Orrest Head

The first incident of a busy day. A man slipped sustained a suspected ankle fracture. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher

A woman sustained an ankle injury when she slipped on icy ground. She was treated by team members and evacuated from the hill

A woman fell on Orrest Head summit and sustained a serious leg injury

An elderly woman sustained a suspected fractured ankle in a fall on Orrest Head. She was treated and evacuated by team members

We were requested to assist NWAS with the recovery of a man who had slipped and sustained a lower leg injury on the lower slopes of Orrest Head, Windermere

A New Zealand woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. We did our usual stuff, with the aid of an interpreter, and took her to Kendal Hospital in our ambulance.

A 63-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture. She was stretchered off the fell and taken to hospital.

Town shoes may have been the cause, when a 50 year old man from Blyth slipped near summit viewpoint and fractured his lower leg. Slippery conditions underfoot.

We assisted police in checking the area after multiple reports of flares were recieved... we think someone was mucking about... cheers.. we had nothing better to do..

The team was requested by Police to search the Orrest Head area of Windermere after personal effects were located,

An 11-year-old boy slipped and sustained a bad gash to his knee. He was treated at the scene by the group leader, a Furness MRT member, and a Paramedic who was called, and carried to an ambulance by stretcher, by ourselves and Kendal MRT, who had also been called.
 

A woman slipped from a stile and fell, aggravating an old back injury. She was treated by team members and evacuated to a waiting ambulance.

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

A French woman slipped and sustained a fractured ankle. The team attended and treated her.

An American woman slipped on a path below Orrest Head and sustained a fractured ankle. The team was called to assist the ambulance that had responded initially.
 

A 65-year-old woman slipped and sustained an ankle injury. She was treated by team members and evacuated from the fell by stretcher to a waiting ambulance. 
 

Flares were reported from the summit of Orrest Head. At the request of the police, we went to investigate them. Nothing was found.

Icy back roads and tracks made it difficult for the local ambulance to access a remote house. We assisted them in getting to their patient, who after assessment, decided she didn't need to go to hospital.

While the previous rescue was ongoing we were requested to assist the ambulance service with a casualty on Orrest Head. She was assisted down to the road and then returned to her accommodation, having refused to go to hospital with paramedics.

An unusually early start saw us heading up Orrest Head to assist a man with a suspected fractured humerus. He was treated and stretchered off to a waiting ambulance. We hope he made it to the wedding he was due to attend that afternoon. Maybe if he'd been able to be treated in Kendal, it may have been possible, but since he was going to have to go to Lancaster it seemed unlikely.