Incident Report #33 1999
This woman sustained pelvic injuries when she slipped just a few miles short of completing the Dales Way.
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.
A 90-year-old woman, who walked regularly along the lakeshore, was reported overdue for her lunch. A small search was organised when she was located by two fell runners and taken home. She had slipped and sustained minor head, leg and wrist injuries.
The team was requested to provide transport for local Paramedics, as once again roads became impassable due to snow.
A 63-year-old woman slipped and sustained a suspected ankle fracture. She was stretchered off the fell and taken to hospital.
A 30-year-old man slipped and sustained a possible ankle fracture. We treated him and he was taken to hospital.
During a family walk a 75 year old man from Newby Bridge slipped on very wet hillside and suffered a fracture to his lower leg.
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..
We were requested to assist in the search for a missing 11-year-old autistic child. Fortunatlely he turned up as the team was responding, so we were able to stand down.
Various incidents were dealt with on behalf of the ambulance service during a period of heavy snow
A woman slipped and sustained a nasty lower leg fracture while walking with her husband.
Smooth soled training shoes may have caused a 15 year old youth from Southampton to slip on wet fellside and suffer a fracture of his right fibula.
A 54 year old woman from Woodleigh, Berks. slipped off a path and broke her ankle. The team carried her on a stretcher down the fell and then by private transport to a Kendal hospital
Weather conditions: FINE, DRY, CLEAR, WET IN PLACES
We were requested to assist Police with a search for a 19-year-old man missing from a local residential school. The area was searched, with help from SARDA, and the man was located. He was unharmed.
We were requested to assist the Police with the recovery of a mans body, found in woodland near Windermere.<td>
A 23-year-old female mountain biker parted company with her bike. She suffered cuts, bruises and grazes to her forearm and hip, and a bang on the head (wearing a helmet). An issue of great concern to most cyclists, her bike was relatively undamaged!
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 40-year-old man overturned his quad bike and badly gashed his arm. He was transferred to an ambulance and taken to hospital in Lancaster
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.
We were asked to assist the ambulance service with the evacuation of a man who had suffered head and neck injuries on a high section of the adventure playground at Brockhole Visitor Centre. They had treated his injuries, but needed us to lower him off with our ropes. Dropping him down the slide was ruled out!
A 9-year-old girl had her finger partially severed when she pulled a stone from a cairn. She was treated by members of our team and Kendal MRT, then she was airlifted to hospital for further treatment.
A man in his 40s slipped and sustained a leg injury. He was treated by team members and carried down in our ambulance then transferred to a waiting county ambulance.
A 26-year-old woman slipped and sustained an ankle fracture. She was treated, given pain relief and evacuated.
A 77-year-old woman felt faint and fell over, sustaining a head injury in the process. The team were able to drive to her, and evacuate her to a waiting ambulance.
Kendal MRT called us to assist them with a search for two missing people overdue on a walk from Kentmere to Troutbeck. They were reported missing by their mother, when they failed to show up at the pub that she was waiting in. They were located in another pub. We all went home.
very high winds and heavy rain.
A man slipped on an icy path and sustained a lower leg injury.
Two people collapsed due to heat exhaustion.
We were asked to assist Kendal MRT with the rescue of a woman who had sustained a leg injury after slipping on wet rock.