A climber (m, 61) fell a reported 3m at Twisleton Scars and suffered lower back pain. Team members and air ambulance paramedics assessed him then put him into a vacuum mattress (‘full body splint’) and on to a stretcher. Team members carried this down, over the steep, rocky ground, to
A walker (m, 30) stumbled on a rock, on the bridleway just beyond Clapdale Farm. He heard a snap from one knee and fell to the ground, unable to go further. By coincidence, a few team members were supporting Search Dog Kez (and human assistant) in a search-dog demonstration event,
A visitor (f, 43) slipped and sustained an ankle injury, below Beezley Falls, on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. Team members splinted the ankle then carried and wheeled the patient, by stretcher, to a YAS road ambulance at Falls Park caravan site. The other members of her
A walker (m, 64) slipped while walking from Ingleborough to Park Fell, sustaining a suspected broken ankle. A ‘hasty party’ (fell-runners with initial equipment) assessed and splinted the injury and put the patient into an insulated casualty bag. After further assessment by the team doctor, the patient was lifted onto
A walker (m, 34) stumbled on the return leg of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, sustaining a very painful ankle injury. After the team doctor had assessed the injury and given mild pain relief, team members splinted the ankle and stretchered the casualty to Beezleys. A team vehicle returned him to
A climber (m, 34) fell about 6m while bouldering at Attermire Scar. He landed on his bouldering mat and thought he was uninjured apart from some pain in his lower back. A group of walkers came across him and helped keep him warm until a CRO controller arrived to establish
A walker (f, 40s) slipped on the limestone pavement at the top of Malham Cove immediately above the steps, injuring a wrist and a leg. The first member on scene began assessing her and was soon joined by YAS paramedics from the Air Ambulance who diagnosed a wrist fracture, which
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a walker (f, 61) who had fallen on a steep and slippery hillside, injuring her left ankle. Team members fortuitously out on a walk and just 100m away provided initial casualty care and used their jackets to keep the casualty warm. When
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) called the team to assist with an unconscious caver (f, 22) who had fallen on her way to Yordas Cave. In snowy conditions the team assisted YAS with treating the casualty who had regained consciousness and was suffering mild hypothermia. The team then placed her in
North Yorkshire Police called the team to assist a walker (f, 62) who had fallen and injured her lower right leg on Middle High Hill above Settle. Team members attended, assessed the casualty, and splinted her injured leg. They then stretchered her to CRO3, our Land Rover offroad ambulance, which

