A late night call from Northwest Ambulance Service about a person who had fallen and injured their knee at Ritson’s Force, near Wasdale Head.
The team was called out quickly for the unusually short walk-in to the casualty. When on scene, the casualty was assessed and treated before being packaged into the stretcher for the carry to the Wasdale Head Inn.
She was then transferred to hospital by land ambulance. The team returned to base to reset the vehicles before heading home for a curtailed night’s sleep. We wish the casualty a swift recovery from her injuries.
Incident started at 23:47 and ended at 03:28 making 3.7 hrs in total. There were 17 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NY185093. Total rescuer hours: 63
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