Incident Report #61 2016
A couple were reported overdue from a walk in Langdale. They turned up while a preliminary search was being carried out
A couple were reported overdue from a walk in Langdale. They turned up while a preliminary search was being carried out
Requested to assist Wasdale MRT with a semiconscious male casualty on Esk Pike.. Team were responding when we were notified that the correct location was Scafell Pike. We stood down.
A couple became lost and stuck on steep ground in the Grasmere area. They weren't able to give us any useful information about their route or location and the search we organised was clearly going to take a long time. At some point they got bored waiting and thankfully found a way down. Even at this point we couldn't work out where they were. A Coastguard helicopter had been mobilised to assist but we were able to stand it down
A young man suffered an ankle injury on the Stickle Tarn path. He was treated by the team and evacuated by stretcher
A young woman was reported with severe stomach pains on Heron Pike. Team members attended and she was evacuated via air ambulance
We were requested to assist the ambulance service to recover a female with a suspected lower leg fracture.
A young female was reported suffering from heat stroke at Angle Tarn. The team was mobilised and was on the way up Rossett Ghyll when were notified that she had been recovered by air ambulance
A group of D of E candidates became disorientated and cold in poor conditions near Codale Tarn. They were located by the team and escorted down
A man sustained a suspected dislocated shoulder in a fall. He was treated and avacuated by the team to an ambulance waiting at our base.
We were requested to assit NWAS with accessing an exhausted male at Three Shires Stone. Their ambulance is unable to access this steep road.
A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher
A male was taken ill on Heron Pike. He was assessed by team members and air ambulance crew and evacuated by helicopter to hospital
Male with head injury in Oxendale. Rescued by the team and air ambulance
A woman sustained a suspected anklefracture when she slipped. SHe was treated by team members and evacuated for onward transport to hospital
A man collapsed and became brielfy unconscious near the summit of Red Screes. The team attended, along with an air ambulance. The man was treated, but due to strong winds, the air ambulance was unable to lift with him on board, so a Coastguard S92 evacuated him to hospital.
An elderly male became separated from his wife while walking. His age and the temperature gave cause for concern. A search was organised and he was located and returned to his wife.
A young male sustained a suspected lower leg fracture when he slipped on damp ground. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher and handed over to ambulance paramedics
The team assisted Keswick MRT in a search for two women who had become lost in the vicinity of Greenup Edge. It was unclear which side of the the ridge line they were on. They were located by Keswick team members just below the highest point.
Shouts for help were heard in the vicinity of Hell Ghyll. Checks were carried out in the area but nothing was found. False alarm with good intent
A 75-year-old female took a tumble while taking an 'interesting' route from Lingmoor. She sustained a head injury. She was treated and evacuated by Coastguard helicopter
We were requested to assist Keswick MRT when a casualty iniitally thought to be in their area turned out to be in ours. He had sustained a groin injury and was unable to continue. He was evacuated by helimed.
A 13-year-old male sustained a suspected dislocated ankle while walking with his family. He was located and treated by team members and evacuated by air ambulance
An elderly male became exhausted and unable to continue his walk. He was uninjured. He was stretchered back to his families car.
The previous incident was overlapped by this one. A woman was reported as injured on Nab Scar. She was located on Heron Crag and we assisted with getting her an air ambulance
A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she tripped. The team assisted with getting her to an air ambulance.
The team were requested to assist with a search of the central fells for a woman who had become seperated from her partner near Great End. Despite a large scale overnight search, she was located next morning in Langdale
An elderly woman sustained a suspected fractured ankle in a fall on Orrest Head. She was treated and evacuated by team members
An elderly male suffered a fit while walking. He was treated and evacuated to an ambulance