- Incident
- 118 in 2024
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Skew Gill, Great End
- Weather
- Cloudy Summits, Showers
- Other Agencies
- Rescue 199 from Prestwick
- Diagnosis
- Head Injury
In the first incident of the day, a report was made of a walker who had fallen and hit their head and then became unwell and unable to walk. The call was made by a passing walker who had descended to get a better signal.
A full callout was made, and also a request for helicopter support from a Coastguard helicopter with winching capability. Rescue 199 was already in the area responding to another incident with Keswick MRT.
As the team was en route from Gavel Neese the helicopter became available and diverted to Skew Gill. The paramedic was winched directly to the location and soon afterward was able to winch the walker into the aircraft and onwards to the hospital.
The team stood down and returned to base. We wish the walker well with a quick recovery.
Incident started at 18:45 and ended at 21:50 making 3.1 hrs in total. There were 23 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY221091. Total rescuer hours: 71
