- Incident
- 60 in 2024
- Type
- Full Callout — Injured & Medical
- Location
- Whitehaven
- Weather
- Dry, Sunny
- Other Agencies
- North West Ambulance Service
- Diagnosis
- Ankle Injury
- Tagged
- Ambulance Assist
North West Ambulance Service requested assistance from the team to evacuate a walker from woodland who had slipped and injured their ankle. A callout was made with local team members going direct to the location. A very short stretcher carry of about 100m was made to the awaiting ambulance after which the team stood down. We wish the walker a quick recovery.
Incident started at 17:31 and ended at 19:29 making 2 hrs in total. There were 13 Wasdale team members involved and the incident occured at NX974188. Total rescuer hours: 26
