Ambulance assist

A woman slipped and suffered an ankle injury. She was attended by the Ambulance service and we carried her down the hillside.

We were asked to assist the Ambulance service to evacuate a man who had suffered a suspected heart attack.

Deep snow and iced-up roads prevented the local ambulance attending to an 80 year old man who was very poorly with a heart condition. Using No 2 Landrover with its special studded tyres, team members conveyed the gentleman from his home to Ambleside Ambulance Station.

We were requested to take paramedics to assist a woman who had sustained a injury when she slipped on an icy path near Elterwater.

We assisted the ambulance service during a spell of heavy snow that was wreaking havoc on the area.

Various incidents were dealt with on behalf of the ambulance service during a period of heavy snow

We were requested to assist an ambulance crew with the evacuation of a 21-year-old woman who had sustained spinal injury

Whilst being taken to hospital with a broken leg, a man aged 40 from the Kirkstone Pass Inn was trapped for 5 hours in his snow-bound Land Rover. The team's Land Rover, with special studded snow tyres and a "digging crew" recovered passenger and vehicle and returned both to Kirkstone Top.
Weather conditions: gale force winds, deep snow drifts, Pass road blocked.
 

We were asked to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a 58-year-old woman with an ankle injury from a steep, slippery path. They had attended, provided first aid, and we carried her down

We were requested to urgently assist ambulance and air ambulance in geting a seriously injured motorcyclist from a beck.

A major operation swung into action when a coach crashed through a wall at the bottom of Kirkstone Pass, tipping onto its side. There were in excess of 40 people on board, many of whom were injured, some seriously. The rescue operation involved Police, Ambulance, Fire Service, Air Ambulance, ourselves and Kendal MRT. Our Lowfold base was used as a casualty clearing station were the less seriously injured were assessed by Paramedics, before being sent to appropriate hospitals. Our vehicles were used for transport.
 

We were requested to assist Cumbria Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a 72-year-old man from a footpath. When we got there, the ambulance had got stuck at the bottom of a steep grassy hill, so our contribution was to push the ambulance back up the hill. Where's the RAC when you need them?
 

Heavy snow caused difficult driving conditions, so we were asked to assist the Ambulance Service with the transport of a casualty to hospital in Kendal. Happy New Year.

We were asked to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a man who had suffered head and neck injuries on a high section of the adventure playground at Brockhole Visitor Centre. They had treated his injuries, but needed us to lower him off with our ropes. Dropping him down the slide was ruled out!

A man sustained a suspected fractured ankle when he slipped on the lake shore during a family barbecue. An ambulance was called, and treated the man. We were called to assist with the evacuation up the steep ground to were the ambulance was parked.

Our services were required to help pull an ambulance out of a ditch. It can happen to the best of us! Trust me, it can!

We were requested to assist NWAS in recovering a woman who had slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture.

The team was asked by the ambulance service to assist with a woman who was suffering from chest pains in Bowness.

We were asked to assist the ambulance service who were treating a man who had collapsed.

A young boy sustained an injury to his ankle on the hillside above the Hall.

We were asked to assist the Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a man who had collapsed.

While returning from the previous incident we were requested to assist Kendal MRT with the third of the three simultaneous rescues the were involved in. A woman had fallen in to a river and sustained arm and back injuries

The subject of our previous three days of searching was located.

We were requested to help NWAS access a collapsed diabeitc male at a remote house in Ambleside.

We were requested to assist North West Ambulance Service with the evacuation of a male who may have suffered a diabetic collapse.

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a woman who had sustained an ankle injury on the lake shore.
 

We were requested by North West Ambulance Service to assist in accessing a remote, snowbound property where a patient required urgent evacuation to hospital with a serious medical problem.

An obcenely early start to assist the local ambulance crew recover a man who had slipped on icy ground and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture

Requested to assist ambulance service with accessing an unconscious diabetic casualty at an isolated property.

Assistance given to ambulance service in accessing a property up a steep, icy road.