A woman (79) slipped and fell on Storrs Common, having just completed the Waterfalls Walk. A local man called for an ambulance and alerted the team due to the location, knowing access would be difficult for an ambulance. Team members carried out initial treatment of the woman, and splinted her
The team were contacted by the Police, after the organisers of a charity walk expressed concern for 2 inexperienced walkers attempting the 3 peaks walk as part of an organised fundraising event, last seen on Pen y Ghent at 10.30. Our duty controller quickly established that the 2 walkers (male
The team were contacted by a farmer who had a lamb trapped in a small culvert, and was unable to extricate it. A small party of team members was dispatched to attempt the recovery. The lamb was stuck in a 15" diameter disused culvert, where it had gone to seek
A walker (f,37) went over on an ankle, coming off the bottom of the Cove steps. After pain relief and splinting, she was taken by CRO vehicle down to Malham village for transfer to a road ambulance. Volunteer hours: 24
Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked for assistance when someone fell from a bridge into the beck. Very quickly, however, they were advised that there was road access, so a rescue team was not needed.
A walker (m,50) dislocated his left kneecap, high up on Ingleborough. CRO members immobilised the leg, gave him pain relief and put him onto a stretcher. He was carried and 'sledged' down to a CRO Land Rover, driven to the road-head and transferred to a Yorkshire Ambulance Service road ambulance,
A walker (m,88) slipped or stumbled on the path through the wood, 100m below Janet's Foss. In doing so, he grabbed his daughter (59) for support and they both fell. He sustained a hip injury and she a knee injury. Both had their injuries immobilised before being carried by stretcher
A visitor (f,42) having left her mobility scooter in order to get nearer to the foot of the Cove, became incapacitated. After giving her pain relief, CRO members and Yorkshire Ambulance Service personnel helped her return safely to Malham. Volunteer hours: 16.5
A local man was taken ill on the Nature Trail. CRO members used a team vehicle to return him to Clapham and hand him over to Yorkshire Ambulance Service personnel. Volunteer hours: 3
A Three Peaks walker (f,18) stumbled / slipped while ascending the hill, sustaining a suspected ankle fracture. When she had been given pain relief and the leg had been splinted, she was carried down the steep path, then to a CRO vehicle for transport to a road ambulance, waiting in
