School Knott

Concerns were raised when a dog was located running free at School Knott. The team were asked to search for the man who hadn’t been heard from since around midday. A number of lines of enquiry were followed before it was identified that th missing was was the same person who had been airlifted unconscious by air ambulance around lunchtime, having been trampled by cows

A man sustained a leg injury when he slipped near School Knott Tarn. We did our 'thing' and rescued him

We rescued a woman from near School Knott who had slipped on waterlogged, snow-covered ground and fractured her lower leg.

She was treated by team members and evacuated to an ambulance for onward transfer to hospital

A woman sustained a suspected ankle fracture when she slipped on very wet ground.

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

This woman sustained pelvic injuries when she slipped just a few miles short of completing the Dales Way.
 

This woman slipped and sustained an arm fracture. She was carried off the fell and taken to Kendal in our ambulance.
 

No cold spell would be complete without a sledging accident. School Knott is probably the most popular place, followed only by Kirkstone Pass. This time a man in his 30's badly broke his leg when he collided with something immovable.
 

A woman sustained a suspected ankle fracture when she slipped on wet ground. She was treated by the team and taken to hospital by her husband on their own car.

A woman sustained a fractured ankle in a sledging accident. She was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher. She was then transported to Ambleside, from where she was transported to hospital by RAF helicopter, along with the previous casualty. The road conditions did not permit the ambulance to transport either casualty.

A team member sustained a nasty dislocated ankle fracture when he slipped on rescue 68. His injury was splinted and he was evacuated to an ambulance .

We were requested to assist the ambulance service with the recovery of a 15-year-old unconscious female from a local beauty spot.