Fellwalking
Incident Report #11 2016
A man slipped on frozen ground and sustained a serious shloulder injury. The team were on route when we were made aware that he'd been picked up by qir ambulance and evacuated
Incident Report #10 2016
A woman slipped and fell, sustaining suspected fractured ribs. She was treated and evacuated by air ambulance to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle
Incident Report #9 2016
A 66-year-old woman sustained an ankle injury while walking. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher
Incident Report #8 2016
A vulnerable adult male was reported as overdue and likely to be in the Kirkstone Pass area. With snow and freezing conditions there was considerable concern for his welfare. A search was organised and he was located by a search dog handler in Woundale. He was cold and wet and was airlifted down by National Police Air Service helicopter and taken to hospital by ambulance
Incident Report #6 2016
A man celebrating his birthday sustained a nasty ankle injury when he slipped and fell into the water at Skelwith Force. He managed to pull himself out of the water, but required assistance from the team to treat his injury and evacuate him to an ambulance
Incident Report #5 2016
A male became lost on Pike O'Stickle. He was eventually located and assisted from the fell.
Incident Report #4 2016
A young woman became lost in snow in the vicinity of Helm Crag. We were attempting to locate here when she was found by two passing wlakers who assisted her down
Incident Report #02 2016
A woman sustained a lower leg inury
Incident Report #01 2016
A male sustained an ankle injury on Sliver How. He was treated by the team and recovered to civilsation.
Incident Report #119 2015
We were requested to assist Wasdale MRT to recover a solo male wlaker who had activated a SPOT tracker.
Incident Report #118 2015
Incident Report #117 2015
Car parking areas in Langdale were checked for a vehicle belonging to a man reported as missing. He was eventually located in Ennerdale. A number of teams were involved in the search
Incident Report #116 2015
A walker sustained a suspected lower leg fracture. Treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher
Incident Report #115 2015
An army trainnee sustained a fractured anke while camping above Stickle Tarn. The team responded in very poor visibility and darkness to locate and treat the young male. He was splinted and given pain relief and evacuated from the hill in a lengthy stretcher carry.. 1am pie and beans back at base was veru much appreciated!
Incident Report #114 2015
Two young women became benighted at the top of Far Easedale, subsequently becoming very cold. They were located by team members and evacuated
Incident Report #113 2015
A 55-year-old man sustained a lower leg injury while walking. His wife raised the alarm. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher
Incident Report #112 2015
An ill-prepared group of 5 became benighted when it went dark while they were on Crinkle Crags.. depsite their impatience, they were eventually located by team members from RAF MRTs and escorted to safety. An unecessary rescue at the end of a long, hard day
Incident Report #111 2015
A member of a group took a tumble up on the Climber's Traverse on Bowfell, sustaining facial injuries. With our team already committed to the previous, serious incident, along with members of Kendal MRT, and a Duddon MRT member who made the mistake of being at our base when it kicked off, it was necessary to request Coniston MRT to assist. This they did, and evacuated the man to the valley floor
Incident Report #109 2015
In the first incident of what would prove to be a very busy day, a man suffered a collapse as a result of a cardiac event while climing The Band. The team responded and the man was treated and evacuated to an air ambulance, waiting below the cloud base. He was flown to Carlisle for treatment
Incident Report #108 2015
Incident Report #107 2015
Incident Report #105 2015
A male sustained a suspected akle fracture while walking. He was treated by the team and then evacuated by air ambulance
Incident Report #104 2015
The team assisted in a joint operation with Keswick and Cockermouth MRTs to rescue a man with a knee injury at Stake Pass.
He was able to walk down with assistance
Incident Report #102 2015
A woman sustained a knee injury. She ws recovered by the air ambulance while ourselves and Patterdale MRT were en-route.
Incident Report #100 2015
A male became seperated from his colleagues while walking on Silver How. When he hadn't returned after several hours, a search was organised. He was located on the road in Langdale heading back towards their accommodation
Incident Report #99 2015
A woman was reported with an ankle injury. Because of the prolonged evacuation and cold we requested an helicopter to support. Air ambulance was unable to get in due to weather, so an S92 attended. By the time it had arrived, the weather had deteriorated further and it was hampered by lowering cloud base. Team members also attended and were able to treat the woman and remove he rto below the cloud, from where she was finally evacuated by the S92 which had returned from refueling.
Incident Report #96 2015
A female walker became cragfast when she strayed from a path. She was retrieved without incident
Incident Report #95 2015
A male fell from the path above Browney Ghyll, falling 30 metres and sustaining head inuries, double wrist fractures and lower back damage. He was treated by team members and air ambulance paramedics and and then evacuated by Royal Navy Sea King to Preston hospital
Incident Report #94 2015
A woman walking with her family suffered the gradual onset injury to her knee, making progress increasingly slow, eventually grinding to a halt at the top of Nab Scar. The woman's injury was splinted and she was stretchered to the valley bottom.