A walker (m, 65) fell (possibly 3 – 4m?) from the climb up the lower waterfall at Gordale Scar. On arrival, team members began assessing the casualty’s injuries before being joined by a YAS paramedic. Although only a head injury was obvious, as a precaution, the casualty was placed, very carefully, into a vacuum mattress (immobilising the whole body) and this into an insulated casualty bag. The whole was then lifted on to a wheeled stretcher and taken to the road-head on Gordale Lane, where the YAS road ambulance was waiting to take the patient and a companion to hospital.
Volunteer hours: 50
A walker (m, 65) fell (possibly 3 – 4m?) from the climb up the lower waterfall at Gordale Scar. On arrival, team members began assessing the casualty’s injuries before being joined by a YAS paramedic. Although only a head injury was obvious, as a precaution, the casualty was placed, very carefully, into a vacuum mattress (immobilising the whole body) and this into an insulated casualty bag. The whole was then lifted on to a wheeled stretcher and taken to the road-head on Gordale Lane, where the YAS road ambulance was waiting to take the patient and a companion to hospital.
Volunteer hours: 50
