Incidents

A woman sustained an ankle inury when she jumped into a pool while ghyll scrambling. Helpfully, she managed to get herself out of the water, where she was treated and evacuated

While the previous incident was ongoing we were also requested to assist NWAS in evacuating a male with a head injury from Rydal

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped. She was treated by team members and evacuated to the road, from where she travelledf to hospital for further investigation of her injury

We were requested to assist paramedics with our Autopulse to transport a seriously ill patient to hospital

A young male, ghyll scrambling with an organised group, fell and sustained leg and arm injuries. He was given pain relief and his injuries were splinted and he was evacuated froma moderately challenging position at the bottom of a waterfall. He was tranferred to an ambulance in the valley bottom

A female mountain biker fell from her bike having suffered a suspected cardiac arrest. Immediate CPR provided by her husband and several witnesses, plus successful defibrillation on scene by paramedics, First Responders and the team meant she could be flown to hospital for further treatment
 
20:00 update. Sadly we have just been informed that the woman died in hospital 

A team member who is part of the Fix the Fells team was at work at the top of Far Easedale when she encountered a man struggling with an ankle injury. The situation was complicated by his wife struggling with an asthma attack. She and her colleague started to assist the couple down, and alerted the team to assist. We responded and assisted the couple to Grasmere

A second pair became lost on Crinkle Crags. Our not-so-secret, secret weapon, SARLOC didn't work on them, so we had to go old skool and search for them, as well as the previous pair (incident 56). They were located and escorted off.

A couple phoned for help when they became disorientated on Crinkle Crags. After attempts to contact them and talk them down failed, they eventually found their in to Eskdale

Young make sustained a lower leg injury. Treated by team members and evacuated. 

A mountian biker crashed on a steep rocky section of track, sustaining a painful lower leg fracture. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher. The weather would have suggested it was anything other than summer!

A woman sustained a nasty shoulder injury when she slipped on a waterlogged hillside. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher

We searched a number of areas while looking for a vulnerable young male, missing in the Grasmere area. Unfortunately nothing was found. At the time of writing, police enquiries continues

A couple in their 70s took a tumbling fall, both sustaining head inuries.
They were both treated by team members and stretchered to a waiting ambulance

A couple became lost and wandered of the back off Crinkle Crags, becoming stuck above Moasdale. They werer located and escorted off

A young woman sustained a neck inury in a fall. The team assisted air ambulance with her evcauation to hospital

A man slipped and fell around 5 metres sustaining a shoulder injury along with other potemtial injuries. He was treated by team members and air ambulance paramedics and then evacuated by Coastguard helicopter to Preston 

A woman sustained an ankle injury when she fell. Unfortunately she wasn't able to give a precise location, so a protracted search had to be mounted. She was located and evacuated from an very obscure place!

Male sustained head injury in a fall

Female sustained lower leg injury. Treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher

A fellrunner sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped

A woman sustained a suspected lower leg fracture when she slipped. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance

We were requested to assist NWAS with sccessing a man suffering chest pains near Crossgates, Elterwater

A man was reported as collapsed with CPR in progress.
The team attended along with air ambulance, but sadly the man was pronounced as deceased at the scene

A 65-year-old man collapsed. Despite attempts by passersby and team, team members and air ambulance paramedics, he was pronounced deceased. He was evacuated to Ambleside

A man sustained a lower leg injury when he slipped. He was treated by team members and stretchered to a team vehicle for transport to an anmbulance in Ambleside

Two people were reported cragfast on Raven Crag, Langdale. Investigation proved they were OK, so we stood down

We were requested to assist wit the recovery of a male whohad fallen down a steep bank on the riverside in Ambeside

An overseas female sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped

An 82-year-old man fell and sustained wrist and facial injuries. He was treated by team members and evacuated to a waiting ambulance for onward travel to hospital

A woman descending Far Easedale tripped and sustained a suspected wrist fracture, plus a possible bump on the head. 
She was treated by team members and evacuated by air ambulance to Lancaster

The team were called, along with Gtreat North Air Ambulance to attend a male who had collapsed while taking part in a fell race on Loughrigg. Sadly, he was declared to have died at the scene and his body was recovered to Ambleside
The team wiahes to pass its best wishes to the runner's family, friends and the close-knit fellrunning community

A group of four males became exhausted after going a long way off thier intended route. We set off to retrieve them, onlt to discover that they'd been assisted from the hill by other people

A group of three, seperated from the rest of their party ground to a halt when darkness, fatigue and recurring injuries got the better of them. They were located using our SARLOC tool and evacuated to Grasmere

A male slipped and sustained a suspected knee fracture. He was treated by teh team and evacuated to an ambulance

An elderly male sustained a head injury in a fall. He was treated and evacuated to an air ambulance for evacuation

An elderly male was witnessed collapsing from a distance. Attempts were made to revive him, firstly by bystanders, and subsequently paramedics and team members, but sadly he was diagnosed as having died at the scene. His body was recovered to Ambleside

An elderly male was involved in a incident whereby his mobility scooter collided with a wall on the edge of a steep road. We assisted in his treatment and evacuation to air ambulance

A woman sustained a lower leg injury when she slipped. She was treated by team members and evacuated. 

Four people in two cars became stuck on a snow covered road. The team were responding when it became clear they had self-rescued, possibly when it was made clear that we wold only recover the people but not vehicles

A large group were reported missing in Langdale. They were quickly located with only limited involvement from the team

A man sustained a leg injury while walking near Tarn Crag. He was treated by the tream and then evacuated with assistance from a Coastguard S92

A man suffered a fracture/dislocation of the ankle when he slipped

A trail hound became cragfast and was reported as so. A small group of team members retrieved it and returned it to its owner

A 65-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a 69-year-old who had slipped down a steep bank. 

A teenage male with a sprained ankle was recovered from above Rydal Water

A 51-year-old female sustained a suspected ankle fracture when she slipped. She was treated by team members and evacuated 

A man slipped and sustained a supected fracture femur. 

While involved with the previous search, we were made aware of a male who had collapsed with a suspected CVA. Kendal MRT were requested to assist due to our prior involvement with a search. 

We were requested to assist with a large scale search of the Central Fells for a couple who had been missing overnight. They were located by members of Kirby Stephen MRT, cold and wet

We assisted with a search for 4 people overdue from Scafell Pike. They were located cold but OK.

A mother and daughter became seperated from the rest of their party near the summit of Pike O'Blisco. A search was organised. They were located when they made their own way down to Langdale

A poorly equipped male was retrieved from Steel Fell. 

We were requested to assist Coniston MRT with an incident on Coniston Old Man. A woman had dislocated her knee. A Coastguard S92 also assisted

An elderly man became exhausted and cold in poor weather on Silver How. He was located by team members and stetchered off

Two people became lost of Gt Rigg. They were located by other people on the summit of Fairfield who knew where they were, so wer able to guide them off. We monitored their progres until they were able to confirm that they were safely down

A couple became lost inmist. They wee located using SARLOC and given advice on how to get down. They progress was monitored to make sure they got down

A woman slipped on wet grass and sustained a lower leg injury. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher

Two cars, totalling 4 occupants became stranded in snow on Wryonse Pass. We retrieved them by driving as far up as we could, walking the rest of the way to them and then walking them back to our vehicle and returning to Ambleside

A couple became lost and stuck on steep ground. They were located using SARLOC (twice, because they moved, despite being told to stay put) and escorted off

A male sustained a head inury when a prior medical condition led to him fainting and falling to the ground

Who'd have thought that today, of all days, it would go dark?? Anyway, it was a surprise to 4 people who becam benighted on Slapestone Edge, Grasmere. They were located using SARLOC and recovered using torches... 

A woman sutained an ankle injury on Bowfell. She managed to get a decent distance down The Band before succumbing to the pain and difficulty walking. She was evacuated the rest of the way by stretcher

An early start to the new year and an unfortunate incident for our casualty. A male sustained a suspect fracture/dislocation of the hip when he slipped on a damp rocky path. Treated by team members and evacuated to Ambleside for transfer to hospital by air ambulance

A woman slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance in Ambleside

An 80-year-old woman fell and sustained a suspected fractured neck of femur. She was treated by team members and evacuated to Ambleside forward transport to hospital

A man sustainded an ankle injury. He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher to an ambulance

A woman sustained an ankle injury when she slipped on steep grass near the summit of Loughrigg. 

The team were paged for a couple who were lost and benighted, supposedly in Far Easedale, and attempting to get from Rosthwaite to Grasmere. Since we were just about to sit down to our annual dinner, we passed the incident on to Kendal MRT, who had kindly provided cover for us. The size of the search escalated as it became obvious the couple were not where they thought they were, and they were eventually they were located cold and wet near Rosthwaite. 

We assisted NWAS to recover an ambulance from a steep, slippery track in Troutbeck

Shouts were heard in the vicinity of Blea Crag. We were unable to recontact the informant and were on our way to take a look when it was confirmed that it was a farmer gathering sheep

We were requested to assist with the recovery of a man's body from the stream that runs through a deep channel in central Ambleside

The team was calle dto rescue a woman who had sustainied a nasty fractured to her humerus when she slipped and fell. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher

A group of 10 were delayed when one of their number was slowed down by injury, cold and fatigue. They were located near Red Tarn and assisted down

We were requested to assist Wasdale MRT with a large area search in the Central Fells. Five people had become separated from a very large group and failed to return. They were located near Styhead Tarn around midneight, cold and wet, by members of Keswick MRT. 

A woman slipped on steep grass and suffered a possible lower leg fracture. She was treated by the team and evacuated by stretcher.

We were requested tp assist NWAS in revoering a woman who had slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture

An elderley woman became lost and exhausted while walking with a small group. Initially thought to be in Patterdale MRT's are, a SARLOC locations placced her on Low Pike. She was treated and evacuated by team members

 A car was reported as "stuck on a cliff edge" on Wrynose Pass. This turned out to not be entirely true on a number of facts. Firstly it was on HArdknott Pass, and secondly a team member was able to reverse it back on to the road and remedy the situation. Wasdale MRT were also involved, because it was actually within their operational area, but we were already quite close by the time the correct location was identified

The team treated and evacuated a woman with a lower  leg injury from near Easedale Tarn. This is our 26th lower leg injury of 2016. 

A woman sustained a susoected lower leg fracture when she slipped on a steep section of path. She was treated by members of LAMRT and RAF Leeeming MRT and evacuated to the valley. Injuries to  team member sustained on the descent have proved not to be serious, but may take some time to recoer from.

A male was reported as despondent and missing in the area. He was located in Rossett Ghyll and assisted down. We were assisted by Coniston MRT

Female with lower leg fracture at the top of Dungeon Ghyll. The team assisted in loading the casualty in to an aor ambulance for evacuation to hospital

We assisted NWAS with an unconscious young female at a proprty in Bowness

58-year-old male with leg injury. Treated and stretchered off. Long night!

We were requested to assist Coniston MRT with a search for a lone male walker overdue on the Cumbria Way. We failed to find him at this stage, but he was located early next day when he finally conatcted his wife

We were requested to assist police when a vehicle was reported as having left the road below Wrynose Pass. Unfortunately the vehicle occupant sustained fatal inuries. A small search was also organised to ensure that there was no other persons inured in the vicinity of tthe vehicle

A 71-year-old male sustained a fracture-dislocated ankle. He was treated by team members and avacuated to an ambulance

A 70-year-old woman sustained a fractured ankle when she slipped. She was treated and evacuated by team members.

We were requested by Keswick MRT to assist in a search for two women who had got lost on the Coast to Coast route near Greenup Edge. They were located by a Keswick team member and handed over to LAMRT to be ecorted to Grasmere

A young woman who had assisted the previous casualty was continuing her walk when she slipped and sustained a suspected wrist fracture.  She was assisted to the air ambulance and evacuated with the previous casualty. This was unfortunate at the best of times, but particularly given the assistance she'd already provided to the previoous casualty

A 69-year-old male posed for a photo on the summit  when he slipped and fell down a crevice,sustaining head, neck and chest injuries.  He was extracted with some difficulty and evacuated to an air ambulance.

The team assisted two people who had got themselves lost on rough and heavily overgrown ground above Grasmere

Woman slipped on wet rocky path and sustained injuries to her head, eye, hand and leg. She was assisted down by the team and treated by paramedics

A young woman took a fall, sustaining a back injury. As we were treating her, her condition deteriorated and became serious ill. She was evacuated rapidly to a waiting ambulance and subsequently to an air ambulance for transport to hospital

A woman sustained a suspected ankle fracture near the summit of Wansfell. She was treated by team members and air ambulance crew, and then evacuated to Furness Generak Hospital

A male was reported as collapsed and unconscious in the vicinity of Loughrigg Terrace. We attended and located the man. He had regained consciousness. He was stretchered from the hill and handed over to ambulance paramdedics for transport to hospital

A solo male reported himself in difficulty when his torch failed near High Raise. He was located by team members and escorted down. A long night

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 male sustained a fractured lower leg when he fell while bouldering.

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 assisted other emergency services with the rescue of a male who had sustained serious injuries when he crashes from his bike on The Struggle, a steep hill in Ambleside

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

A male suffered a recurrence of a previously dislocated shoulder while ascending Jack's Rake. Climbers on the crag were able to assist him to the bottom of the crag, and we recovered him from there

A woman walking to Patterdale on the Coast to Coast route slipped and sustained a suspected tibia fracture. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher to an ambulance waiting on the roadside below

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.

Flashing lights were reported in area of White Ghyll/Scout Crag. We investigated, and although we saw the lights, they were not flashing a recognised distress signal, nor responding to our attempts to communicate, so we went home. We did see shooting stars, a satellite, and with Lancaster Universities aurora alert showing high activity there was a possibility of Northern Lights being spotted. The aurora proved as elusive as the source of the flashing lights so we went home

A pregnant woman in a large group started suffering abdominal pains at the dam at Stickle Tarn. The team responded and an air ambulance was requested to assist. She was treated and evacuated by air ambulance. The remainder of the group, of very variable ages, fitness and equipment levels were assisted down the hill. One of our more 'interesting' adventures this year...

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

We were requested to provide urgent assistance to an eldery couple who were stuck on a snow-covered Wrynose Pass. They were reporting that they unable to stop the car sliding down the road. We sorted them out... 

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.

A young woman was found by a passing walker at the base of a small crag with serious injuries. She was treated by team members and paramedics and evacuated by air ambualnce to a major trauma centre 

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.

A woman fracture her tibia and fibula when she slipped

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

Flashing lights and shouts for help were reported from a Langdale pub. An investigation found only the possibility of a farmer recovering his dog or similar. A false alarm with good intent.

A young woman suffered a faint. She had a pre-existing medical condition that risked complications. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance waiting in the valley

A woman slipped and sustained a fracture to her lower leg. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher.

A 79-year-old male collapsed, becoming briefly unconscious. He was treated by team members and stretchered to the vallety and transferred to a waiting ambulance

A couple became cragfast while trying to find their way off the fell. Their location was confirmed with SARLOC and we went and found them and assisted them off.

A female sustained a knee injury on the way up Silver How. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher

A female walker sustained a knee injury on the shores of Rydal Water. She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance

A male walker slipped and sustained a suspected leg fracture. He was treated and assisted to an air ambulance by team members

A family of four became disoriented on Wansfell and took shelter in a derelict building. Thye were located using SARLOC and recovered.

Two people became disorientated in snow and cloud in the Hart Crag area. They were located using SARLOC, but then moved and had to be relocated...  they were eventually found and escorted from the fell.

A vulnerable male was reported a spossibly in the Orrest Head area. A search was being organised when he walked in to Windermere police station

A male suffered a knee injury at Kirkstone Pass. We were requested to assist NWAS with his evacuation

There was initial confusion over the location of this incident, with NWAS reporting it at Troutbeck and Police reporting at Storrs. The team as responding when we were notifiied by police that incident could be resolved at Storrs without our help. We went home to bed...

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