That was a pleasant break! And the first rescue we've done in a while wasn't to difficult either. A 14-year-old slipped and sustained a leg injury. It wasn't to tricky a place to get to.<td>
A couple became lost in mist. They were located and walked down.
A woman slipped and dislocated her shoulder. She had walked approximatley 2km before calling us. We were able to drive to the casualty site, so little sweat was produced.
A 47-year-old man was reported as collapsed on the path part way up to Stickle Tarn. Because of the way this incident was reported (badly) there was an ambulance called, and the local 1st responders, having been told that the man as at the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. He wasn't, and when they found out, we were called to assist. His collapse was probably due to having next to nothing to eat prior to going for a walk with his friends. He was carried down to the valley.
A 17-year-old woman slipped and sustained a deep gash to the back of her leg. She was treated by her friends and put in a tent. We arrived and transferred her to a stretcher and carried her down. Conditions were atrocious.
A 58-year-old woman slipped and sustained a back injury. She was treated at the scene and carried down to be transferred to hospital.
We were requested by the ambulance service to assist with the rescue of a man who had collapsed. Unfortunately he had died, so we recovered his body to Ambleside.
A party of four phoned and reported themselves stuck on Steel Fell, unable to locate a way down. For some reason intermittent views of the road, through the clouds, were not enough to coax them down, so we had to go and do it the hard way.
A party of three men reported themselves lost and cragfast somewhere on Bowfell. They gave us the impression that their lives were in peril. They insisted that only a helicopter would be able to rescue them ,but we new different. A search ensued and they were located by Search Dog Sky. There were not injured and were assisted to the valley, slowly. It would be fair to say that they were a little out of their depth and the danger was subjective.
While the previous incident was being dealt with, we were alerted by RAF Mountain Rescue Team members, who were climbing in Langdale, that a woman had fallen 100ft in the the Raven Crag area. They had gone to her aid. The team responded, along with members of Kendal MRT, and dealt with this incident as well. The woman, had been trying to find a way down for her family, who were walking above, when she fell. She suffered multiple injuries including injuries to her head, neck and spine. She was airlifted to hospital by the Royal Navy.
A woman sustained a suspected fractured ankle when she tripped near Gibson Knott. She was treated at the scene and then stretchered down into Greenburn. It was a beautiful summers evening, and the stroll was enjoyed by everyone, except, possibly our casualty.
A 21-year-old woman injured her leg when she slipped. Her friends started to assist her down, and a passerby alerted us. When we got to them, they had made their way most of the way down. We gladly relieved them of their load for the last few hundred yards.
A family group got into difficulty when the mother collapsed with exhaustion and was unable to continue. Initially reported as in Little Langdale,
A woman sustained a leg injury on the summit of Crinkle Crags. She was treated by team members, and stretchered down with assistance from Kendal MRT. It was a late night.
A man in his 50's collapsed with chest pains on the way up Loft Crag. His son called for our help. We administered oxygen and pain relief, and monitored him before he was taken to West Cumberland Hospital by RN Gannet.
We were requested by Kendal MRT to assist in a search for two children who had gone missing while walking with there group. We located them on the roadside while making our way to the rendezvous point.
A 70-year-old woman tripped and fell, banging her head, injuring her leg and losing consciousness. she was treated by team members and stretchered to our ambulance, the transferred to county ambulance and taken to hospital in Lancaster.
A woman sustained a leg injury when she tripped. The team set off to attend this incident. While en-route we were alerted to a second incident (incident 17). The first one was dealt with with the aid of the North West Air Ambulance. Kendal MRT were called to assist, also.
A 44-year-old woman fell from the path near the top of Dungeon Ghyll. She fell approximately 80ft into the bed of the ghyll, sustaining serious multiple injuries. Sadly, despite prolonged attempts by her friends to revive her, she died. We were assisted in the rescue by a helicopter from the RAF.
A man slipped and sustained a suspected leg fracture. We did what we do with assistance from Kendal MRT
A woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. We applied a splint, administered TLC and carried her down.
A man collapsed while walking with a party. Sadly he died at the scene, despite the efforts of a nurse who was in attendance.
A woman collapsed and became unconscious. By the time we arrived, she had come around, apparently having fainted. She was helped down and referred to a GP.
A woman slipped and tumbled, sustaining a gash to her leg. She was treated and carried down to our ambulance.
A helicopter had landed in the area for training session. As we were getting on board a member of Coniston Mountain Rescue Team arrived and explained that they had a rescue in the Seathwaite Tarn area. He asked for the assistance of the helicopter and a couple of team members. This was provided and they flew to the aid of the injured person. They were flown on to Furness General Hospital.
A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury. I'm sorry, but I'm running out of new and innovative ways of describing this type of incident.
A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury.
A woman slipped and sustained a lower leg injury.
A woman slipped a sustained leg injury. This is rapidly becoming THE PLACE to hurt yourself. (See incidents at the end of 2001)
A woman reported her husband overdue at the campsite in Great Langdale.
