Lords Rake, Scafell – Fri 30th Sep 2011

Incident

86 in 2011

Type

Full Callout — Injured & Medical

Location

Lords Rake, Scafell

Other Agencies

RAF Valley

Diagnosis

Back Injury

Tagged

Tumble Fall

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 a team doctor and then loaded into the vacuum mattress to help support his back before being carried down the scree slope by the team.

A helicopter was requested but, as it arrived on scene, was retasked to another incident in the east of the Lake District.  After transferring this second casualty to hospital the Sea King from RAF Valley returned and, after the casualty had been lowered to more level ground, they winched him on board then flew to Barrow Furness General hospital. A very hot day for the team. Incident closed at around 4.30 p.m.