- Incident
- 115 in 2024
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Hollowstones, Scafell Pike
- Weather
- Dry, Sunny
- Other Agencies
- Coastguard, Helimed 08, North West Air Ambulance, Rescue 936 from Caernarfon
- Diagnosis
- Medical
As incident No.114 was ongoing, another call for help was received. A walker had become ill and was unable to continue to walk.
Team members including two casualty carers were diverted from the ongoing callout to assess the walker. However as they were en route, information from the scene then prompted a Helimed response and H08 from Blackpool duly responded. Both parties arrived on scene at about the same time and a full assessment was made.
A subsequent request for coastguard winch capability was made due to the landing site for the helicopter and the awkward terrain for the walker. However as Rescue 936 was responding, a team effort allowed the walker to access H08 and the evacuation was made to hospital more quickly.
Thanks again to both helicopter crews. We hope the walker has a swift recovery and is back on the fells soon.
Incident started at 13:35 and ended at 18:00 making 4.4 hrs in total. There were 6 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 205074. Total rescuer hours: 26
