, in what was possibly our quickest ever response to an incident!
Incident started at 13:40 and ended at 15:42 making 2 hrs in total. There were 6 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY206074. Total rescuer hours: 12
