- Incident
- 27 in 2019
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Penny Hill, Eskdale
- Weather
- Fine
- Other Agencies
- North West Ambulance Service, Rescue 199 from Prestwick
- Diagnosis
- Hip Injury
Team called this evening for a walker who’d taken a tumble off a crag and sustained leg and pelvic injuries. NWAS Paramedics were already on scene providing casualty care. Team members helped to package the casualty and then move them down the slope to where the Coastguard Helicopter was waiting to take the casualty to hospital.
Incident started at 20:51 and ended at 23:25 making 2.6 hrs in total. There were 14 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY 193 007. Total rescuer hours: 36
