A local worker was undertaking tree work, within the dry gill, near to the entrance of Ingleborough Cave. Whilst walking across the site, he lost his footing and slipped down a steep grassy slope and over the edge of a small vertical crag – sliding and falling about 10 metres in total. He was cared for by CRO team members; then splinted and placed in a vacuum mattress to stabilise possible injuries to his back and legs. In the meantime, a crew from Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) had managed to drive their ambulance to the show cave entrance. The injured man had only a short journey in a stretcher, on board a CRO Landrover, before he was handed into the care of YAS paramedics.
Volunteer hours: 22
A local worker was undertaking tree work, within the dry gill, near to the entrance of Ingleborough Cave. Whilst walking across the site, he lost his footing and slipped down a steep grassy slope and over the edge of a small vertical crag – sliding and falling about 10 metres in total. He was cared for by CRO team members; then splinted and placed in a vacuum mattress to stabilise possible injuries to his back and legs. In the meantime, a crew from Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) had managed to drive their ambulance to the show cave entrance. The injured man had only a short journey in a stretcher, on board a CRO Landrover, before he was handed into the care of YAS paramedics.
Volunteer hours: 22
