Another call was received yesterday from Cumbria Police about a second walker, whilst callout 41 was in progress a short distance away. He had also tripped and fallen, this time close to Scafell Pike summit. Again facial injuries were reported, this time initially with drowsiness. As the teams were already Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen awkwardly in the boulder field near Broad Crag summit. He had suffered painful facial injuries. A full callout was made and extra support for a long and difficult stretcher carry was requested and received from Duddon and Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police yesterday morning. A walker had slipped and taken a significant tumble fall in Foxes Tarn gully on the descent from Scafell. He had sustained a head injury which was bleeding heavily, and felt like he could lose consciousness. A full callout was made Read more…
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 Read more…
A call was received from Cumbria Police about a walker who had taken a fall from standing close to the summit of Scafell Pike. She had sustained a head injury and reportedly lost consciousness briefly. Due to the location and nature of the injury, Helimed 08 responded. They arrived quickly Read more…
The team was alerted by Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen and sustained a head injury. A full callout was quickly made and due to the nature of the injury and the length of time it would take the team to arrive and then evacuate from the fell, 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…
The team was called yesterday about a walker who had fallen and sustained a head injury and a suspected fractured wrist on the descent from Scafell Pike. A full callout was made, and due to slightly low numbers for a long carry additional support was once again requested and provided Read more…
The team was called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen, hit their head and were now unable to walk any further. The location was established via Phonefind to be close to Broad Crag Col. Helimed 58 responded quickly due to the nature of the injuries reported, and Read more…
The team was called by North West Ambulance Service regarding a walker who has taken a tumble fall of 5-10m and had sustained multiple injuries, including a head injury and deep cuts to his leg. The Team Leader made a swift callout and also asked an advance party to get Read more…
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…
We were called by Cumbria Police about a walker who had fallen and sustained a head injury close to the summit on the descent from Scafell Pike. The team quickly deployed, with a coastguard helicopter also requested. Rescue 199 from Prestwick was on scene first and the winchman was just Read more…
As team members were arriving on Monday evening for our monthly team meeting at base, a call came in regarding a male walker who had taken a 100 ft tumble fall around the area of Cam Spout waterfalls. He had obtained a nasty head injury, had been unconscious for a Read more…
Our new team members got a chance straight away to demonstrate their skills with two call-outs in quick succession. The first followed a call that was received from NWAS about a walker who had tripped and sustained a head injury. A passing nurse helped to dress the wound, many thanks Read more…
We were alerted by North West Ambulance Service about a walker who had taken a 10ft fall and had significant bleeding from a head injury. In view of this, air support was requested and Helimed 58 attended. However, the casualty site was in cloud so the aircraft could not land Read more…
We were alerted by North West Ambulance Service regarding a 10-year-old boy who had unfortunately lost his footing, flipped over, and then bumped his head whilst on the main tourist path. Any head injury is potentially serious so air assets were quickly called to effect a swift evacuation. Coastguard helicopter Read more…
We were alerted by Cumbria police about a male who had a head injury. The informant was at Mickledore but due to poor phone signal, the casualty location and severity of the injury was unknown. Accidents in this area are often serious. It was not possible to talk to the Read more…
A call came in at 16:08 from North West Ambulance Service regarding a 62 year old man who had sustained a head injury following a 30m (approx..)fall whilst descending the washed-out scree slope below Dore Head, Yewbarrow, Mosedale. With no further information on severity of injury, but potentially serious and Read more…
Team called out for a walker who’d taken a tumble fall in the Red Gill area on Scafell, near Lords Rake, sustaining facial injuries and others bumps + bruises. The walker was helped off the fell down to the Wasdale Head by other walkers who came to his aid. The Read more…
We were called by NWAS about reports of 2 walkers hit by rockfall in Lords Rake, one sustaining a head injury and the other leg injuries. With the possibility of a serious incident the coastguard helicopter from Prestwick also attended and our colleagues in the Duddon and Furness Team were Read more…