Sty Head – Sat 31st May 2014
We were called by Police about a walker with a twisted ankle. On investigation it turned out they were in the Keswick team area and we passed the call on.
Great Gable – Sat 31st May 2014
We were called by Police about a walker who had sustained head and leg injuries whilst descending from Great Gable summit. GNAA attended and were able to evacuate the casualty who had relatively minor injuries before we got on scene. 15 team members involved, incident closed 15:00.
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 24th May 2014
We were called by the Police for a female walker who had slipped on the Brown Tongue path and sustained a fracture to the lower leg. She was treated on scene by the Team Doctor, including reduction of the fracture then carried by stretcher down to Brackenclose. Incident closed 19:00, Read more…
Great Gable – Sat 29th Mar 2014
The team was called out to help a male who had fallen on Great Gable and sustained an incapacitating knee injury. We had great assistance from the Great North Air Ambulance who flew us to the scene (thanks for the lift). We were also assisted by RAF Boulmer who winched Read more…
Middle Fell – Tue 3rd Dec 2013
We were called out at 14:00 to assist a female walker who had slipped on wet grass and injured her ankle. The team treated her at the scene on Middle Fell and carried her by stretcher to the road, where the North West Air Ambulance took her to Whitehaven Hospital Read more…
Red Pike – Sun 17th Nov 2013
We were called by Cumbria Police about a lady who had suffered a lower leg injury on the descent from Red Pike towards Dore Head. She was given analgesia and the injury splinted before being stretchered down to Overbeck car park. Incident closed 20:00, 16 wasdale + DFMRT involved.
Wastwater Screes – Thu 31st Oct 2013
We were called by the Police about a party of 3 stuck on the Wasdale Screes in between the 2 boulder fields. One of the group had weakness / pain in the knees that had been aggravated by crossing over the big boulder field and could not make any more Read more…
Upper Eskdale – Tue 22nd Oct 2013
We were called by Police about a group of 2 + a dog who had become disorientated on their descent of Scafell Pike and one of the party was suffering from an ankle injury. Their position was established using Sarloc as in the gorge at the top of the river Read more…
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Mon 16th Sep 2013
We were called by Cumbria Police about a lady who’d suffered an ankle injury whilst trying to cross Lingmell Beck on the Brown Tongue path on Scafell Pike. We located her and her partner just above the normal crossing point. The injury was reduced on scene by the team doctor Read more…
Corridor Route, Scafell Pike – Tue 10th Sep 2013
We were contacted by NWAS, via Langdale team to respond to a male walker who had tripped up on the Corridor Route path on Scafell Pike and injured his ankle. The Cumbria based aircraft from Great North Air Ambulance initially attended and splinted the casualty’s leg but was then called Read more…
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Thu 29th Aug 2013
The team was called out this afternoon to go to the aid of a 15 year old male who had taken a slip on wet grass and torn his calf muscle descending Scafell Pike. The team doctor treated him at the scene and then he was stretchered from the mountain. Read more…
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sat 27th Jul 2013
We were contacted by Police about a man on the 3 peaks who was struggling to descend Scafell Pike due to a knee injury. He was given pain relief on scene and then stretchered down to Brackenclose. Incident closed 09:30. 13 team members involved.
Brown Tongue, Scafell Pike – Sun 23rd Jun 2013
The team was called out at around 05:00 to help a female walker who had a suspected broken leg on Scafell Pike. She was treated by the team and transferred by stretcher to an ambulance waiting in the valley.
Scafell Pike – Sat 8th Jun 2013
The team was called out to attend a walker on Scafell Pike who had sustained a leg injury. Casualty care was given and then 10 team members from Wasdale and 9 members from Duddon and Furness MRT stretchered the casualty down to Wasdale Head. Note: this was our fifth full Read more…
Overbeck, Wasdale – Fri 7th Jun 2013
Whilst the team was responding to the Great Gable incident a call came in for a walker with a broken ankle a few kilometers above Overbeck car park. Dudden and Furness MRT were called in to deal with this incident with some Wasdale team members not involved on Gable. Casualty Read more…
Muncaster Castle – Mon 3rd Jun 2013
The third incident of the day was to a casualty at Muncaster Castle with a suspected hip fracture. She was treated at the scene by the air ambulance Doctor and then carried on stretcher to an awaiting land ambulance.
St Bees Head – Mon 3rd Jun 2013
The team was called out to attend a walker who had fractured her ankle on the coast path near St Bees Head lighthouse. The ankle was treated and splinted and the team then stretchered the casualty to a waiting ambulance.
Scafell Pike – Sat 25th May 2013
Whilst responding to the incident at Boot in Eskdale, the team were asked to attend a woman with a suspected fractured femur near the summit of Scafell Pike. Duddon and Furness MRT were asked to cover the Boot incident while 13 Wasdale team members ascended Scafell Pike via Mickledore. Due Read more…
Eskdale – Sat 25th May 2013
The team was called out to assist The Ambulance Service recover a casualty with a lower leg injury from the fell near Boot. As the team was mobilising a second call came in for another incident on the a summit of Scafell Pike. Duddon and Furness dealt with the Boot Read more…
Scafell Pike – Tue 23rd Apr 2013
As the first incident was coming to an end a second call came in. Initially the location or nature of the incident was unclear but developed into a report of a male who was struggling to make his way down off Scafell Pike and had fallen over a number of Read more…