Cumbria Police received a 999 call from a party of three walkers located below Stand Crag. A walker had sustained an ankle injury and was unable to continue. With a poor mobile signal making communications difficult direct with the walking party, a full callout was made. Once on scene the Read more…
We were called on Sunday afternoon by North West Ambulance Service about a cyclist who had misjudged a downhill bend at speed, veered off the road and took a tumble off her bike. She was unable to move, with facial injuries and concerns also about her back and shoulder. A Read more…
An early Sunday morning call arrived from Cumbria Police about two walkers who who become benighted high on Scafell Pike in the mist. Having spent many hours trying to find their way, one of the walkers had also slipped and tripped multiple times and had sustained several injuries. The team 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…
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 by Cumbria Police about a walker who had sustained a back injury after a slip. Given the potential for a serious injury and the fact that it would have been an uncomfortable stretcher carry over awkward ground, air support was requested. Helimed 58 air ambulance attended and Read more…
The team was called out by the ambulance service to assist with a gentleman with a back injury on Hardknott Pass. Team members assisted by putting the casualty onto a stretcher and into one of our own vehicles. The gentleman was then transferred to the ambulance at the bottom of Read more…
The team were called out at 11.50 to go to the assistance of 2 fell walkers who had been blown off their feet by very high winds as they were descending Scafell Pike, having turned round before the summit due to the wind. The lady suffered a serious head laceration Read more…
The team were called out to attend a 42 year old female walker with a suspected back injury sustained whilst in the Stanley Ghyll area of Eskdale.  The alarm had been raised by a passing walker.  Whilst the team were mobilising further information came through that the they were able to make their Read more…
The team were called to attend a walker with a back injury on Broad Crag. A Sea King helicopter from RAF Leconfield was training in the area and was able to winch the casualty aboard and fly them to Furness General Hospital, Barrow. The incident was stood down with only Read more…
Team called out by the Police to rescue a 47 yr old male who had slipped down scree below base of Lords Rake. The man had sustained a blow to the lower left side of his back that was painful during any movement. He was given analgesia on the scene by Read more…
Call came in from Cumbria Police for an injured cyclist on Hardknott Pass road. The female cyclist was with another male cyclist when she left the road on a very sharp bend and continued down the fell side for around 50m. Around 17 team members attended the incident along with Read more…
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…
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…
Team paged by police to attend a rescue on the Screes path. Casualty was a 74 year old lady from Liverpool who had taken a short tumble fall on the Screes path, suffering a bump on the head and bruising her back. She had walked across the boulder field before Read more…
The team were called to assist a lady in her early 20’s who had slipped on Gavel Neese on the way up Great Gable, approximately 200 meters above the intake wall on the path to Beck Head. The young lady had a previous back injury and during the fall had Read more…